Is Cider Hill Farm organic?
This is probably our most frequently asked question of all time. We are not certified organic. We grow our fruit and sweet corn using IPM (see next question) and most of the rest of our vegetable production is pesticide free. We have tried experimenting with organic orchard production, and after five years, determined that the quality of that fruit was unacceptable. Our climate encourages high populations of insects and diseases to build in New England, making organic control of perennial crops such as fruits to be quite a struggle.
