Butternut Farm

When Giff saw Butternut Farm for the first time he knew it was the perfect place for us. We had spent the last seven years in Sodus, NY working on Giff's family fruit farm. It seemed time for us to venture out on our own.

Giff and I had both attended 4 years at The University of New Hampshire, where we met. He finished with a degree in horticulture and agronomy and I finish with a Communication degree. We loved this area and knew it would offer us everything we were looking for. We moved to New Hampshire in May of 2004 and spent the year of transition working outside of the farming industry. Giff spent alot of his extra time here helping Howard, and we took our two girls to pick almost every weekend. The farm transfered to us in January 2005 and we moved in two weeks later.

Ann and Howard Stevens have been wonderful in helping make the transition go as smooth as possible and we hope they continue their involvement in the years to come. We plan to keep the farm in very much the same spirit as the Stevens did, offering high quality fresh fruit along with pies, jams, honey and other specialty items.

Since we have moved to the farm we have planted sweet cherries which we will see fruit this year . We also have pick your own tomatoes this season and are aggressively planting new strawberry fields to offer more fruit to our customers.

We are heading into our fourth season here. Our feet are finally wet and firmly planted. We now are raising three daughters and continue to love the lifestyle farming offers. As the years go by we feel more confident in our goals here and look forward to many years of providing a great place for customers to come and pick their fresh fruit. Thank you to all of our customers who continue to support us and enjoy what we do here.

Giff and Mae Burnap

Giff, Howard and the girls planting apples trees, Spring 2008.