Vernon Family Farm
Meet owners Jeremiah and Nicole Vernon
Who we are: Vernon Family Farm is located on 33 conserved acres in Newfields, N.H., along the Piscassic River and Route 87. Our family and our crew love being able to provide an easier way to eat local year-round, while also inviting you to experience life on the farm.
We sell a variety of our own non-GMO, pastured chicken plus a variety of other grass-fed and pastured meats, fruit, vegetables, mushrooms, sauces, spices and more. We are grateful that our farm store can make a larger local impact by supporting approximately 30 other local vendors, small businesses and farms. We continuously strive to reduce waste, improve our regenerative practices, and create community events that bring locals together, while eating finger-licking good, local chicken.
I [Jeremiah] am a 10th-generation New Hampshire native who grew up in New London, New Hampshire, on my family’s farm on Pingree Road, and I always had a love for animals and the outdoors. I graduated from Proctor Academy and received my bachelor of science from Bates College, earning a degree in biology. Post-college, I worked on Nezinscot Farm in Turner, Maine, where I fell in love with farming and my wife, Nicole, who was working at a private school teaching Spanish.
Today, Vernon Family Farm raises 20,000 pastured chickens, eggs, pastured lamb and beef. We will soon celebrate the seventh year since the opening of our farm store, which is open daily 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. year-round. In the summertime, the farm is well-known for our popular community events on the farm with fried chicken, barbecue chicken, rotisserie chicken and more seasonal food along with live music, an incredible farming landscape and more!
Our crew and family members play an important role in making Vernon Family Farm what it is today. We couldn’t do it without their energy, teamwork and brainpower. We are thankful to have employees who enjoy working hard, getting dirty, and manage to always have time to engage in meaningful conversations with our customers and our children.
What we produce: We have pastured non-GMO chicken, including whole chickens, bone-in breast, boneless breast, bone-in thighs, boneless thighs, leg quarters, drumsticks, wings, feet, necks, bones/backs, liver and hearts. We have organically grained, soy-free pastured eggs along with ready-to-eat rotisserie chicken, fried chicken, BBQ plate, potato salad, coleslaw and seasonal green salad. We have frozen, prepared food, including chicken pot pie and chicken soup. We also have pastured organically grained lamb: ground, bone-in leg, boneless leg, chops and more.
Why you should try it: Because it’s great. Local food tastes better than grocery store factory-farmed meat/veggies. Additionally, by supporting a local farm like Vernon Family Farm, you are making a connection with the people who raise the animal from start to finish. You can ask questions about the products, the animals and get a straight answer, an honest explanation that goes deeper than a label.
Where to find it: You can find VFF products at our farm store and other farm stores in New Hampshire. Our chicken, eggs, broth, rotisserie chicken, barbecue plates and more can be found at Seacoast Growers Association, Portsmouth Farmers Market, distributors such as Three Rivers Farm Alliance and restaurants such as Laney & Lu and Vida Cantina. Visit vernonfamilyfarm.com.
— Rob Levey
Photo Credit: Courtesy photo.
