About Us – A Sustainable Farm
Our Family
It all started…
When a boy from the Bronx met the farmer’s daughter and they decided to start dairy farming together in 1949, and there began Freund’s Farm.
Today…
7 decades later, the 2nd and 3rd generations of our farm family manage 2 farm businesses.
The Canaan View Dairy team cares for the cows that provide the manure that we form into CowPots which are then used at our family’s retail store, Freund’s Farm Market & Bakery to grow the produce and flowers that our farm and community enjoys all summer! This synergy is key to our sustainability.
We send a newsletter to all of our neighbors and invite you to follow our farming adventures:
Made by Farmers, for Growers
A brief visit to our farm and CowPots factory, meet the people and learn why we make CowPots.
Sustainable Dairy Videos
Animal Care is Sustainability
Sustainability ties into how, when and where we grow our crops and apply manure as fertilizer to our land.
Crops and Manure Practices
Peat bogs take 100 years to regenerate. CowPots are manufactured in the US by American farmers using renewable energy and ingredients.
Sustainable Nutrition for Your Plate
Sustainability is more than how we grow crops and cows, it’s also about the choices you have for what goes on your plate.
Mixing Dairy into our Farmhouse Meals
Mama Freund bakes up some buttermilk shortcake biscuits. How and when we use dairy is part of our family’s sustainable food choices.
About the Farm
The dairy farm team cares for the herd of Holstein cows by using the newest technologies, including Lely milking robots and rumination collars which track each cow’s activity, like Fitbits.
The farm manager works closely with a dairy nutritionist and veterinarian to ensure that the animals have a complete and balanced diet. All of the forages are grown on our fields to feed the 300 milking cows supplemented by grains and minerals. Animal health and nutrition is an important component to sustainability.
The dairy farm participates in the National Dairy FARM Program, a 3rd party verifiable animal well-being program.
- Solar Panels – capture energy to power the dairy farm and CowPots production facility.
- Corn fields are no-till – improving carbon sequestration from the soil.
- Recycling water – using well water to cool the milk then passing that tempered water to the cows.
- Methane digester – biogas produced from manure offsets the use of propane and heating oil.
- Nutrient Management Plan and Forestry Stewardship Plan – guides the activities at Freund’s Farm for managing soil health and forest longevity.
- CowPots – exports excess nutrients from sustainable farm to where they’re needed (your garden) and replaces non-renewable planting containers like plastic and peat with a biodegradable pot alternative.
