Featured Mohawk Valley Farm: Free Flow Farm

Mohawk Valley Featured Farm: Free Flow Farm

One of the many benefits of living in the Mohawk Valley is the abundance of local farmers’ markets, farms and farm stores within a short drive from where you live. The ability to buy fresh local produce directly from the farmer who grew it is more common in the Mohawk Valley than in many parts of the country. As the growing season continues into summer, a wider variety of fresh produce comes into season. We encourage you to buy local and visit farms located near you in our region. This week, we are so excited to highlight featured Mohawk Valley Farm – Free Flow Farm!

About Free Flow Farm

Free Flow Farm is a local vegetable and produce farm located in Herkimer County. The farm is owned by Pooniel Healy and her husband Scott. They weren’t originally looking seriously at buying anything, but once they were on the property they both knew it was what they had been always looking for. Pooniel and Scott have been there six years now and they both feel a deep connection to the land, the area, and all of nature. “The name Free Flow Farm was born out of the free and easy way our relationship has always felt to us, and still feels to this day.”

In their own words,

Our farm is not just a vegetable, herb and flower farm. It is a refuge for our souls and for the many animals that reside here. It is our happy place where we feel our best. We express our gratitude for it everyday.

We have three Garlic varieties for sale:

Music is a porcelain, hard-neck variety, an excellent keeper (up to a year in a cool, dry spot) with 5-6 very large cloves which makes it easy to peel. The flavor is a mild/medium heat with delicious taste, used for roasting, sautéing and raw eating. It caramelizes to perfection.

Italian Purple is a rocambole, hard-neck variety, and does not keep as long as Music, but will keep up to 9 months in a cool, dry spot. It’s flavor has more heat than Music with a stronger “zip” to it. Great for raw eating and sautéing.

Calabria is an heirloom Rocambole variety considered the premier garlic of Italy. Extremely rich flavor but it can be difficult to grow. It’s a Northern garlic that needs cold winters. This garlic will keep up to 6 months in a cool, dry space.

Fresh Flowers

Our fresh cut flowers are also in full swing. At the markets and festivals customers can choose flowers for their own bouquet from the bouquet bar we provide.

Did you know…

Scott and I met and married later in life and we knew what we cherished. We both already had a deep connection with the land in the area and all of nature.
Pooniel’s paternal Grandmother grew up ½ mile from where they are now and she feels like her grandmother was calling her home when they bought this farm.
Our farm is not just a vegetable, herb and flower farm. It is a refuge for our souls and for many animals that reside here. It is our happy place and where we feel our best. We express our gratitude for it everyday.

How to find Free Flow Farm

Free Flow Farm is on Facebook and you can reach out to to them there for questions or special orders. They have filled special orders in the past and will continue to so depending on availability.

They attend several Farmers Markets in the area:

Mohawk Valley Farmers’ Market starts in July in Herkimer, NY.

We set up at the Little Falls Farmers’ Market on Saturdays from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the M&T Bank parking lot.

Oriskany Farmers’ Market from 2:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Thanks so much to Free Flow Farm for all they do to offer natural local produce right here for all of us in the Mohawk Valley!

Visit Mohawk Valley Farms for the best produce

We love the region’s farms and farm stores and the dedicated families who operate them to produce the best locally grown products to feed and care for our families!

Cornell Cooperative Extension Herkimer County is taking our commitment to food security and community health a step further by participating in Mohawk Valley Gives, the region’s signature fundraising campaign.