The Adamah Farm
20 acres of fields, orchards, and pasture in Falls Village, CT.
Our diversified, regenerative farm includes rows of vegetables, agroforestry, pasture, compost production, and a mix of perennials
- Guests at Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center get to eat our fresh produce, tour the fields, and meet the animals
- Fellows in the Adamah Farm Fellowship build community among the seedlings, fruit trees, chicken flock, and even the weeds.
- Members of the Farm CSA in Northwest Connecticut enjoy a fresh share of the harvest from June through November
- The Food Access Fund allows us to grow fresh produce for those experiencing food insecurity.
Farming Practices
The abundance and health of our harvests are interdependent with the abundance and health of the many diverse species on Beebe Hill; from the billions of microbes in the soil to the red-tailed hawks overhead.
We farm for soil health, carbon storage in the ground, beneficial insects, and nutrient density. We farm with reverence for the wisdom of our Jewish ancestors, the Mahican people on whose unceded land we farm, and all the brilliant contemporary farmers in our region and beyond who have developed nonexploitive methods of feeding our communities.
Indicators of a healthy ecosystem have increased steadily over time including wildlife diversity, soil organic matter, and the vibrance of our Adamah community on the land.
In this time of terrible calamity and danger, we are praying for peace. When we plant seeds, when we tend saplings, when we dump food waste on compost piles for chickens to eat and for microbes to transform into life-giving fertilizer, we do so in the hopes that our prayers for peace reverberate through the soil that connects us all across distance.
עֹשֶׂה שָׁלוֹם בִּמְרוֹמָיו הוּא יַעֲשֶׂה שָׁלוֹם
Oseh shalom bimromav hu ya’aseh shalom
Homemade Compost
Educational Dairy
Value Added Products
- We are enrolled in the USDA’s Conservation Stewardship Program
- We have completed multiple conservation projects with the National Resource Conservation Service
- We have an active project under the USDA’s Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education program
Learn More about Adamah’s Growing Practices.
Food Access Fund
Access to fresh, healthy, local produce can be a challenge for those with lower financial capacity. The Adamah Food Access Fund helps bridge the need gap for families in our community who use food pantries and other food security services.
With the generous support of individuals and foundations including Tricorner FEED, the Jewish Federation of Western Connecticut, the Falls Village Community Development Corporation, and Berkshire Taconic, we are able to grow fresh produce for those experiencing food and nutrition insecurity.
In 2024 we delivered over $16,000 worth of freshly harvested organic produce to hunger relief organizations that otherwise would not have been able to offer fresh food including the Corner Food Pantry in Lakeville, the Falls Village Senior Center, Friendly Hands Food Pantry in Torrington, and Tuscan Brotherhood Homes in Hartford.
We see the Food Access Fund as a critical part of building a more resilient regional food economy. Our approach to growing food is regenerative, community-based, accountable for the health of our soil and ecosystem, and nutrient-dense. Until food system reforms including policies and consumer choice make regenerative farming more economically viable, our farming techniques simply yield higher-priced food than that harvested on farms who are not paying for externalities like polluted rivers and wells, worker exposure to toxins, and soil erosion. Creative solutions like Adamah’s Food Access Fund make the harvests from regenerative, community-based, ecologically-friendly farms accessible to everyone while maintaining farm economic viability.
Adamah Farm Staff
Shamu Sadeh
Managing Director of Education
Shamu is the co-founder of the Adamah Farm and Fellowship and has been taking people into the woods (Yeah Teva!) and on to the farm for 30 years. He loves leading morning prayers around the fire and schlepping goat fencing, mulch, or compost!
860.816.8973
Isabella Freedman
Janna Siller
Farm Director and Advocacy Coordinator
Janna leads the Adamah Farm crew in growing organic vegetables; teaches skills and food system context; and generates Jewish grassroots food advocacy opportunities. Physical work in the soil inspires her approach as a farmer, educator, and advocate.
860.816.8975
Isabella Freedman
Luna Manela
Adamah Farm Fellowship Director
After working with the Adamah Farm Fellowship as a farm apprentice for two years, Luna is honored to be back! Chances are you’ll find her singing around a campfire, creating shtick, or marveling at the natural world’s many wonders.
860.318.7412
Isabella Freedman
News & Highlights
Adamah Farm Land Acknowledgement
As we gather in community, we acknowledge that the Adamah Farm is on unceded Mohican land.
The systems of oppression that annihilated and displaced Indigenous Peoples ring familiar to us as Jews in diaspora, as does the modern Indigenous movement to maintain cultural and spiritual practices.
Essential questions about what it means to be Jewish farmers on stolen land abound and we invite each of you to join us in engaging the difficult questions.
As a step toward decolonization and reconciliation, we honor the Indigenous People who have been on this land for thousands of years. We also redistribute a portion of our funds to the Northeast Farmers of Color Land Trust.
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Adamah Farm Fellowship is a program of Adamah for college and post-college age people. An intentional Jewish community based at Isabella Freedman, Adamah Farm Fellowship cultivates the soil and the soul.
Our farmers learn sustainable farming, while strengthening identity and changing the world. Thank you for your gift!
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