Silver Wheel Farm LLC is located in Marion Twp,  Butler County PA, near Harrisville.

Run by the husband/wife team of Lori Sands and Ben Shaevitz; its  a small farm with big ideas!

 Silver Wheel's   FRESH HARVEST PROGRAM was a success in 2010 and 2011. How is this different from other CSA programs? You get only the produce you want, when you want it.

 Click here: Fresh Harvest 2012  for  information and links to price and registration information . 

Our farm is certified by  Certified Naturally Grown,  which means that all synthetic herbicides, pesticides, and fungicides, as well as antibiotics and hormones are never used on our farm ( see www.naturallygrown.org for information and Standards).

We specialize in a large variety of  lettuce and greens, growing  both every week of the year, including the winter months. We also grow a full range of other vegetables plus  many herbs and some berries. We sell  brown, white, and even green eggs from our small flock of laying hens.

Our products are "handcrafted"-  no tillage-by-tractor here!  We prefer the quiet rhythm of the scythe and hoe, which focus an almost meditative attention on the task and allow one to fully enjoy the songs of the birds and patterns of the clouds.  The only tillage machine we use is a BCS, which does the least damage to soil structure and  soil creatures.  (Our tractor is used for brush-hogging  only, not plowing or tillage.) All farming practices at Silver Wheel are chosen and performed with utmost respect for the flora,  fauna and fungi which, while mostly invisible, are very much alive in the soil. 

The fields encompass a spiritual element as well, enhanced with Biodynamic preparations and practices. Our intention is to create a "whole farm", wherein all parts are interwoven to express the dance of wind, rain, sun, and soil.

 Please email tchfrch@hotmail.com for more information.

Memberships:

Certified Naturally Grown                    www.naturallygrown.org

Northwest PA Growers Cooperative   www.nwpagrowers.com

PASA  (PA Association for Sustainable Agriculture) www.pasafarming.org

Biodynamic Farming and Gardening Association   www.biodynamics.com