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Home / Farmers / Mountain View Farm

Mountain View Farm

Location: Easthampton, MA
Farmers: Ben Perrault and Liz Adler
Supplies Real Pickles with fresh chile peppers, cucumbers, green cabbage, onions, red cabbage

We are thrilled to be partnering with Mountain View Farm, a certified organic farm based in Easthampton, MA. The farm is run by Ben and Liz, along with their two children, Ollie and Nate, and the support of their three loyal dogs. Ben and Liz started their farm in 2006 on 17 acres and in the years since have expanded their operation to add nearly 100 acres of leased land in Easthampton, Northampton and Hadley.

Mountain View Farm is known throughout the Valley for their amazing Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) and U-Pick operations that includes flowers, herbs, green beans, peas, cherry tomatoes, and much more. They have grown their CSA to over 2,000 customers, winning the Valley Advocate’s Best Local CSA award 15 years in a row!

The farm takes great pride in their long-term community partnerships, including their relationship with The Food Bank of Western Mass. Over the last 15 years, through a unique partnership, Mountain View has delivered over two million pounds of fresh organic fruits and veggies to the Food Bank to be distributed to those facing hunger throughout the region.

At Real Pickles, we know Mountain View Farm best for their beautiful organic pickling cucumbers. We are so grateful to Ben and Liz and their crew for all of the care and hard work they put into growing this often-challenging crop. In the summer of 2024, Mountain View Farm delivered us more than half of the cukes, an incredible 23,595 pounds, that went into our pickles for you to enjoy!

The partnership with Real Pickles feels like “a really good fit” to Liz and Ben, and we couldn’t agree more!

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Our Small Batch Organic Dilly Beans are back! They Our Small Batch Organic Dilly Beans are back! They're snappy and tender, packed with fresh dill and garlic. Perfect for snacking straight from the jar, sneaking into lunch boxes, or dressing up your favorite salad or happy hour cocktail. We can’t stop eating them and we think you’ll love these dillies all day long! Find these small batch favorites in select stores or on our website while supplies last.
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We’re so excited to join Monte Belmonte for the Ma We’re so excited to join Monte Belmonte for the March for the Food Bank of Western Massachusetts this November! Right now, many of our neighbors are struggling to put meals on the table. With cuts to SNAP benefits and the rising cost of living, hunger is a growing reality for families everywhere. Every dollar raised helps the Food Bank provide two nutritious meals for our Western Mass neighbors. Together, we can help. Join us or donate to support our team’s efforts to build a better food system for all!

Link in Bio: http://engage.foodbankwma.org/goto/Real_Pickles_Team

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Have you ever stopped to wonder why Real Pickles f Have you ever stopped to wonder why Real Pickles fermented vegetables are refrigerated, when so many other brands are shelf stable? It’s because our ferments are naturally fermented and raw. No vinegar, no additives and no boiling here. Lacto-fermented products are full of the nutrients and gut healthy micro-organisms that the organic vegetables were harvested with! Lactic acid fermentation relies on these beneficial cultures and salt to break down natural sugars in the vegetables and produce a variety of healthful substances, including lactic acid. This lactic acid gives the ferments that delicious sour taste and preserves the vegetable. Refrigeration halts the fermentation process. Both methods of preservation are thousands of years old with beautiful, rich histories; but, of course, we’re biased towards the healthier option. 😉🫙💚 #RawFermentation #RealPickles #Organic #LactoFermentation #Pickles
To bring you the very best ferments, our productio To bring you the very best ferments, our production team carefully considers which vegetable varieties work best for us! This week’s colorful comparison features red cabbages: Bandolero vs. Ruby Perfection. Here, we’re looking at the size and shape of the heads and cores, qualities that affect how we process the cabbage, the time it takes to ferment, and the amount of waste per head.
Did you know? This time of year, we go through about 12,000 lbs of organic, Northeast-grown cabbage per day!
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Welcoming a new worker-owner is always exciting fo Welcoming a new worker-owner is always exciting for us here at Real Pickles, and after 7 years of enthusiastic dedicated work we could not be more thrilled to welcome Samba Kane as a member of our co-op! Samba joined us in 2018 as a production assistant and is now an assistant kitchen supervisor. With a wide range of experience and a want for change, he exudes leadership and a positive attitude within our production team. Samba wanted to make sure he could make the long term commitment to Real Pickles before becoming a worker-owner, taking the role very seriously. “You have people here for 10 years, 20 years, and it’s a great thing. It’s great how it changes... And it’s not always ‘Yes, yes, yes.’, there’s democracy.”. Outside of Real Pickles, Samba plays soccer with his friends, goes out to the club, and listens to music. He’s a vibrant laidback friend to all here at Real Pickles and we’re so happy to have him as a member of the co-op! As a worker co-operative, Real Pickles is preserving our strong social mission, empowering our staff to direct the future of our business, and creating good local jobs with shared profits. 

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Thank you to all volunteers and organizers involve Thank you to all volunteers and organizers involved with the North Quabbin Garlic & Arts Festival this year! What an amazing culmination of culture, craftsmanship, and of course, garlic. We had a wonderful time and we hope you did too! @nqgarlicandartsfestival @chasehillfarm #garlicandartsfestival #fermented #garlic #realpickles #gocoop

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