About Muddy Boots CSA
14 Years Feeding the Mad River Valley Community!
We feed well over 200 Mad River Valley families each year and most come back year after year.
We have been at this long enough to know how to keep our members happy with the perfect balance between weekly staple veggies and periodic surprises that introduce them to new and different veggies.
Get to Know Our Amazing Family Farmers
🌱Our farmers don’t just grow for your family—they grow for their own families too.
That means kid-friendly favorites every week, with the quality and flavor that gets kids excited about vegetables.
Our Pick-Up Location!
Cloud Water Farm
Warren, VT
Owned/Managed by Joe Bossen
Main crops: Garlic, hot peppers, perennial fruits and vegetables, cut flowers and herbs, dried beans, willow for basket-making
Joe Bossen, founder and owner of Vermont Bean Crafters and co-founder of All Souls Tortilleria (which he sold in 2025), purchased this property in 2021, becoming the third steward of this conserved historic Valley farm. Joe is deeply committed to food justice, plant-based diets, and local food systems. He has a strong sense of community and sees Muddy Boots CSA as an important cornerstone of his long-term vision for the farm. Joe and his partner, Racheal Ouellette (who is also our pick-up day coordinator!), are also parents to June, an adorable little boy who loves helping out his dad on the farm. Our members have loved seeing June grow over the years. Some of June’s favorite vegetables are carrots, sugar snap peas, and sweet potatoes.
Joe has exciting long term plans for the farm, including perennial crops of apples, hazelnuts, and berries, in addition to vegetables used in his products and included in our CSA Shares.
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Thanks to Joe and Vermont Bean Crafters, we have an exclusive members-only special sale twice each season, where you can purchase bulk organic dried beans and lentils, as well as bulk frozen veggie and bean burgers. This is a great way to round out dinner for CSA pick-up day!
“The folks at Cloud Water Farm are a real asset to our community and I love going there to pick up our CSA share each week!”
“The folks at Cloud Water Farm are a real asset to our community and I love going there to pick up our CSA share each week!”
Burnt Rock Farm
Huntington, VT
Owned/Managed by Justin Rich
Main crops: Spinach, onions, potatoes, sweet potatoes, winter squash, sweet corn, tomatoes, scallions, eggplant, cantaloupe
Justin is one of the original Muddy Boots farmers and works with our other farmers to assure our shares have good variety throughout the season. He also plans out each weekly share keeping a detailed spreadsheet to make sure that our members get what they have paid for throughout the season.
Burnt Rock’s home farm sits about 4 miles north of the junction of Gore Road and Route 17, where they have a large, modern barn for storing, cleaning, and packing produce, plus several greenhouses for growing tomatoes and other tender summer vegetables. But there’s a lot more to Burnt Rock than meets the eye—drive through Huntington and just about every vegetable field you pass is part of the farm. If you see someone driving a tractor down the road, wave; chances are it’s someone from the Burnt Rock crew!
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When Justin is not in the fields, you’ll find him on the baseball diamond—he plays in an adult league and coaches Elias’ little league team. He also serves on the Huntington Volunteer Fire Department.
Tamarack Hollow Farm
Plainfield, VT
Owned/Managed by Amanda Andrews
Main crops: Carrots, cauliflower, specialty greens, sugar snap peas, beets, summer squash, zucchini, cucumber, green beans
Tamarack Hollow Farm joined us in 2021 and grows a variety of produce for our CSA. For 15 years Tamarack Hollow sold their organic produce on Wednesdays and Saturdays direct to consumers and restaurant chefs at the Union Square Farmers’ Market in New York City. Then Covid hit and the market they had built their business on became too challenging to participate in. We needed another farmer to round out our offerings and assure variety and Tamarack Hollow needed a new customer base to make up for their New York City sales. The planets aligned, and Tamarack Hollow Farm started growing produce for Muddy Boots! We are lucky to be working with Amanda and her awesome crew and are looking forward to seeing their produce in our weekly shares.
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Trillium Hill Farm
Hinesburg, VT
Owned/Managed by James and Sarah Donegan
Main crops: Salad greens, peppers, chard, head lettuce, garlic and garlic scapes, fennel, romano beans, hakurei turnips
In 2020 Trillium Hill Farm joined our CSA and grew all of our salad greens. This small family farm did a fabulous job making sure that we had a nice variety of baby mesclun every week of the season. They are now one of our anchor farms and provide a variety of salad greens, kale, chard, salad turnips, and peppers throughout the season.
