A Family Tradition of Farming
The Hubbard family comes from a long line of hard working, farming families who have been farming the land in Princeton for many generations. The first Hubbards emigrated from England in the early 1600s and their descendants settled in Princeton, Massachusetts by the mid-1700s; about the same time as the Gleason family.
Hubbard's Farm began with Clayton Hubbard, who had worked on the farm from the time he was a boy, alongside his uncle, John Chandler. In 1924, Clayton married Edith Gleason and the legacy of Hubbard's Farm began in earnest.
Clayton and Edith's son, Arthur and his wife Shirley took over operation of the farm in 1956. Clayton continued to work with his son for many more years.
Arthur and Shirley's son, Brad, worked on the farm from a young age; and he studied agriculture at Wachusett Regional High School. He took over operation of the farm in 1991 and he and his wife, Nancy, currently run the business. Their three children, Heather, Clayton, and Andy, all grew up working with the animals, did chores on the farm; and participated in 4-H activities. Currently, four generations including Shirley, Brad and Nancy, all three of their adult children, and their grandchildren are involved in the operation of the family farm.
While the cows were sold in 2000, the Hubbard family still hay the fields and sell it for feed. In addition to the hay, they now sell a variety of bulk landscaping products including bark mulches, compost, loam, stone, and wood pellets.
Though the farm keeps evolving with the times, the Hubbard's are committed to maintaining its character and tradition as a working family farm.