Steelbow Farm was established in the winter of 2017 in Central Maine. After three successful seasons there, Finegan Ferreboef & Jason Gold decided to move back to Austin, Texas. There they grew their farm, family and business and provided specialty organic vegetables for many local restaurants, wholesale outlets and CSA communities. With over 20+ years of farming experience we have once again moved onto new ground. Because of a tremendous opportunity to participate in a historic farm transfer, Steelbow Farm is now happily settling into rich soils in Ancram, New York. We are trying out new crops and ventures and are dreaming up the next phase of our farm. You pick berries and diversified vegetables will always be the heart of it all here, and we are extremely excited to find even more ways to enrich community and the add to the abundance of the local foodshed in the Hudson Valley.

Farming is good honest work. There are long days, in the rain and in the heat. We use our bodies; bending, reaching, hauling, lifting, to do that work. But, the physicality of this pursuit is also why we love it. This lifestyle of working outside, under the great big sky and in all the elements, brings us satisfaction, gratitude, and humility.

We feel extremely lucky and privileged to be able to choose to farm as a livelihood. We found ourselves where we are now, with dirty, calloused hands and farmer’s tans, because we love to eat good food. A shared meal is so much more than just sustenance. It is where bread is broken, ideas shared, bonds forged, and humanity enhanced.  To grow is to cultivate and to feed is to nourish. We feel our best when we are doing these things.

We are excited to see what this season will bring. We look forward to getting to know this place and community, and bringing beautiful, delicious produce to the community of the Hudson Valley.

Our farm's name comes from an antiquated Scottish term for a lease agreement between tenant farmers and their landlords. As growers who started out (and ended up) on leased land, we felt this was a fitting name to give to our farming journey, while highlighting the issues of land ccess many young and beginning farmers currently face. The name now pays homage to our journey across regions, soil types, and states of growth.