ABOUT THE FARM
Over The Grass Farm is located between the towns of The Plains and Middleburg, VA, in Fauquier County about one hour west of Washington DC.

We have 450 rolling acres, more than half is used for pasture for our cattle, sheep, and horses. Pastures are set up in a New Zealand style rotational grazing system with animals being moved around through a series of small paddocks throughout the grazing season.

Our vegetable production happens in several unheated hoophouse, or high tunnels. Seedlings are started in our heated greenhouse. We have just under an acre of outside garden space that grows all of our produce during the regular season. We have a small orchard of about 20 fruit trees.

The dairy is run through a cow-share program, where the customer buys a share in a cow and gets milk on a weekly basis. This is the only legal arrangement in the state of VA that allows consumers to get raw milk.

Our farm fertility is founded on creating diversity in plant, animal, and microbial diversity. We gather manures from many local farms and build small mountains of compost each year to fertilize our pastures and gardens.

The farm is committed to preserving the wild diversity found here, too. We have 5 ponds and several streams that are fenced from livestock and managed to encourage native plant growth. Nesting boxes are found all over the farm and are active homes for bluebirds, wood ducks, and bats.

Our meat is processed at a small, USDA inspected facility in Fauquier County. We market all of our products directly from the farm. In addition, we work with several local retailers that carry our products. In 2007 Over The Grass will be at several farmer’s markets in the area.