Open Farms

08/01/2025

What a day!! See you next year, Goat Fest WNY!!!
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EAST AURORA – On July 26, people came together to connect with nature and celebrate goats, and their role in the environment. Goat Fest, held at Wood Spring Club just off Four Rod Road in East Aurora, showcased how goats can be used for restorative landscaping and invasive species control. When go...

07/30/2025

Happy 35th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, and Happy Disability Pride Month for all of July! The Care Farming Network supports farms around the country that actively embrace disability justice in the workplace, in residential and therapeutic spaces, and in the community. You can learn more from our blog post!

07/15/2025

07/11/2025

We enjoyed an amazing tour and an all around inspiring visit to Homesteads for Hope, our sister Care Farm in our Sister City of !!! Huge thanks to the Care Farming Network for sponsoring yesterday's gathering.

Their incredible space and truly loving community reminds us of the endless growth opportunities for us here at Open Farms near Buffalo, NY. Nestled along the 219 in Springville, big dreams are taking shape right here at home, and I'm so grateful to have leaders like Jenny Brongo and her team to help us along our path!

Open Farms is a registered 501c3 care farm, serving individuals of all backgrounds as we farm together. Our mission focuses on supporting individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities and those living with mental health struggles, but our co-farmers are from so many different backgrounds! We work along-side co-farmers from corporate teams, homeschool groups, and so many more community members who drop in to help care for our animals and gardens. We farm with the goal of healing the soil AND our hearts!

Seeing how far Homesteads for Hope had carried their vision, we are more energized than ever for what Open Farms will do for Western New York!

06/23/2025

We can't thank Viktoria Hallikäär with Spectrum news enough for sharing such a beautiful capture of our farm and programs! We are so glad you're a part of our . 🐐❤️

The Open Farms team very grateful to be a part of a nationwide movement that seeks to connect us all to well-being through farming. You can learn more about this amazing collective work through the Care Farming Network, and of course visit our website at:

Openfarmswny.org

We hope you'll join us in reconnecting to the land, animals and eachother...on the farm! 🐐🌱❤️

https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/buffalo/news/2025/06/13/care-farming--offers-volunteers-a-way-to-work-out-stress--anxiety

Co-farmers know that as much as it's exercise for the body, it's also exercise for the soul.

05/13/2025

Such a great day meeting neighbors and sharing about how care farms support good mental health.

See you on the farm! 🐐❤️

04/07/2025

Can't wait for this inaugural G.O.A.T festival!!! Come check out the amazing space at Wood Spring Club and grab your spot for what is sure to become a family-first Buffalo staple! 🐐❤️

Goat Fest will celebrate all things 'goat,' and highlight how Nature provides and benefits when we come together with animals, plants and the natural world. 🌎

Open Farms will be there to share about care farming, alongside nature-based vendors, awesome local live music, a storybook trail, guided hikes, Goatscaping demonstrations, and of course....lots of GOATS!!! 🐐🌱🐐🌱🐐

Want to be part of Goat Fest? Come visit us on May 4th. 🏕️🐐

04/07/2025

Throwing back to our early days...if you're curious about care farming, this is a good capture of what we are all about!

04/07/2025

A wonderfull visit....🥰

04/07/2025

A perfect introduction to our very special farm!! 🐐❤️

SPRINGVILLE – Have you heard of “care farming?” A popular practice in Europe, care farms are the use of therapeutic farm practices to help promote health, well-being and belonging. The belief is that farming the land, helping with animals and getting your hands dirty will help improve a person...