About Long Wind Farm

Long Wind Farm started back in 1984 as a small organic field operation, run by a man with little more than a yoke of oxen, a small farm stand, and a big vision.

By the early 1990's David Chapman's organic farm had expanded to ten acres of field crops (including vegetables, cut flowers, and perennials), four bedding plant greenhouses, and six tomato greenhouses.  Dave now employed a large summer crew  of workers, and a couple of  old John Deere tractors had replaced the oxen.

The larger vision of David Chapman, however, was to bring to the marketplace a tomato that was grown organically and would have that garden-grown flavor we all remember.  To that end he traveled to Canada and northern Europe visiting other greenhouse growers and learning.  He found that while the world's experts know a great deal about efficiently growing great-looking tomatoes, they are woefully lacking when it comes to growing tomatoes that taste good.  Since Long Wind  Farm had always focused on taste above all else we had to learn a lot ourselves through experimentation and trial and error.

By the mid 1990's Long Wind Farm tomatoes had become so popular that Dave had decided to discontinue the field operation and specialize in tomato growing.  Since that time we have expanded our greenhouse operation to 1.7 acres (6921 m² ) and harvest tomatoes from March through December.  

Long Wind Farm continues to innovate to improve our production, but never at the cost of sacrificing our premium quality. We are also constantly striving to conserve energy with the goal of being as carbon neutral as we can be.

We have invested a great deal in energy-saving technology and are exploring many state-of-the-art systems that might lead us to total independence from fossil fuels one day.

We here at the farm are also extremely aware of food safety concerns and worked with the State of VT Agency of Agriculture to gain our USDA GAP Food Safety Certification in September 2010.  If you are interested in what we are doing about food safety and what you can do at home, learn more here.

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What Makes Our Tomatoes Special?   Most of us can still remember the great taste of that tomato picked ripe from a garden or purchased at a local farm stand.  Sadly, the quality of most tomatoes on the market has declined as growers have sought production at the cost of flavor.  Varieties are selected more for their ability to produce large volumes and are then harvested unripe to get a more extended shelf-life.  These are the very notions that we here at Long Wind Farm have rejected and instead  work to offer a real alternative to.  When you purchase  our Long Wind Farm organic tomatoes you are buying produce that is locally grown in Vermont. You are getting tomatoes that were vine-ripened to the very peak of flavor and grown without the use of any chemical fertilizers or harmful pesticides.

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