ABOUT US
Green Owl Farm is a sustainable, small-scale farm in Rhinebeck, NY, growing specialty long-season crops (saffron, turmeric, ginger, garlic, rainbow fingerling potatoes, luffa gourds, and bottle gourds). We direct sell and wholesale these crops and the products we make from them at the Rhinebeck Farmer’s Market and throughout the Hudson Valley. We also grow over 40 types of vegetables, with many varieties, for our 20 week CSA.
And we do all of this on only two-thirds of an acre.
After farming for five years with a tractor, we decided to forgo tilling and establish a permanent bed system. We work our beds with hand tools, with a focus on minimizing soil disruption and creating healthier nutrient dense plants.
Our commitment to the land drives these practices –– sowing, cultivating and harvesting with our feet on the ground and, also, improving our soil’s vitality through tillage reduction, crop rotation, green manure cover cropping, compost and the use of only certified organic fertilizers. We never use synthetic amendments or GMOs.
We are proud to be CERTIFIED NATURALLY GROWN.
Suzanne Kelly/owner & grower
My home is situated on a little over an acre of prime farmland, but for a long time I couldn’t imagine how to grow for the larger community with such little space. I was eventually buoyed by an increasing number of growers working small parcels, and left the academic world for a deeper connection with the land. I’m grateful to be part of a movement of farmers fostering stronger ties to the soil and our local communities.
When I’m not in the field, I fuel my other earth-based passion of helping to grow a sustainable death care movement in the U.S. I’m the part-time administrator of the Town of Rhinebeck Cemetery where I collaborated with others to establish a Natural Burial Ground in 2014. I also consult with green burial start ups and write at the intersections of nature, gender, and death.
In the Press
https://www.today.com/video/samah-dada-explores-the-history-and-science-behind-turmeric-152522821735
This Farmer Wants to Return Our Bodies to the Land
Hudson Valley Garlic’s Unique Festival Draw Thousands to Saugerties
The Tastiest Bulb: Garlic Growing with Suzanne Kelly of Green Owl Garlic
Festival Unites Attendees Over Love of Garlic