Client Story: Fable Farm

The Problem         

Fable Farm, a community supported organic farm and valued part of a small Vermont town, was threatened with regulatory action that could have curtailed its weekly potlucks and other community events. After years of careful and conscientious operations and development, the Farm faced a serious threat to its economic viability and mission.

BCK’s Response                

BCK was able to help the Farm reorganize itself as part of a Farmer’s Market that was subject to far less burdensome restrictions. After preparing an extensive memorandum setting forth a suggested regulation of operations in accordance with the new classification, the Farm’s legal troubles ceased.

The Outcome

Fable Farm, now expanding, served as a model Community Supported Agriculture Organic Farming Project and gave birth to the Feast and Field Market, The founders of Fable went on to establish Fable Farm Fermentory, a farm-based winery producing aged wines and vinegars, among other herbal elixirs. The fermentory is part of a larger family of organizations working together to steward farmland, develop rural businesses, and promote community experiences.  BCK has also represented the Fermentory.