Lindsay and Charlie Sayer have been farming in Brimfield for more than 10 years, where they have a small herd of cattle on 28 acres. They sell their meat at farmers markets across the state and have a home delivery community supported agriculture (CSA) program. Lindsay applied to the FSIG program to purchase a second refrigerated van for deliveries, and received $55,000 for the vehicle. The van is currently being outfitted for refrigeration, and will be put to work as soon as it’s finished.
The van will allow River Rock to increase their home delivery program to more customers, including the 30 households already on the waiting list for home delivery. River Rock delivers tp significant portion of the state, from Northampton, which is an hour west of the farm, to the Cohasset area by the Cape, and throughout Boston. River Rock finds home delivery and CSAs work better for their business model so they’re increasing those sales channels, but plan to continue participating in their existing farmers markets as well.
