Buy Fresh and Local!: Nearby Farms Offer Many Things You Need
For those looking to source healthier vegetables and fruits for themselves and their families this year, you’re in luck! Our region is home to a wide variety of organic farms with more sustainable and humane agricultural practices. The following is a list of some of the farms in the area, as provided by the Northeast Organic Farming
Association of Connecticut (CT NOFA, CTNOFA.org).
FAIRFIELD
Ambler Farm, Wilton
AmblerFarm.org
Community farm, educational programs, garlic, herbs, maple products, salad greens, vegetables
Farm Stand: June-October; Saturday, 9am-2pm
Farmers Market: Wilton
Belta’s Farm, Westport
203-454-2293
BeltasFarm.org
Eggs, flowers, garlic, jams/preserves,salad greens/microgreens, vegetables
Butternut Gardens, Southport
203-257-4597
ButternutGardens.com
Fairfield County’s only cut flower farm provides customers the chance to reconnect with seasonal flowers and support local agriculture as they choose from hundreds of varieties for sale right on the farm, at nearby retail stores and for weddings and events in Fairfield County
Dancing Dog Farm, Ridgefield
914-629-3549
Dancing Dog Farm practices organic and biological farming. Through biological farming, Dancing Dog focuses on soil health; good food comes from healthy plants, which can only stem from healthy soil
Dirt Rd Farm, Weston
203-216-0661
DirtRdFarm.com
Maple syrup, vegetables, fruit, herbs for private events created by Phoebe Cole-Smith, chef/farmer
Farming 101, Newtown
203-304-1451
101BrushyHill.com
Wholesale Products Available
Farmers Market: Greenwich
First Acre, LLC, Stratford
203-491-0505
FirstAcreCSA.com
Eggs, flowers, garlic, herbs, melons, salad greens/microgreens, vegetables
Farm Stand: Sandy Hook, Saturdays
CSA: Mid-June-October, 20 weeks, weekly or bi-weekly
Gilbertie’s Herbs & Garden Center, Westport
203-227-4175
GilbertiesHerbs.com
Largest herb plant grower on the East Coast, providing certified organic products all over the northeast and offering free lectures and classes on the importance of growing organically
Grant Farm, Fairfield
203-259-8568
Berries, flowers, fruit, garlic, greenhouse, herbs, melons, perennials, vegetables, wholesale
Farm Stand: Friday and Saturday, 11am-3pm
Guy’s Eco-Garden, Shelton
203-929-3080
GuysEcoGarden.com
Baked goods, flowers, garlic, greenhouse, herbs, jams/preserves, lavender items, transplants, vegetables
Farmers Markets: Monroe
Henny Penny Farm, Ridgefield
203-297-5995
HennyPennyFarmCT.com
Educational programs, lamb, livestock, sheep, tours, wool/yarn/fleece, chicken/goat/rabbit meat
The Hickories, Ridgefield
203-894-1851
TheHickories.org
USDA-certified organic fruit, vegetables, cut flowers; pasture-raised lamb and pork; tours and workshops; spring, summer, fall and winter shares; wholesale
Farm Stand: daily 10am-5pm (winter), 11am-6pm (summer)
Holbrook Farm, Bethel
203-792-0561
HolbrookFarm.net
Baked goods, berries, cheese, CSA, educational programs, eggs, flowers, fruit, garden supplies, garlic, greenhouse, herbs, honey, preserves, milk, maple products, medicinal plants, melons, mushrooms, perennials, poultry, prepared foods, pumpkins, greens, seed, cosmetics, straw, transplants, vegetables
Horseshoe Farm, Ridgefield
203-943-6928
HorseshoeFarmCT.com
Vegetables, eggs, honey, maple syrup, flowers, mushrooms
Jones Family Farms & Winery, Shelton
203-929-8425
JonesFamilyFarms.com
PYO strawberries, blueberries, pumpkins and Christmas trees at our seven generation farm. Visit our winery for tastings or sign up for food and cooking classes at the Harvest Kitchen. Located on 400 acres in the White Hills of Shelton. Open seasonally; visit website for complete details
Lachat Town Farm at the Juliana Lachat Preserve, Weston
203-227-6580
LachatTownFarm.org
