Now, after daily online searches, the couple has found a 20-acre piece of farmland in Plainfield, where they plan to move operations if all goes well with the property's scheduled December 10 closing. "Mike will be there all winter clearing some of the trees while the ground is frozen," says Andrews. "We will start prepping soil next year."
It won't be easy to convert the fields that have been home to nothing but hay for the past quarter century, but Andrews says that by autumn 2014, she and Betit plan to be planting solely on the new property and officially saying bye-bye to Burlington.
But Queen City shoppers needn't worry about missing out: "We'll still be at Burlington Farmers Market," Andrews says. They'll also continue to sell at the Union Square Greenmarket in New York City.
Want to give the little farm that could an early Christmas gift? It's got a Kickstarter going here.