Immerse yourself in local food!
Balfour Farm will be one of the featured speakers and leading a workshop on April 15th at The Ecology School and edible MAINE: An Artisan Weekend at River Bend Farm
Let’s celebrate at the Maine Cheese Festival!
Tour the farm, meet the farmers, see the animals. Farm product and local goods for sale
We are going off the farm and hitting the road to attend the Maine Cheese Festival!
The Maine Cheese Festival will be held in Manson Park in Pittsfield, just down the road from the farm. Please join us and many other Maine cheesemakers, food and drink producers as we celebrate and support the Maine cheesemaking community at a beautiful riverside park.
As a fund raiser for the Maine Cheese Guild, this is a ticketed event. There are two ticket sessions, 11am-2pm and 3pm-6pm. Full details and ticket information can be found on the Maine Cheese Festival Website
Find your holiday sprit at 10 different small businesses in Central Maine, December 10, 11 and 12
Door prizes at all businesses, collect 6 stamps and be entered to win the gran prize, a gift card form each business!
Event hours vary by business. We are open regular hours: Thursday- Sat 10am to 6pm and Sunday 11am to 4pm
Our door prize is a gift box of Maine craft foods
Here’s a link to the main Facebook event listing all the participating businesses, and a map to help you plan your route!
Visit and tour the farm on Open Farm Day.
Balfour Farm attends the largest gathering of cheesemakers and artisanal food producers in the state.
Meet the animals on Open Farm Day tours
Open Creamery Day is sponsored by the Maine Cheese Guild. members invite the public to meet the animals and the cheesemakers, taste and purchase cheese. Come visit the farm, 11am to 4pm!
5:30 p.m. farm tour; 6 p.m. discussion
Please join us in a discussion of how to effectively use homeopathy with livestock. We will use this opportunity to improve our diagnostic and repetorizing skills. Feel free to bring any case information that you're questioning, and we'll look up rubrics. We can work through your case together and, maybe, find the right remedy! Please bring any repertory or material medicas you have to use for research. Discussion to be led by Jacki Perkins, Diane Schivera and Henrietta Beaufait.
Please bring a folding chair.
http://mofga.org/MOFGA-Events/Farm-Tours
Open Farm Day 2018:
Farmer guided tours at 11am, 1pm, 3pm
Please park at the designated parking area near the road.. There is limited parking at the barns. Walk along the marked trail through the pasture to reach the dairy barn.
Join us March 4th for an Apple Pruning Workshop, sponsored by the Somerset County Soil and Water Conservation District
Join Us for Dinner at The Farm House: featuring favorite foods from Mexico!
3 Course Friday Dinner (no reservations needed)
5-7 pm $38.00 per person, (tax & gratuity included, BYOB)
First Course
Chilaquiles
Second Course
Vegetable Mole
OR
Street Tacos
---Optional Balfour Farm Cheese Plate---
a selection of our fresh and aged cheeses and Farm House Garnishes, +$9
Dessert Course
Sopaipillas & Honey
OR
Vanilla Ice Cream with Dulce de leche
Coffee or Tea
The Farm House at Balfour Farm
461 Webb Rd Pittsfield, ME
(207)679-7000
balfourfarmdairy.com
thefarmhouseatbalfourfarm@gmail.com
Three Course dinner featuring Italian fare prepared with local Maine foods
Celebrate the Winter Solstice with friends and neighbors at The Farm House!
Community Pot Luck and Meet & Greet with Pitsfield Artisans Rhonda and Donald Belgard
Come and go, visit with friends and neighbors. Bring a dish to share- we will provide coffee and tea, weather permitting we will fire up the fire pit and homemade marshmallows will be available for roasting.
Rhonda and Donald will be demonstrating 'twining'- an old fashioned weaving technique that uses recycled materials to create one of a kind, functional pieces of art.
Four Course Farm House Holiday Dinner featuring farm to table foods prepared with organic and local Maine foods.
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Dinner is served 5-7 pm
Holiday Dinner at the Farm House
Sunday December 17th
by reservation only, Reservations close on Dec 16th
$55 per person, (tax & gratuity not included, BYOB)
First Course
Vichyssoise
Second Course
Winter Salad with Maine organic greens, pomegranate seeds, citrus vinaigrette
Third Course
Balfour Farm cheese plate
Fourth Course
(choose one)
The Charcuterie Smoked Holiday Ham
Apple Creek Farm Roasted Goose
Vegetarian Maine Mushroom Risotto
Desert Course
(Choice)
Gingerbread “fruit” Cake
Chocolate Bombe
Coffee or Tea
Call 679-7000 or email: thefarmhouseatbalfourfarm@gmail.com to make your reservation.