Community farm, educational programs, garlic, herbs, flowers, greenhouse, children’s nature programs in July (see website), children’s garden in construction this summer, music events, art workshops, nature walks, 20 acres, tours of the 1770 restored farmhouse in the Juliana Lachat Preserve
Farmers Market: last Friday of the month, June-October
Laurel Glen Farm, Shelton
203-305-9179
LaurelGlenFarm.com
Asparagus, vegetables, herbs, melons, pumpkins, cut flowers
CSA: Spring, summer and fall
Farm Stand: Monday-Friday, 10:30am-6pm; Saturday, 9am-4pm
Millstone Farm, Wilton
203-834-2605
Facebook.com/MillstoneFarmWilton
Educational programs, eggs, garlic, gourds, greenhouse, herbs, honey, jams/preserves, lamb, maple products, pork, poultry, prepared foods, salad greens, sheep, tours, vegetables, wholesale, wool/yarn/fleece, Shetland wool blankets
CSA: Contact via email - not open to public; by appointment only
Mischa Brook Farm, Trumbull
203-378-5105
Local farm stand that sells soap, candles, flowers, honey and other products that are handmade
Sepe Farm LLC, Sandy Hook
203-270-9507
Specializing in consultation for anyone interested in raising sheep or lamb. Sheep, llama and alpaca shearing services provided. Over 40 years experience. Superior fleeces for hand spinners. “Connecticut Blanket” and sheepskins also available
Shaggy Coos Farm, Easton
203-331-3306
ShaggyCoos.Farm
Family-run farm located in the heart of Easton. All livestock is raised humanely without the use of any antibiotics or hormones
Simpaug Farms, Ridgefield
203-431-7166
SimpaugFarms.com
Vegetable CSA with several pickup locations in Fairfield and Hartford Counties, Fairfield and
Ellington. Farmers markets, restaurant/retail wholesale delivery, sustainable farming practices
Sleepy Cat Farm, Greenwich
203-485-9666
SleepyCatFarm.com
Sleepy Cat Farm Foundation is a 14-acre privately owned garden open to the public for group tours and classes. Our goal is to promote horticulture within the local community. We have a small 12-member vegetable and fruit share
CSA: 12-member, May-November, $650/year
Speckled Rooster Farm, Westport
860-748-5548
SpeckledRoosterFarm.com
Eggs, farm stand, poultry, salad greens/microgreens, vegetables, wholesale
CSA: Join our email list for weekly produce, ordering and pick-up info. Two pick-up days a week, year-round
Sport Hill Farm, LLC, Easton
203-268-3137
SportHillFarm.com
Crop cash program, summer farm camp, education events; wholesale available. Proud to be the 2017 “Farmer of the Year” recipient in the Farmers’ Almanac
CSA: 20 weeks; visit our website
Farm Stand: Easton, May-mid December; closed Monday; see website
Farmers Market: Westport, summer and winter
Wakeman Town Farm, Westport
203-557-9195
WakemanTownFarm.org
Apprenticeships, community farm, educational programs, vegetables
Farm Stand: May-October, days and hours vary. Please check our website
CSA: We support local farms as a CSA pick-up location
Warrup’s Farm, West Redding
203-938-9403
WarrupsFarm.com
Christmas trees, educational programs, garlic, gourds, hay rides, maple products, pumpkins, winter squash; maple syrup demos 1st three weekends in March, noon-5pm; PYO pumpkins and hayrides weekends in October and Columbus Day, 10am-5pm; group visits Tuesday-Friday by reservation
Farm Stand: Mid-August to end of October, Tuesday-Sunday, 10am-6pm
Farmers Market: Lachat, Weston
Wells Hill Farm, Weston
917-602-1383
WellsHillFarm.org
Compost/mulch, educational programs, eggs, firewood/forest products, flowers, fruit, garlic, greenhouse, herbs, melons, perennials, salad greens/microgreens, sheep, tours, wool/yarn/fleece; nonprofit fundraising events host; school tours, children’s events (by appointment)
CSA: We donate CSA shares to various non-profits to assist with their fundraising efforts
LITCHFIELD
