Ghent · Columbia County · Hudson Valley, NY

A small regenerative farm, worked by hand.

KuneKune pigs, pastured poultry, and eggs raised on nine acres of Hudson Valley pasture. Rotationally grazed, soy-free fed, never on concrete.

Est. 2018 · 9 acres · Rotationally grazed
A KuneKune pig at eye level on open pasture at Dropstone Farm in Ghent, NY

What we raise

A herd of KuneKune pigs grazing in morning light

KuneKune pigs

A grazing breed, docile enough for a small property and content on grass rather than grain. We keep breeding stock and sell weaners and growers.

See what is available →
Pastured meat chickens on grass beside a chicken tractor

Pastured chicken

Meat birds raised on pasture and processed here on the farm, in batches small enough that we know how every one of them was kept.

A basket of fresh eggs from pastured hens at Dropstone Farm

Eggs

The flock that started the farm in 2018. Hens move across the same pasture the pigs graze, which is the point: one animal follows another and the ground gets better for it.

How the pigs are kept

They have never stepped on concrete.

Our pigs are rotationally grazed on pasture. They are moved on before the ground is spent, which keeps the sward growing, the parasites down, and the animals doing the work of tilling and fertilizing for us.

Through the winter we supplement that grass-fed diet with certified organic, soy-free feed from Stone House Grain in Hudson, New York, a mill that grows its own grain twenty minutes from here.

More about the farm →
A pallet of certified organic soy-free feed bags from Stone House Grain

Between litters

We are out of pigs at the moment. When the next batch is ready to leave, the waiting list is contacted first.

Join the waiting list →
A black farm cat sitting on a fence post against a storm sky at Dropstone Farm
The farm cat, keeping an eye on the north fence line. Ghent, New York.
Life here