We can accommodate parties of 2-10 people. BYOB
Join Us for Dinner at The Farm House: An Evening on the Emerald Isle
3 Course Friday Dinner (no reservations needed)
$38.00 per person, (tax & gratuity included, BYOB)
First Course
Boxty
OR
Greens Salad
Second Course
Dublin Coddle
OR
Corned Beef and Colcannan
---Optional Balfour Farm Cheese Plate---
a selection of our fresh and aged cheeses and Farm House Garnishes, +$9
Dessert Course
Whiskey Stout Cake
OR
Bread Pudding
Coffee or Tea
The Farm House at Balfour Farm
461 Webb Rd Pittsfield, ME
(207)679-7000
balfourfarmdairy.com
thefarmhouseatbalfourfarm@gmail.com
Join Us for Dinner at The Farm House: A Spanish Evening in Three Courses (no reservations needed)
$30.00 per person, BYOB
First Course
Tapas
Second Course
Paella
OR
Catalan Beef Stew
---Optional Balfour Farm Cheese Plate---
a selection of our fresh and aged cheeses and Farm House Garnishes, +$9
Third Course
Creme Catalona
OR
Churros & Chocolate
Coffee or Tea
Four course Farm House Brunch featuring farm to table dining of Maine foods.
Farm to Table dinner on an organic dairy farm
***FREE EVENT***
Community Pot Luck & Meet the Chef
Chef Bryan Young joined The Farm house staff on Nov 1st. Stop by during the potluck to say Hi and welcome him to the Pittsfield community.
The Farm House will provide coffee and tea, and delectable hors d'oeuvres
Bring a dish to share and meet your friends and neighbors at The Farm House.
Meet strangers that become friends and neighbors!
Meet and Eat! Come for an evening of good food and conversation.
Four Course Brunch
Seating times available at 15 minute intervals, beginning at 9 am, 11 am and 1pm
November 5, 2017
by reservation only, Reservations close Nov 3rd
$30 per person, (tax & gratuity not included)
First Course
Coffee, tea, juice, Farm House Molasses Donuts
Second Course
Cheese tray: selection of Balfour Farm cheeses, honey, apples, homemade crackers, Charcuterie meats
Third Course
(choose one)
Balfour Bostock: traditional French breakfast treat with a New England twist- homemade toast with apple cider syrup and almond crunch topping
Steak and Egg Sandwich: flavorful Maine grown beef steak with a fried farm fresh egg, drizzled with a green herb chimichurri on our sourdough bun
Caprese Omelette: three egg omelette filled with fresh tomato, basil and mozzarella, side of bacon, English Muffin and jam
Mac & Cheese: ricotta gnocchi with spinach & cheese sauce
Fourth Course
(Choice of Homemade desserts)
Mocha Cake with Bailey’s frosting
Chocolate Chip Waffle with vanilla ice cream and strawberries
Pumpkin Pie with ginger whipped cream
Don't head into the woods on an empty stomach! Let us fill you up with a hearty Farm House breakfast or feed you lunch after a long morning in the woods. Come as you are, just go easy on the deer dope! We will be opening at 5 am!
Hunter's Special: Sunrise Omelette with Shotgun Homefries: 3 egg omelette with seasonal veggies and cheese, choice of bread, and homefries with peppers, onions, diced bacon and cheese
Local Egg Sandwich on homemade English muffin w/ cheese- add meat
Balfour Farm Yogurt with our honey oat granola & choice of our homemade jams:
Cheesy Scramble: 2 eggs, Balfour cheeses, HF, choice of house made bread
Breakfast Burrito: perfectly seasoned w/ 2 eggs, potatoes, Balfour cheese, sausage, spinach
Pumpkin Bread French Toast: stuffed with creamy Balfour Bevre cheese with cinnamon and served with warm Maine Maple Syrup.
