Welcome to Hilltop Farm!
Hilltop Farm is a 28-acre farm in beautiful seaside Westport, Massachusetts. Allison Nightingale and Earl Matthews are proud to operate Hilltop Farm as both an old and a new farm. What do we mean by that? When Allison purchased the farm in 2009, it became an exciting new lifestyle and business opportunity for us! But farming is hardly new to the property, or to us.
Farmed since the 1750s, the property has a long and rich history of various types of agricultural enterprises, including traditional row crops, poultry and eggs, blueberry bushes, and greenhouse-grown herbs and starter plants. We’ll be continuing and building upon those historical enterprises, as well as adding some new farming activities to meet today’s demand for local, healthy, and fresh food.
After years of produce gardening at increasingly larger scales, we’re starting a new Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program at Hilltop Farm, offering a wide variety of traditional, heirloom, and exotic vegetables, fruits, and flowers to our neighbors in southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
With help from Bay State Organic Certifiers, we will be working toward organic certification during the next few years, using organic practices during that time. We are very happy to let our customers know that the field we’ll be using to grow CSA crops is the one that has been farmed organically as recently as 2009. Please visit our CSA page for more details on joining our CSA!
Expanding beyond the farm, we’ll be offering Hilltop Farm produce at Farmer’s Markets both in our local area and also in cities such as Providence, Boston, and Fall River, where we hope to be able to provide healthy produce to urban populations who often have limited access to affordable healthy food. Please take a look at our Farmer’s Market schedule!
During the next few months, we’ll also be beginning production of organic eggs as well as a variety of ultra-fresh microgreens and sprouts to support the food service community. Stay tuned for more details on our egg and microgreen activities!
