The 600+ acre farm is certified organic from California Certified Organic Farmers (CCOF), and is soon to be the First LEED Certified Organic Dairy in the United States.
Dairy - We milk jersey/x and graze all of our cows.
Creamery - We bottle Organic Cream-line Milk in glass bottles!!!
The Education Center, built for the areas school children, is due to be complete in 2011.
CSA- Our Herb Garden consists of over 40 varieties.
The Flower Garden is under construction and currently consists of 35 cut flowers.
Vegetables -
Of course we have all the basics:
Lettuce, Arugula, Beans, Squash, Eggplant, potatoes, Onions, Garlic, Asparagus, kale, Chard, Radishes and Cucumbers. We also feature over 40 Varieties of Tomatoes and 35 Varieties of Peppers, an Italian Garden, French garden, a Childrens Garden (great on CSA work days), and plans for a future Pizza Garden.
Eggs- We have Heritage Breed - Dominiques -and use a chicken tractor to follow the cows in the pasture.
Buying Club - The buying Club was started 1999 and orders monthly, please contact us for a catalog.
The produce from Bellemonte Farms is freshly picked and absolutely delicious. And, what a variety. It is a very clean, well-run dairy farm also. Michelle has recipes to share and all the recipes she has given me have turned out to be very delicious. She has a variety of herbs and flowers also.
This farm is beautiful and the owners are so friendly and helpful! We purchased 3 calves from them and they are the most beautiful and healthy calves. Thank you!!
I haven't yet tasted any of the products from this farm, but it is such a lovely restful place. We recently visited the farm looking for my family's cemetery which is on a hill on the farm and Michael was kind enough to let us visit it and photograph the headstones.
It is even more exciting to lea... [more]