Sides:
· Home Fries
· Bacon orSausage
· Maine Baked beans
Farm House Grilled cheese sandwich: homemade bread with our own cheddar cheese– add tomato or Bacon
Balfour Cheese Plate: Cheesemaker’s choice of Balfour Farm hard raw milk and soft fresh cheeses, Tom’s honey, Charcuterie meat, house made bread, Maine fruit or vegetables
Classic BLT with farm fresh greens, house made chips and pickles
Mixed Greens Salad with Balfour Farm cheese, bacon crisps and homemade crouton bits, house made vinaigrette on the side
Chicken Bacon Ranch Wrap: Roasted chicken and local organic greens with fresh ranch dressing in a flour tortilla wrap
Beef & Barley Soup, with a fresh roll and butter
Deserts:
Pumpkin Custard w/fresh whipped cream
Apple Crisp w/ Vanilla Ice Cream
Join us for a five course local food dinner featuring
Join us and appreciate all things cheesy in Maine! We will give farm & creamery tours at 11 am, 1 pm and 3 pm. This is a walking tour of the farmstead and will take about an hour. Look for signs when you arrive for parking areas.
The Farm House will be open with a limited menu, 8 am to 3 pm and the farm store will be open until 4:30 pm
We will have cheese themed menu items for breakfast and lunch. Some items will be available 'to go' if you are pressed for time.
Four Course Brunch September 17, 2017
by reservation only, Reservations close Sept 15th
$30 per person, (tax & gratuity not included)
First Course
Coffee, tea, juice, Farm House Old Fashioned Donuts
Second Course
Cheese tray: selection of Balfour Farm cheeses, honey, apples, homemade crackers, Charcuterie meats
Third Course
(choose one)
Farmer’s Omlette: seasonal veggies, cheddar, sausage, home fries, choice of homemade bread and jam
Eggs Benedict: poached egg, smoked Canadian ham, Hollandaise sauce and house made English muffin
Farm Madame: Thick cut toast, sausage, sunny side up egg, cheddar cheese and pepper gravy
French Bread Pudding: blueberry bread pudding, whipped cream, maple walnut chutney
Breakfast Curry: House made naan bread, chutney, yogurt and fried egg (GF,V)
Fourth Course
(Choice of Homemade desserts)
Apple Cobbler w/ vanilla ice cream
Warm Blueberry Pie w/ vanilla ice cream
Farm House Cinnamon Roll
Dinner seating runs from 5pm to 7pm. Your reservation guarantees your preferred seating time. By reservation only, Reservations close on Sept 13th
$50 per person, (tax & gratuity not included)
First Course
Farm House bread with herbed butter and Pear Mocktail
Second Course
Brulee Sweet Potato Salad with seasonal greens, Balfour Gouda, toasted walnuts, smoked ham, and caramelized lemon onion vinaigrette
Third Course
Potato and Leek Soup
Fourth Course
(choose one)
Roasted Chicken, wild blueberry chutney, mashed potatoes, seasonal vegetable
Black Angus Beef Short Rib Jam, seared polenta and spiced almond crème, seasonal vegetable
Desert Course
Hazelnut cake, cheese, honey, burnt caramel and orange segment
Coffee or Tea
Four Course Brunch September 3, 2017
by reservation only, Reservations close Sept 1st
$30 per person, (tax & gratuity not included)
First Course
Coffee, tea, juice, Farm House Old Fashioned Donuts
Second Course
Cheese tray: selection of Balfour Farm cheeses, honey, apples, homemade crackers, Charcuterie meats
Third Course
(choose one)
Farm House Plate: two eggs scrambled, home fries, bacon, choice of homemade bread and jam
Biscuits and Gravy: buttermilk biscuits and Farm House gravy with breakfast sausage
Breakfast Tacos: corn tortillas filled with sausage, two eggs, seasonal veggies, house made chips and salsa
French Buttermilk Toast: served with warm Maine maple syrup, seasonal fruit and whipped cream
Egg in a Basket Patty Melt: Balfour Farm beef patty and Gouda cheese, with onions, mushrooms, house chips and pickles
Fourth Course
(Choice of Homemade desserts)
Seasonal Fruit Cobbler w/ vanilla ice cream
Warm Apple Pie w/ vanilla ice cream
Coconut Cake
Join us for our third monthly Balfour Brunch featuring 4-courses of honest farmhouse cooking using seasonal Maine foods and foods produced and prepared directly on our farm. The menu is still being developed - but it's sure to include fresh cheeses from our creamery!
Reservations are required. $30 per person (does not include tax or gratuity). Call (207) 679-7000 or email us using our contact form.
Join us as we celebrate with Maine Farmland Trust the growing success of farmland protection in Maine! We'll have tasty food, and local beer + wine (and non-alcoholic drinks, too!). Listen to music by Sara Trunzo, tour the farm and learn more about MFT's work to protect Maine farmland.
Free! All are welcome! Bring the whole family!
