About This Farm

Balance Rock Farm is a 5th generation family farm. The farm stand was originally used as a cobbler shop during the Cottage Shoe industry of the 1800's. Lester, Adelia & Cora Berry maintained a small, diversified farm alongside the shoe business. Previous to that, combs were carved from horn in an older building that no longer stands. Around 1942, the Berry's nephew Fred Wheeler began to work at the farm and over time acquired it from his aunts and uncle. Fred married Ruth Bridges in 1948 and tog