Thistledown Farm is a small livestock farm located in the Northern Catskills of Upstate New York. We raise sheep, poultry and pigs in the forests, fields and valleys above the west branch of the Delaware River and we sell ready-to-eat food that is delicious, nutritious and fills our souls with comfort and joy. We are committed to using sustainable and regenerative practices that improve our food system, our environments and ourselves.

Our Products

  • Pasture Raised Poultry

    We raise flocks of chickens, ducks and turkeys, that live their lives on fresh pasture where they can follow their natural instincts to scratch and forage for insects and plant matter, producing a meat that’s rich in omega-3 fats and minerals.

  • Pasture Raised Pork

    Our pigs naturally root through meadows and forest lots, where they can forage for fallen fruits and nuts, follow their natural curiosity and playfulness.

  • Farm To Table Foods

    We use our meats and vegetables to produce a range of seasonal, comforting and nutritious pies, quiches, soups, stews, stocks, pates and terrines that we sell fresh and frozen at farmers markets!

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GOBBLE GOBBLE, ROAR. DM or email us to order your fresh Thanksgiving turkey! Pickup locally or from the Saugerties Farmer’s Market on Sunday 11/24. 6-9lbs or 9-12lbs available.
With Summer ramping up, we’re looking for an extra set of hands to help grow our little farm 🙌 We’re hiring for a part-time farmhand position to help with daily animal management, building out infrastructure, processing poultry, improvi
From the kitchen this week: a Ramp & Mushroom quiche made with our pasture raised eggs and wild foraged ramps, and a Ramp & Chili Sausage with meat from our forest raised pigs! Supplies are limited though, so grab them at our Woodstock or Sa
From the kitchen this week: our pasture raised chicken elevated to pot pie perfection by the inimitable @chef.cat.morrison Limited supplies, DM to grab yours!
Spring has sprung, the grass is green and the chickens have primped up their feathers in preparation for their summer camp on the green pastures of South Kortright. They’ll spend the next months eating grass, chasing bugs and basking in the Cat
The sun is shining, the chickens are laying, the daffodils are blooming and the peepers are peeping. Could it be?!? Could spring finally be here?
Hedging: stock barriers grown from trees and perennial vegetation. Coppicing: the repeated cutting of deciduous trees down to the root collar to promote the resprout and growth of pole wood to a desired size. Pollarding: the repeated cutting back t
Looking outwards. On the day we found out that Hannah was pregnant the pipes burst in our cabin. As the water poured through the ceiling over our heads, our stomachs sank. We knew that we couldn’t stay at the homestead this winter, not with a
In our little kingdom on the hillside we could explore the questions that we felt were important after being a part of the urban ratrace for so long: what it means to live closely with nature and whether we could provide some of our own basic needs t
Our off-grid homestead. Tucked away in the forest at the top of the farm, looking down our little valley to the river. When we first visited this bit of land on a sunny day in August and came up the driveway past the rows of sumacs and the old stone