Good Soil Farm - Emmitsburg, Maryland

10/01/2026

🍯 EARLY-SEASON LIGHT HONEY IS AVAILABLE NOW! 🍯

Joe the Beekeeper is on his way to the farm with the bottled honey! Come get some at the farmstand Thursday, 3–6 PM!

This honey comes from the honeybees of Mother’s Bees Apiary, stewarded by our friend and beekeeper, Joseph Lanzilotti, right here on Good Soil Farm. 🐝🌿

Joe took this honey home in August and filtered it, leaving it in its raw state—with plenty of pollen and tiny particles of wax and propolis still in the honey. The result is delicious local raw honey with a lovely, slightly textured character.

Where to get it:
🍯 Farmstand — this Thursday, 3–6 PM
🍯 Farmstand — next Thursday, 3–6 PM
🍯 By appointment
🍯 Our regular drop points next week

I’ll share the link for farmstand appointments and drop-point pickup as soon as it’s up on the website!

And there’s more honey coming… Joe also has some later-season, darker honey that still needs to be bottled. We’ll let you know when that one is ready! 🐝

09/30/2026

One of the reasons I love raising turkeys is because when I say this every day, eventually they learn to respond. 🦃



This is how we end morning chores!

“All you turkeys, bless the Lord!”

And they do their best to oblige.

09/26/2026

For updates on Brendan’s health, please see the GoFundMe page, and join us next Friday to continue praying together for him 🙏🏻

https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-the-johnson-family-in-their-hour-of-need

Please mark your calendars and join us on Friday, October 2, 2026, at St. Joseph’s, Emmitsburg, MD, in prayer for the healing of Brendan Johnson and in honor of his 40th birthday.

The rosary will start promptly at 7:15 pm; the Blessed Sacrament will be exposed until 8:00 pm as part of the First Friday devotions.

09/17/2026

🥚 The CSA season is winding down, but the farm keeps producing all year long!

If your family goes through a lot of eggs, now is the perfect time to sign up for our Egg Subscription. You’ll get farm-fresh eggs all winter long from hens fed the healthiest non-GMO, non-soy feed.

You choose your pickup frequency (minimum one dozen per week or four dozen per month), and we’ll take care of washing and packaging your eggs so they’re ready for you when you arrive.

And there’s more to a subscription than convenience: subscribers receive a discount AND have the peace of mind of knowing their family’s egg supply is secured, even if unusual supply-chain disruptions affect availability like we’ve seen in recent years.

Support your local farm, save on your eggs, and keep your fridge stocked all winter. ❤️

Sign up now!

09/12/2026

We are at the Adams County Farmers Market today, with paintings to help celebrate Casey Mae’s 40th birthday and chicken for you to stock your freezer! Come visit!

09/09/2026

🎨🌱 Casey Mae’s 40th Birthday Sale! 🌱🎨

Combining two of her passions—art and farming—for a birthday celebration!

THIS WEEK ONLY, you can take home a little piece of Casey Mae’s artistry with your farm order!

🎂 From September 9–15, anyone who purchases $40 or more of Good Soil Farm chicken will receive a FREE painting by Casey Mae!

It’s a great time to stock up (pun intended 😉):

🍗 Chicken frames are an economical way to fill your freezer—and they have plenty of leftover meat on them for soups, broth, casseroles, and more.

🌭 Chicken sausage is another great choice while we still have a few weeks of grilling weather left!

Order now on our website and celebrate Casey Mae’s 40th birthday with us! 🎉

www.goodsoilfarmllc.com/store

09/07/2026

Soon, the propaedeutic seminarians from Mount St. Mary’s Seminary will once again join us here at the farm. ❤️

Our friend Brendan Johnson, whose GoFundMe we’ve posted here, is integral to our work in helping form these men discerning a call to the priesthood.

Since 2023, we’ve had the joy of welcoming a new group of propaedeutic seminarians to Good Soil Farm each year. We’re grateful for the opportunity to work alongside these men as they learn, serve, pray, and discern—and we can’t wait to have them here with us once more.

To read more about the work of the propaedeutic seminarians at Good Soil Farm, visit our blog:

https://goodsoilfarmllc.com/2025/03/18/seminarians-and-the-farm/

https://goodsoilfarmllc.com/2026/04/24/lamb-roast-with-the-propaedudes/

09/03/2026

Mary has shared an update on Brendan’s condition today. ❤️‍🩹

“…the prognosis for Brendan is still difficult. The fistula bleeding caused several strokes, damaging several lower parts of his brain, particularly the section that controls wakefulness (functions like opening his eyes and awareness of his surroundings). The doctors do not know how much awareness he will regain or if it will ever happen. He will likely require significant care for a long time.”

You can read more about Brendan’s condition and the Johnson family’s needs at the link below.

Blessed Stanley Rother, pray for us!

https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-the-johnson-family-in-their-hour-of-need

08/30/2026

🌱 Ever wondered what Good Soil Farm is really like? Or maybe you’ve got questions for the farmers?

Come see for yourself! We’re opening the farm for a FREE FARM TOUR on Saturday, September 12, from 4–5 PM. 🐓🐑🌻

At Good Soil Farm, we believe good farming begins with paying attention to the nature of things — working with the land, animals, plants, and seasons rather than trying to force them into a system that ignores how they were made to flourish. It’s an approach rooted in the Catholic tradition and inspired by the wisdom of St. Thomas Aquinas: creation has an order and purpose, and our work should respect and cooperate with that order.

Come meet the chickens, turkeys, and sheep, see what’s growing in the fields, and ask the farmers your questions. We’d love to show you what that philosophy looks like on the ground.

👟 Wear shoes that can get dirty!

🎟️ Please reserve your FREE ticket so we know how many folks to expect.

We can’t wait to show you around!

And if you’re making a day of your visit to Emmitsburg, be sure to check out the National Shrine Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes and the National Shrine of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton while you’re here. ❤️