Reviews for: Heritage Hen Farm

Svetlana- take this comment from whence it comes- I'm betting a miserable northeastern transplant. They are the rudest people on the planet. Don't entertain this person's unfounded rantings. Go about the business you do and remain confident in knowing where your heart lies and all the goodness to humanity your hard work provides.

Dear Ms. Feingold: The guineas are right here on our farm, please come see them. We've had ducks & geese for 4 yrs. Our waterfowl was here on our farm up until 3 weeks ago when they left with Sarah to her farm who took our last two goats. We've not sold any duck or goose eggs since. Its just two of us that work the farm, it became overwhelming to also grow our waterfowl. We've not ever pretended to be a dairy farm. We tried to purchase another milking cow but the cost is too prohibitive for us. We've had labels of 2 other Florida dairies (on top of our goat's milk that I explained above) e/time we've had their milk. All since June 2011, not 2012 as you've written. Our last milk was from Sable, a little over 6 wks ago and at the same time we had our breeder's milk and still do. Please present yourself on our farm to see for yourself. You are posting bites and pieces of information, out of date or just plain untrue information. Again, you are welcome to visit the farm and then you may also speak to Sarah who took our waterfowl.

Dear Local Harvest: We've emailed you, phoned you one person's inappropriate comment who is not even a customer of ours. Please contact us immediately. The false claims she is making is causing concern to the many years we've worked, to grow and build our farm. Thank you, Marty and Svetlana Simon 561.350.0507

Mrs. Simon, the truth is that just about the only thing as of June 2012 that your farm is producing are chicken eggs. The cow milk, goat milk, guinea eggs, and duck eggs you advertise are not from your farm, even the cheese and yogurt you sell is made using milk from other farms. Please disclose your sources to your customers, especially those you obtain your raw dairy from, so that your patrons may make informed decisions. I can guarantee you that the majority of your customers have no idea that the dairy no longer solely comes from your farm, and unless you have or are planning to buy a pregnant cow then you will not have your own milk for some time to come...

Your comments are unfounded and spiteful. Last June (2011) we announced to our community that our breeder is able to supply us with milk, all be it in small quantities, but still, the supply has helped us meet the demand. A cow is not in lactation 100% of the time. When was it that you visited us or our cows or discussed with us our milking rotation? We have often gone without milk when we don't have it and we have often, to the disappointment of many, not had enough of any raw dairy, because we don't have enough milk. Were you a customer or a farm visitor when we explained that our calf Coco was suckling well beyond 1 yr from her mom Sable and that's why we had even less milk? Were you present last summer during two of the milking demos we held on the farm? Regarding the goats, where you present with us when we announced we don't have goat's milk from our goat Lilli? And then we tried to meet the demand for the goat's milk, so we sold goat's milk from a local rancher and sold their soap, it was clearly 'advertised'. Did you come to bid farewell to our goat William or his offspring, when we announced to the community that we are giving our goats to two local rancher friends who what to start keeping goats? It took us 1yr+ to coordinate the right home for all 3 of them so they have a great transition and so that we can also visit them. Did you know this information before posting unfounded claims? Our farm is still open Mon-Fri. Because we are closed on Saturdays for this summer, makes us suspicious? You are welcome to pay our insurance fees for 24/7/365 farm visits or please pay our cost for the labor and time its going to take to mend 8 acres of fence line. Something we have to accomplish before farmer's market season starts again in October. You are welcome to call or visit us, so that you can understand how our farm operates. Until then, please recant your false statement.

This person has never visited our farm nor has anyone ever approached us with this concern. We are constantly without enough provisions for our community. Everyone knows that we have only so much raw milk, eggs, etc. Last June 2011, we announced by email to our customer base that our breeder is able to supply us with raw milk until we can afford to purchase another cow. We also rotate our cows properly so we often have less milk or no milk when one of our cows isn't lactating. When we stopped milking our goat Lilli, we announced to the community that we would be getting raw goat's milk for a local rancher and we also sold that farm's milk soap, it was 'advertised' by label and a big sign because we proud to support another farmer. As our farm grew and we raised more heritage hens for eggs, my husband I decided we were not able to continue keeping the male goats on our farm. For almost 1 year we waited to find them the right home. We held a 'bid farewell' for our sire goat William and many came to farm and our market booth to bid him farewell. Our rancher friend Linda took him since she interested in starting Spanish breed goats. His offspring went to our friend's farm Sarah, just down the road from William, so we can visit them still. That's why we don't have goats anymore. Furthermore, our farm is still open its not closed per the incorrect statements. We are open Mon-Fri for the summer. For most of the yr we keep the farm open and attend Saturday's market. We have 8 acres of fence line that needs repairing so this summer we are closed on Saturdays for that purpose only. We also can't afford the insurance to host impromptu visits anymore because of a bee sting that happened on the farm a few months ago. These comments are incorrect, and it will do damage to the hard work we have done to grow our farm. Please remove them or have the person who falsely made, them come contact us and learn how they are misinformed.

Thank you! It is feedback and support from our local community that keeps us farming. We appreciate that you want to support farmers like ourselves!