Welcome to the Berea College Farm Online Store!
Berea College Farm serves as a laboratory to provide students with practical learning experiences while engaging them in enterprises that exemplify sustainable agricultural production in the region. You can support the educational endeavors and hard labors of these students while you enjoy the high quality products of their farming efforts!
Who can buy from and become a member of the Berea College Farm Online Store?
If you live close enough to pick up your order at the Berea Farmers Market in Berea, Kentucky, you may order from our Farm Store. All members of the Berea community, surrounding Madison County, and Berea College community are encouraged to become members and make purchases. As a member, you will receive weekly email news updates about current farm happenings, new products and special events on the Berea College Farm.
How do I make a purchase?
The Berea College Farm Online Store is for ordering only. We do not collect payment on purchases until the order is picked up. Your order will be pre-labeled and an invoice will be ready for you at the time of pick-up. We accept cash and personal checks written to: Berea College Agriculture at the pick-up location.
When may I place an order and where do I pick it up?
January-April:
Orders may be placed by:
Tuesday at noon for pick-up on
Tuesday between 4-6 pm
January-April Pick up at:
Berea Farmers Market
at the Goldthwait Agriculture Building
230 N. Main St (see directions below)
May 2-November 18:
Orders may be placed by:
Tuesday at noon for pick-up on
Tuesday between 4:30-7 pm
And
Orders may be placed by:
Fridays at noon for pick-up on
Friday between 4:30-7 pm
May 2-November 18 Pick–up at:
Berea Farmers Market
Promenade Gallery Green-space
Berea College Square
Located behind the Promenade Gallery at 204 Center St
Parking is available behind Promenade Gallery and behind Boone Tavern
November 24-December:
Orders may be placed by:
Tuesday at noon for pick-up on
Tuesday between 4-6 pm
November 24-December Pick-up at:
Berea Farmers Market
at the Goldthwait Agriculture Building
230 N. Main St
Directions to the Goldthwait Agriculture Building:
From Downtown Berea:
Take N.Main Street (Highway 595) towards exit 77, the Goldthwait Agriculture and Natural Resources building is on the right at the crest of the hill. Continue down the hill past the building and turn right to park in the lower lot; come up the stairs to the pavilion. If you cannot climb stairs, you may take Estill Street (25 North) turning left into the hospital drive, turning left to come in behind the ANR building.
What if I am a wholesale customer?
Upon membership qualification, restaurants and other wholesale buyers located within the Berea city limits may place orders for delivery. Orders are placed by noon on Mondays for am Tuesday deliveries and Thursdays by noon for am Friday deliveries. There is a $100. minimum on orders placed for delivery. Smaller purchases may be placed through the retail function of this store and picked up at the Berea Farmers Market.
Before becoming a Berea College Online Store wholesale buyer, please contact us to complete an application: WHOLESALE APPLICATION
What if I am purchasing as a Berea College Department?
You may become a member of the Berea College Online Store as a retail or wholesale buyer and make purchases from the retail or wholesale function of this store and you will qualify for delivery. Payment may be made by using internal account transfers. Contact the Agriculture and Natural Resources Department for more information.
About Berea College Farm Meats:
• All livestock from the Berea College Farm is raised by students working in the College’s labor program
• Beef cattle, sheep, and goats are raised on pasture, and supplemented with corn grown on the college farm and free-choice minerals
• Our animals do not receive steroids or hormones; antibiotics and other medicines are administered as needed
• Hogs are grain-fed on Berea College grown corn with vegetable protein supplements; hog feed does contain some sub-therapeutic levels of antibiotics to prevent disease
• All animals are sent to processing only after prescribed withdraw periods from antibiotics or other prescribed therapeutic medicines
• We use only USDA-inspected processing facilities