The White Family in Hardwick, Massachusetts

Welcomes You TO Whitesfields Farm

The White Family in Hardwick, Massachusetts

Welcomes You TO Whitesfields Farm

2022 Redeemer Wheat Berries For Sale

Several Hundred Pounds Available as of October 2022

Cost $1.25 per pound. Shipping by UPS in amounts up to 40 lbs is possible. Please contact Abbie at mail@whitesfieldsfarm.com if interested.

2022 Redeemer Wheat Berries University of Vermont Grain Test

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Redeemer Wheat Harvest July 15th, 2022 Hardwick, MA

This beautiful harvest will be followed by drying, a second cleaning, and lab grain testing.

Redeemer Wheat Harvest July 15th, 2022 Hardwick, MA

Gratitude for Gifts

Abbie's Meaningful Connections

I was surprised and pleased to receive this beautiful card arrived in my post office box recently. With a website and farm market presence, I am often amazed by the connections that happen. As background I am a long time Hardwick Recycling Commission member and support recycling and reuse. There were impressive artworks using waste plastics at the 2018 Student Thesis Art Exhibition at Worcester State University by Dakota Moon Smith-Porter. I complimented her creative work with an email. She replied more than three years later! I learned that Dakota lives on a farm in Montague and is experimenting with grain growing and weaving wheat straw.

More information about wheat

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About the White Family

Sustainable farming focused on wheat, sheep, and pawpaw trees

Growing and milling wheat in Hardwick in recent years has become a fulfilling family and community activity that works well with our farmland. Crop fertility and weed suppression are accomplished by rotating fields with our grass grazing sheep herd.

Publicity from the Chronicle TV show on September 8, 2020 highlighted our Redeemer wheat grain

Abbie's love of edible landscaping has led to crops of organically grown pawpaws, Cornelian cherries, persimmons, and beach plums.

Pawpaw Fruit

Contact Abbie with inquiries about pawpaw fruit at

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Wheat usually available all year

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Wheat Harvesting Videos 7/22/17

Combining is Calming and Contemplative

Evan made this drone video on his birthday of Stan combining the wheat. The video is long but worthwhile. Combining is calming in terms of the methodical pace and satisfaction gained from harvesting healthy and nourishing grain.

Family Unity

Simon fills and transports a full bag of wheat berries to a poly barn for drying and cleaning. Stan starts up the combine to harvest more wheat. Evan captures the action on his drone. Theresa and Melissa help with cleaning wheat berries. I observe. Growing wheat is our meaningful and unifying family activity.

Pasture Grazing and Grain Cultivation Rotation

Simon completes the harvesting for 2017 of our Redeemer wheat. As he finishes the last part, Evan lets the sheep herd enter the field. Our grain growing fields become pastures in alternate years. Sheep grazing contributes to soil health with improved fertility. With pasture rotation for our grain production, we can suppress weeds and avoid the use of herbicides.

Grazing Sheep and Fertile Pastures for Future Grain Growing

Thank you Evan for this gorgeous drone video from May 11, 2019. Early May is always lovely with vivid green grass and pastel dappled deciduous trees. The sheep thrive. For 2021 we have fields of rye and Redeemer wheat planted.

Lively Lambs March 31, 2018

Sadly, the COVID-19 pandemic Shelter in Place situation was needed for Abbie to actually view her son's wonderful drone videos from 2018. She is glad that she can share them. We look forward to a successful grain growing season in 2021.