{"id":33416,"date":"2019-05-09T11:31:43","date_gmt":"2019-05-09T15:31:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/?p=33416"},"modified":"2019-05-09T17:36:20","modified_gmt":"2019-05-09T21:36:20","slug":"saratoga-plan-preserves-buckley-farm-land-owner-opens-cafe-house-and-butcher-shop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/2019\/05\/saratoga-plan-preserves-buckley-farm-land-owner-opens-cafe-house-and-butcher-shop\/","title":{"rendered":"Saratoga Plan Preserves Buckley Farm Land; Owner Opens Cafe House And Butcher Shop"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_33417\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-33417\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-33417 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2019\/05\/buckley-farm-story-hc.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"699\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2019\/05\/buckley-farm-story-hc.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2019\/05\/buckley-farm-story-hc-300x233.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2019\/05\/buckley-farm-story-hc-768x596.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-33417\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Lakeside Farmhouse is one of two farmhouses on the Wm. H. Barkley Farm in Ballston Lake. Saratoga Plan finalized an easement to preserve 63 acres of farmland there.<br \/>Courtesy Wm. H Buckley Farm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Saratoga PLAN finalized a second easement on Wm. H. Buckley Farm, a working farm situated on a picturesque ridge overlooking Ballston Lake, on Route 50 in the Town of Ballston.<br \/>\nThe closing added 63 acres to the 252 acres conserved in 2015, for a total of 315 acres that will be protected for agricultural uses in perpetuity. <!--more--><br \/>\nProperty owner and farmer Mark Sacco, who donated a portion of the easement value, said there is a need not only to protect land in an area facing high rates of development, but also to farm it responsibly. With 315 acres of land protected in perpetuity, Sacco said he is fulfilling that obligation to the land.<br \/>\nWm. H. Buckley Farm raises beef cattle, heritage breed pigs, chickens, and turkeys \u201cthe way nature intended,\u201d their website reads. Animals are raised in open pasture and are fed an all-natural diet without hormones or antibiotics.<br \/>\n\u201cOur meat moves a matter of feet,\u201d Sacco said, noting that the meat, sold in a butcher shop on-site, is cleaner and healthier, with a flavor beyond compare. In keeping with natural management practices, the farm\u2019s main defense against predators are a pack of maremma sheepdogs that patrol the property at night.<br \/>\nHe said the farm has 3,000 animals, hundreds of fruit trees and five beehives producing 300 pounds of honey a year. In order to keep up with the farm\u2019s costs, Sacco has opened a caf\u00e9, smokehouses, butcher shop, event venue, and rental farmhouses and cottages. Doing so allowed him to marry his three objectives of land conservation, farming, and business, \u201ca blend of fitting into the environment, getting the land to produce, and growing the enterprise,\u201d he said.<br \/>\nThe butcher and caf\u00e9\u2019s hours are listed on the Wm. H. Buckley Farm website, www.buckleyfarm.com. \u201cI wouldn\u2019t trade with anybody in the world,\u201d Sacco said about his growing business. \u201cI wouldn\u2019t do it.\u201d With this addition of 63 acres he noted, \u201cthe Buckley dream continues.\u201d<br \/>\nFarmstays are available at two renovated farmhouses, Buckley Farmhouse and Lakeridge Farmhouse. That part of the business goes along with the butcher house and the cafe, not open for the season on weekends.<br \/>\nThe farm also can host weddings and other private events.<br \/>\nSaratoga PLAN is continuing to continuing to expand its farmland conservation efforts throughout Saratoga County, with an additional 600 acres of farmland on the docket for 2019. To date Saratoga PLAN holds 26 easements, and has preserved over 7,000 acres of land.<br \/>\nFor more information, call 518-587-554 or visit saratogaplan.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saratoga PLAN finalized a second easement on Wm. H. 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