We are so excited to open the farm for tours and host Open Farm Day again in 2022!!
Event Hours: 11 am - 4 pm No early birds please!
Event Location: 461 Webb Rd, Pittsfield
General Parking: Please park in the big field at the bottom of the hill. it is a short walk to the farm or you can take a wagon ride. Look for the “Event Parking” banner!
Handicap parking: Use the main farm entrance for handicap parking up at the farm. These spaces are limited.
Dogs: Please do not bring your pets with you.
Smoking: We are a smoke free property. No exceptions
FARM TOURS: Farmer guided tours where you will be able to meet the animals (cows, pigs, chickens) and learn about how we farm and make cheese. Balfour Farm is home to Tiny Acres Farm- a certified organic mixed vegetable and mushroom farm. Erin and David will be opening their vegetable gardens and mushroom woodlot for tours as well.
FARMERS MARKET: We will be joined by several area farmers- our cheeses will be available for purchase as well as honey, maple syrup, specialty spice, jams, pickles and meats…
FOOD: The Pittsfield Fired Department will be grilling Balfour farm Sausages and local burgers. Tiny Acres Farm has partnered with Maillard Kitchen to provide local farm to table fare with their veggies, local meats and dairy
Live Music:
Jud Caswell: Jud Caswell is a master multi instrumentalist. He plays with an extraordinary skill the guitar, banjo, cittern and whistles! His interpretations of songs from British folk rock to the present are done with precision and love. It is though his songwriting abilities that put him in a category of his own. He can be sentimental, insightful, humorous, poignant and biting. At times he seems to take songs to places you never thought existed for a song. Beautifully crafted with a great mixture of wisdom and humor Jud is one of the best songwriters Maine has to offer."
Broadside Stringband: With past performances spanning farmers' markets, flatbed trailers on active construction sites, and that sketchy weedy spot down by the rail yard, the Broadside String Band brings old-time, blues, and jug jazz music to anyone and everyone, and sometimes to no one at all!
The farm store will be open! Since the The Little Cheese Shop is a small building, the store will be open, located outside under a large tent.
A vendor and farm map will be posted in July check out the event listing on Facebook!
Questions? Call (207)213-3159
We hope you can join us!
Driving Directions: Look for the signs
From I-95, take exit 150, heading west out of town. Take the first left, turning onto Crawford Rd. At the stop sign, turn right onto Webb Rd. Balfour Farm is about 1.5 miles on the right.
From Rt 100, Turn onto Webb Rd., across from the big red Newhouse Construction barn. The farm is 2 miles on the right.
From Route 2: Just over the Canaan town line after Sibley pond, look for Higgins Rd on the right. Travel about 2 miles, then turn right onto to Snakeroot Rd. Follow Snakeroot Rd about 2 miles. Webb Rd is on the left, Just after Organic Farm Rd(on the right). Balfour Farm is 1/4 mile on the left. Continue to the bottom of the hill to the parking area in the field. Use the farm driveway for handicap parking only