Adamah Farm at Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center, Falls Village
860-824-3003, ext 3
Ed Programming: Adamah.org
West Hartford CSA: WHCSA.Adamah.org
Falls Village CSA: FVCSA.Adamah.org
Apprenticeships, berries, ed programs, flowers, garlic, greenhouse, herbs, jams/ preserves, livestock (goats), melons, perennials, pickles, prepared foods, pumpkins, salad greens, soaps/cosmetics, tours, vegetables
Farm Store/Gift Shop
Arethusa Farm, Litchfield
860-567-8270
ArethusaFarm.com
We grow a full line of heirloom vegetables and unusual flowers for bouquets; we specialize in heirloom tomatoes and salad greens, cooking greens and beans. We also have a line of dairy products, including ice cream. Wholesale products available
Farm Stand: 10am-6pm most days
Arethusa Farm Dairy, Bantam
860-361-6600
ArethusaFarm.com
Located in the rolling pastures of the Litchfield Hills, Arethusa Farm has a proud tradition of raising award winning purebred Jersey, Holstein and Brown Swiss cows. We pride ourselves on providing the absolute highest level of care for our animals and creating all-natural, farm-fresh dairy goods with a truly exceptional taste
Buck Mountain Herbs Cornwall Coop Farm Market, Cornwall Bridge
860-671-1545 or 860-672-6552
BuckMountainHerbs.com
CornwallCoopFarmarket.com
Herb farm in Cornwall growing 70 plus varieties of culinary, medicinal and pollinator herbs for sale as plants. The Cornwall Cooperative Farm Market includes baked goods, beef, berries, catering, dairy, eggs, flowers, fruit, garlic, gourds, herbs, lamb, maple products, medicinal plants, perennials, pork, pumpkins, greens, cosmetics, vegetables, wool/yarn/fleece
Farm Stand: By appointment only April-September
Farmers Market: Cornwall Co-Op
Camps Rd Farm, Kent
860-338-855
CampsRdFarm.com
Eggs, flowers, herbs, hops, pork, poultry, salad greens/microgreens, tours, vegetables
Farm Stand: Thurusday and Friday, 2-7pm; Saturday, noon-5pm
CSA: Chicken CSA, $500, 20 chickens over 20 weeks; 1/2 pig shares, $400 + processing fees
Farmers Market: New Milford, summer and winter
Cricket Hill Garden, Thomaston
860-283-1042
TreePeony.com
Fruit trees, mushrooms, peony plants
Farm Stand: April-June, Tuesday-Sunday, 10am- 4pm; by appointment rest of the year
De Hoek Farm, New Milford
203-501-8586
Facebook.com/DeHoekFarm
De Hoek Farm offers pasture-raised Black Angus beef. Our animals are hormone-free and antibiotic free and are sensitively processed in our onsite USDA-certified abattoir, a minimal stress environment that promotes tenderness and quality
Evergreen Berry Farm, LLC, Watertown
860-274-0825
EvergreenBerryFarm.com
Blueberries, pick-your-own July-mid August; call
The Farm Woodbury, Woodbury
TheFarmWoodbury.com
Old-fashioned values with cutting-edge technology give a new farm experience like no other. Let our young farming family provide your family with non-GMO products we too put on our tables and in our gardens
CSA: See website for details
Finnegan’s Farm, West, New Milford
203-496-6122
Vegetables, fruit, yurt camping, wholesale; check us out on Instagram
Farm Stand: 10am-5pm, June-October on a self- serve honor system
Farmers Market: Washington Depot
Fort Hill Farm, New Milford
860-350-3158
FortHillFarm.com
Apprentice/internships, berries, flowers, fruit, garlic, herbs, melons, salad greens, spring transplants, vegetables, wholesale
Farm Stand: Tuesday and Thursday, 2:30-6:30pm; PYO: 2-7pm; check website
Farmers Market: New Milford, Westport, summer and winter; Black Rock
CSA: 300 Harvest Card shares, May-November, see website
Hedgelawn Farm, Washington
917-613-9883
HedgelawnFarm.com
Berries, fruit, garlic, grapes, melons, salad greens, vegetables, wholesale
Farm Stand: Call, email or check Facebook page for availability and hours
Maple View Farm, Harwinton
860-485-0815
MapleViewFarmCT.com
