ABOUT US

After a brief stint working in corporate America, James Kinsel began farming organically in the mid-1980s. Most of those years he focused on growing the finest quality, best tasting and affordable certified organic produce available for a large Community-Supported Agriculture program based on the outskirts of Princeton, NJ and called Honey Brook Organic Farm CSA. In the mid-2000s, his now-wife Sherry Dudas joined him in his farming endeavor, after a career devoted to open space and farmland preservation.

In 2021, Jim and Sherry discontinued their CSA program to focus on growing certified organic fruits for pick-your-own and wholesale sales. In 2023, Chesterfield Organic Orchards will continue to offer asparagus, chestnuts and pick-your-own (pyo) fruit crops in bucolic Chesterfield NJ, near Cream Ridge, Allentown, NJ & Bordentown, NJ. We will also be hosting farm events occasionally.

PYO Organic Fruit

We are organic asparagus and fruit farmers and offer pick-your-own harvesting of our organic strawberries, figs, Asian and American persimmons and pawpaws. We also have pre-picked blueberries and Chinese chestnuts available for purchase when in season. We update this webpage as well as our Facebook page when fruit & nuts are in season.

Our nursery is a source for organically-grown yellow raspberry, Natchez blackberry, aronia, blueberry and honeyberry plants, fig trees and hardy kiwi vines for the commercial farmer as well as home gardeners. Please call or text 609-847-9066 for an appointment to visit our nursery.

Our Farmland

Our farm is certified organic, which means our fields and growing practices meet strict federal standards. Those standards are upheld through inspections by third-party inspectors and conducted by the Northeast Organic Farming Association of New York every year. We farm organically in Chesterfield Township, Burlington County on land permanently protected from development.

This land also includes forestland which provides wildlife habitat and carbon sequestration services.

Consulting Services

CONSULTING/ADVICE (offered from January through April)

·            On-Farm Consultations

·            Crop Recommendations

·            Labor Consulting

·            Organic System Plan & Certification Assistance

·            Recordkeeping Guidance

·            Weed Management

·            Crop Rotation Planning

·            Equipment Advice

·            Benchmark Soil Sample Analysis

·            Fertility Recommendations

·            Connection to Financial Resources, Including with Government Agencies and Other Lenders

·            Recommendations for Opportunities For Farmer-Led Research Collaboration

·            Assistance with Farm Sale/Purchase and Leasing Opportunities

·            Guidance in the Permanent Preservation of Farm and Forest Land

 

FARMING SERVICES

·            Site Preparation for New Agricultural Activities

·            Transitioning Conventional Farm Land to Certified Organic Farm Land

·            Soil Enrichment via On-Farm Composting, Cover Crops and Amendments

·            Planting, Cultivation And Harvesting Of Fruit, Legume, Nut, Herb, Flower And Vegetable Crops

·            Pruning Fruit and Nut Trees

·            Installing Carbon Sequestration Projects on Farm and Forest Land