Nutwood Farm is working at the forefront of agroforestry in the northeast with productive nut crops and a highly diverse farmstead of perennial edible plants. However, commercial viability is still a challenge due to our small scale and limited access to postharvest processing equipment. However, we are working steadily on increasing the technical knowledge that will make local nuts a reality in our regional food system in the near future! Please continue to reach out with inquiries so we can track the growing market demand for these important regenerative agriculture crops!
What we’re growing:
Nuts
Hybrid hazelnuts, Chinese and American chestnuts, English walnuts, hardy pecans, butternuts, hickories, Japanese heartnuts and Korean stone pine nuts
Fruit
Seaberry, haskaps/honeyberries, elderberries, gooseberries, jostaberries, currents, persimmons, paw paws, apples, pears, peaches, blueberries, raspberries, blackberries
Grains (forthcoming)
Short-grain rice, barley, hulless oats, Kernza® wheat
Medicinals
Ginseng, goldenseal, medicinal herbs
shiitake mushrooms
Animals
ducks, geese, rabbits, sheep, goats
Potential Value-Added Products:
Roasted hazelnuts
Hazelnut butter
Hazelnut oil
Flavored hazelnuts (maple, tamari, curry)
Chocolate hazelnuts
Hazelnut flour
Hazelnut milk
Roasted chestnuts
Chestnut flour
Chestnut beer
Walnut/butternut oil
Dried fruit & preserves
Short brown rice
Meat birds
Duck and goose eggs
Herbal/medicinal blends