Berries, eggs, fruit, garlic, greenhouse, hay, melons, vegetables
CSA: See website for details
Farm Stand: June-November
Farmers Markets: Collinsville, Litchfield Indoor, Torrington
Maywood Farm, Bridgewater
860-354-4104
MaywoodGardens.com
Eggs, flowers, fruit, garlic, gourds, grapes, greenhouse, hay, herbs, honey, hops, jams/preserves, mushrooms, maple products, pumpkins, salad greens/microgreens, vegetables
Mountain View Farm, Kent
860-927-1856
MountainViewFarmKent.com
Berries, eggs, flowers, fruit, garlic, herbs, jams/preserves, maple syrup, pickled products, pork, salad greens, transplants, vegetables, wholesale
Farm Stand: at farm, open in season
Farmers Markets: Kent, New Milford
Percy Thomson Meadows, LLC, Bethlehem
203-598-9701
PercyThomsonMeadows.com
Grass-fed and finished beef and lamb, pastured pork and poultry, vegetables, free-range eggs, wholesale
CSA: Send payment for amount you would like to spend over 27-week season and we discount based on the date we receive your application
Riverbank Farm, Roxbury
860-350-3276
RiverbankFarm.com
Apprenticeships, flowers, garlic, greenhouse, salad greens, transplants, vegetables and vegetarian prepared foods. Retail, restaurant, wholesale
Farmers Markets: Westport, Darien, Greenwich, Old Greenwich, New Canaan, New Milford, New Haven Edgewood Park; Westport and Wooster Square winter markets
Shiloh Run Farm, Harwinton
860-987-2750
ShilohRunFarm.com
Vegetables, goat milk, honey, eggs, wholesale
CSA: 20-week vegetable and herb
Sloane Farm, LLC, Washington
SloaneFarm.com
Provides strawberries, strawberry syrup, prepared salads, vegetables to stores in Litchfield County
Farmers Market: Washington Depot, August through October
Sun One Organic Farm, LLC, Bethlehem
203-266-7973
SunOneOrganic.com
Apprenticeships, berries, flowers, garlic, herbs, microgreens, salad greens, vegetables, wholesale
CSA: 18 weeks, beginning mid-June-October, $400 to $540 per share
Sun Rise Sun Set Farm, Bethlehem
203-266-7467
Asparagus, garlic, leeks, melons, onions, pumpkins, salad greens, shallots, vegetables
Farmers Market: Southbury
Sunshine Acres, Goshen
203-554-3524
Compost/mulch, eggs, flowers, gourds, herbs, medicinal plants, melons, perennials, cosmetics, alpaca yarn
Truelove Farms, Morris
203-217-6234
TrueloveFarms.org
A small, sustainable farm focused on using natural, grass-based practices to ethically raise pork, beef, eggs and poultry. We use no growth hormones or sub-therapeutic antibiotics used and all our animals are brought up on pasture for a better quality of life and a higher quality product
The Village Farm, Gaylordsville
860-354-7008
GaylordsvilleVillageFarm.com
Baked goods, bedding plants, berries, candles, Christmas trees, eggs, flowers, fruit, garlic, gourds, herbs, preserves, maple products, melons, perennials, pumpkins, salad greens, soaps/ cosmetics, vegetables
Farm Stand: 24 hours/honor system
Farmers Market: Kent; Happy Acres Farm, Sherman
Wild Carrot Farm, LLC, Bantam
860-977-6948
WildCarrotFarm.com
Berries, educational programs, flowers, fruit, ginger, greenhouse, herbs, melons, pumpkins, salad greens, transplants, vegetables
CSA: Late April-December. Four share levels: $100, $200, $400, $600; fresh produce and vegetables, flower and herb
Farmers Markets: Collinsville, Litchfield
Wright Farm LLC, Goshen
860-491-9868
WrightFarmOrganic.com
Vegetables, fruits, artisan bakery, eggs
CSA: Full or half vegetable, fruit and bakery available
Zelda’s Vegetables, Terryville
860-585-5978
Flowers, garlic, herbs, honey, perennials, raspberries, salad greens, vegetables, specialty tomatoes (various varieties both heirloom and hybrid)
Farm Stand: 7 days/week, self-serve, June/July-September
Adapted from CT NOFA’s Farm and Food Guide 2018. Visit CTNOFA.org for a more complete list with additional information about each farm