2023 was a BIG year for James, Sarah and Ruby. In August they bought the land they had been farming for 18 seasons and that has been in James’ family since the 1800s. The property is beautiful and situated right in the center of Hinesburg. They have a sweet farmstand that is open in the summer and fall; it is a great stop if you are passing through Hinesburg during the growing season.
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Robin McDermott
CSA Manager
I retired from my day job developing online training for manufacturing companies worldwide in 2025! My husband Ray and I have lived in Waitsfield since 2004.
I have been actively involved in supporting local agriculture since moving to Vermont. I co-founded the Mad River Valley Localvore Project, helped conserve the Kingsbury Farm (now Cloud Water Farm) with a team of Valley residents and the Vermont Land Trust, served on the board of Vermont Fresh Network, and also helped start up the Vermont Farm Fund.
My current passions are hiking, skiing, gardening, and watercolor painting. I have hiked the Camino in Spain, the West Highland Way in Scotland, the Laugavegur Trail in Iceland, and in September 2026 I will return to mainland Portugal to hike the Fisherman’s Trail. I have less than 50 miles to go to complete my section hike of the Long Trail!
Ray and I have a good-sized vegetable garden, and we still get a large CSA share from Muddy Boots CSA! I love cooking, and it is a joy for me to write the weekly newsletter to help our members discover interesting vegetables and to try new preparations for some of the more common veggies.
I am here to answer any questions you have, help you get the most from your CSA shares, and resolve any issues you may run into. I am always available by phone or by email.
“One of my favorite parts of managing Muddy Boots is helping families—especially those new to CSA—discover how easy and delicious fresh, organic vegetables can be. Whether you’re a confident cook or someone who gets nervous in the produce aisle, I’m here to support you. My weekly newsletters include simple, family-tested recipes, and I love hearing from members about their successes (and challenges!) in the kitchen.”
Robin McDermott, Muddy Boots CSA Manager
“One of my favorite parts of managing Muddy Boots is helping families—especially those new to CSA—discover how easy and delicious fresh, organic vegetables can be. Whether you’re a confident cook or someone who gets nervous in the produce aisle, I’m here to support you. My weekly newsletters include simple, family-tested recipes, and I love hearing from members about their successes (and challenges!) in the kitchen.”
Robin McDermott, Muddy Boots CSA Manager
Racheal Ouellette
CSA Pick-Up Day Coordinator
Racheal is Joe Bossen’s partner and mom to their son, June. Racheal greets members each week with a warm smile and is happy to answer questions about how to prepare vegetables. As a mom, she knows how important it is to feed young, developing children healthy food free of chemicals and pesticides, and is always ready with suggestions for quick and easy meals that everyone in the family will eat.
Racheal is an early childhood educator and currently serves as the curriculum coordinator for OZ Full Circle Preschool in Burlington. She is dedicated to providing children opportunities that celebrate individuality and promote self-expression through process, play, and reflection. She is also a passionate basket weaver; so much so that Joe has dedicated some of the land at the farm to growing willow that Racheal uses in her basketry.
Feel free to ask Racheal questions about the share or let her know if something isn’t right. Racheal and Robin work closely together to make sure our members have a great experience with Muddy Boots CSA every week!
“Rachel was amazing!! She was always so great about getting back to me with questions and so nice and friendly!”
“Rachel was amazing!! She was always so great about getting back to me with questions and so nice and friendly!”
All of our farms are Certified Organic
Good for your family.
Organic produce is grown without chemicals or pesticides and the produce is not genetically modified.
Good for the earth.
Organic farming practices protect the land and build the soil to make sure it is useful for the future and not just this year’s crops.
The Muddy Boots Advantage
We bring together several farmers, each with different growing environments and farming capabilities to provide a well-rounded weekly share that works for both our members and our growers.
This allows each of our farmers to focus on what their soils & environment are best suited to grow. And, it safeguards our customer’s investment in a CSA. If one farmer loses a crop, another can step in to fill the larder.