Promoting sustainable stewardship of the land

 

 

Welcome to the Blue Gate Farm website!  

Blue Gate Farm is the small, family operation of Jill Beebout & Sean Skeehan.  We are Certified Naturally Grown, producing healthy fruits & vegetables, free-range eggs, raw honey, and alfalfa hay.  We run a limited membership CSA and are regular vendors at the 
Des Moines Downtown Farmers Market.

The 2008 market opens Saturday, May 10th.
During the majority of the growing season we publish a weekly Newsletter for our CSA members - the entire archive can be found on the Newsletters page. 

 Farm Crawl 2008  - a second year of joint open houses at each of the six participating independent family farms in south-central Iowa (including Blue Gate Farm). 
Visit www.farmcrawl.com for more details.

In spring of 2007 we had the misfortune of herbicide drifts from neighboring fields that damaged a majority of our vegetable crops.   We are currently pursuing efforts to re-coup some of our financial losses.  Simultaneously we have been developing strategies to avoid similar problems in the future.  Our story was featured in an article in the
August 16 - 22, 2007 edition of Cityview paper. 
Click here to view the story.

Have a look around the site and come back often as new features, refinements and content are added.  Please contact us with questions or comments.  Thanks for visiting!

Jill & Sean

 

 

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Our Vision

To create an economically and ecologically self-sustaining homestead that provides an ongoing connection to the Beebout land for our family, our guests and ourselves.  Fundamental to this vision are naturally based production methods including: composting; rotational planting & grazing methods; integrated pest management; rainwater collection; prairie restoration; responsible timber & wetland management; limited dependence on petroleum products and public utilities; and no synthetic herbicides, pesticides or fertilizers.

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Our Mission

Blue Gate Farm provides Certified Naturally Grown specialty fruits & vegetables, raw honey, free-range eggs and alfalfa hay, all sustainably raised on our small family farm for the benefit and enjoyment of our CSA members and Farmers Market customers. 

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Our hayfield at an August sunrise

Contact Information

Please contact us with any questions or comments about this website, our products, our farm philosophy, or any other matter.   E-mail is the best but you may call or write.

E-mail
mail@bluegatefarmfresh.com
Postal address
749 Wyoming Street
Chariton, IA  50049
Telephone
641-203-0758
 
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