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Home / Farmers / Red Fire Farm

Red Fire Farm

Location: Granby and Montague, MA
Farmers: Ryan and Sarah Voiland
Supplies Real Pickles with fresh beets, carrots, chile peppers, cucumbers, green cabbage, leeks, napa cabbage, onions, red cabbage, tomatillos

Red Fire Farm family

Ryan and Sarah run Red Fire Farm, a successful family farm in Granby and Montague, MA. Started by Ryan in 2001, the farm specializes in a diverse array of certified organic vegetables, fruit, and flowers. Red Fire Farm is well-known throughout western Massachusetts for their high quality produce, which they sell through their Community Supported Agriculture program, farmer’s markets, food co-ops, and their own farm stands in Granby and Montague. They also host a not-to-be-missed Tomato Festival every August at the Granby farm.

Ryan began his farming career back in middle school when he took over his parents’ vegetable garden and opened an organic farm stand at their house in Montague. By the time he was in college, Ryan was already on his way to becoming an experienced grower, as his operation had expanded into an established vegetable farm selling at farmer’s market and wholesale. After graduating from Cornell’s agriculture school in 2000, Ryan purchased an old dairy and potato farm in Granby and began growing his organic vegetables there under the name Red Fire Farm. Now, with many years of experience under his belt, Ryan is a highly skilled grower and, along with his wife Sarah, runs one of the most well-respected organic farms in the area.

In 2009, Ryan and Sarah purchased additional farmland and expanded their farm operations back into Ryan’s hometown of Montague. They acquired 110 acres of rich alluvial soils as well as beautiful greenhouses. They are working with Mount Grace Land Trust to employ an innovative land tenure model, the Campaign for Affordable Farms, that will keep this farmland affordable for farmers into the future.

Red Fire Farm was one of the first farms to supply produce to Real Pickles, and continues to be a key source of high quality, certified organic vegetables for us. And conveniently, Red Fire Farm’s stands in Granby and Montague are great places to pick up a jar of Real Pickles products!

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We are so excited to see the delicious photographs We are so excited to see the delicious photographs that @newenglandfoodandfarm made while visiting Nick and his crew at @smetanafoodtruck earlier this month! You can almost taste the flavors of these "Modern Eastern European Fare" dishes that include Real Pickles Sauerkraut and Beet Kvass! If you aren't able to visit Smetana Food Truck (their schedule and location is on their insta page) - we hope you are inspired to create your own dish this holiday weekend! 

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We are happy to report that the skilled farmers at We are happy to report that the skilled farmers at Mountain View Farm (and Dave Hayes the Weather Nut!) kept our baby cukes safe and warm during the recent freeze! Cucumber pickles will be back in early July!  #RealPickles #organic #NortheastGrown 

Posted @withregram • @mtviewfarm Here's a sunrise photo from this morning at 5:30 AM when we were out checking things. Temps got down to 25° but everything made it through OK. Thanks to our wonderful crew and all the people we consulted with including farm member and meteorologist Dave Hayes and Ben's mentor @michaeldocter50--what would we do without you?!?! 💛
We are SO excited to introduce our newest member-o We are SO excited to introduce our newest member-owner of our co-op, Craig Lavarreda! As the Real Pickles production manager, Craig keeps systems running smoothly and well-coordinated. He says, "I am excited to be part of a group with the same commitment, working towards the same goal and being part of the collective decision making.”. 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. We are proud to be part of a movement to build and strengthen democratic economies in our community and beyond. 

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This Thursday, join a workshop with Franklin Commu This Thursday, join a workshop with Franklin Community Co-ops, "Farm to Fermentation" with Real Pickles' very own Katie Korby and Kate Hunter! Learn about the importance of local organic farms and soil health and their connection to fermentation and a healthy gut microbiome. Katie will demonstrate a quick, spring time ferment in this informative and fun workshop! Thursday May 18th 6-7:30 170 Main St. Greenfield and online! Check bio for Zoom link on Thursday. 
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The pickle folks are so happy to be eating lunch i The pickle folks are so happy to be eating lunch in the sun! Enjoy the weather this weekend everyone! 😎
We think of Mother's Day as a time to celebrate an We think of Mother's Day as a time to celebrate and reflect on the role models in our lives.  If you are celebrating with a meal, consider this recipe where you can pile on your favorite Real Pickles ferments! This Garden Pilaf recipe is beautiful as a side or a main dish, plus it's loaded with flavor and packed with nutrients. Recipe link in bio.

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