We own and operate a 7th-generation family farm in Berkshire, VT. We raise Boer goats for breeding stock and meat, grow hay for wholesale, and maple for the local community.
AIRES-HILL FARM
Vermont 2018 Farm of the Year
The First Generation to Today!
Learn more about Aires-Hill Farm History
In 1826, Franklin Thompson began milking cows on a 130-acre parcel of land abutting the Canadian border, little could he know that seven generations later, his Berkshire farm would still be operational — and thriving.
Karie Thompson Atherton took the reins of Aires-Hill Farm from her father Edward Orlyn Thompson and Uncle James Bryan Thompson in 2014. After winning Vermont’s Farm of the Year award in 2018, Karie transitioned from a 400 cow dairy farm to a diversified farm focusing on goats, hay and maple.