About — Egremont Hill Farm

Our Mission

Egremont Hill Farm grows and delivers produce directly to food pantries in the Berkshires of western Massachusetts. Our pastries, made from local ingredients including our own, connect us to the thriving farmers' market community. We build partnerships with local businesses and organizations that share our commitment to responsible food production. Egremont Hill Farm is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit, educational organization.

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Susie Norris is a pastry chef, cookbook author, and culinary educator. A former Chef/Instructor at Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts and creator of the award-winning Food Market Gypsy food and travel blog, she teaches classes focused on baking, nutrition, and sustainable food systems. She is the Founder of Egremont Hill Farm, a nonprofit orchard in the Berkshires. The farm provides fruit and artisan pastries to food pantries and offers classes, tastings, and community programs celebrating seasonal food and local agriculture. She is the author of three cookbooks.

Our Focus

Farm to Food Pantry

The majority of our annual fruit harvest is donated to food pantries serving food-insecure neighbors throughout Berkshire County, including The People's Pantry in Great Barrington and pantries in Stockbridge, Lee, and Sheffield. In a typical year, that means around 2,000 apples and 200 pears going directly to families who need them most.

Sauce and Cider

A portion of our harvest is transformed into value-added goods — applesauce, cider, pastries, and confections — sold at local farmers' markets. Every dollar earned is reinvested into the farm and its programs, especially planting more fruit trees. Shop Pastries & View Recipes —>

Harvest and Teaching Kitchens

We host seasonal educational workshops on nutrition and regenerative farming both on-site and with community partners like Berkshire South and Berkshire School. We host volunteer workshops for apple-picking and planting days. Our work is made possible through donations, grants, farmers' market sales, and partnerships with organizations including Berkshire Grown, and the Teaching Kitchens Collaborative. Browse Upcoming Events —>

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Our Past, Present & Future

Egremont Hill Farm is a nonprofit orchard on fifteen acres of pristine farmland on the Massachusetts/New York border. We grow heritage apples, pears, grapes, cherries, and vegetables using regenerative practices to support our community. Once a hayfield and small orchard on a dairy farm, the land has been stewarded by Chef Susie Norris and her family for over thirty years. Together with friends and volunteers, they’ve restored its health and purpose and now provide organic produce to local food pantries and help strengthen food security across the Berkshires.

As of 2026, the orchard includes 22 fruit trees ranging from one year old to one hundred years old. Annual yields average roughly 2000 apples and 200 pears, and, weather permitting, output will double within five years. The farm builds the foundation for growth through soil analysis, a thriving pollinator understory, sustainable composting, improved irrigation, and orchard planning. They partner with grant funders for these initiatives whenever possible.

Looking ahead, Egremont Hill Farm will restore and expand its historic orchard while conducting trials in understory plantings, orchard management, and community education. The family is committed to this environmental and humanistic work, bringing complementary experience to a shared vision: a farm that honors its past, serves its present community, and produces food crops sustainably into the future.

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Impact Report (Q1 2026)