The best farms
- 1Rich Farm Ice Cream ShopFarm shop · Oxford4.8 (2248 reviews)Rich Farm Ice Cream began on July 3, 1994, when David and Dawn Rich opened an ice cream shop on the family dairy farm in Oxford, Connecticut. The farm goes back five generations to Raffaele Ajello, who founded it on Great Hill in Seymour; his son Thomas moved it to 100 acres in Oxford in 1950, and grandsons Don and Dave Rich took over the dairy in the early seventies and continue to operate the farm today.
All of the ice cream is made daily on the farm using an all natural mix with no corn syrup, high fructose corn syrup, growth hormones, polysorbates or phosphates. The Connecticut Department of Agriculture honoured the family for running a Dairy Farm of Distinction for beauty and high quality milk, an honour that still stands. The Oxford shop is open seven days a week, with sister shops in Bristol and Middlefield and a franchise in Placentia, California.
- 2Bishop's Orchards Farm Market & WineryFruit & veg · Guilford4.5 (934 reviews)Bishop's Orchards has been growing fruit on the Connecticut shoreline in Guilford for over 150 years. The main orchard on New England Road offers pick your own berries, peaches, apples, pears and flowers through the seasons, alongside an activity area, a seasonal cider hut and the Little Red Barn with live music and trivia through the summer. The farm makes its own fruit wines and Daughters & Sons hard cider right on the farm.
The year round farm market on Boston Post Road sells farm grown produce, everyday groceries, scratch made pies, breads and prepared foods from its own kitchen, with an emphasis on local and regional makers. Bishop's Creamery shares the site, serving ice cream daily, and a farm share programme and educational visits round out a busy family destination.
- 3Holmberg OrchardsFarm shop & bakery · Ledyard4.6 (689 reviews)Holmberg Orchards is a family fruit farm in the hills of Gales Ferry, Connecticut, growing its own fruits and vegetables, along with lavender, and making wines and hard ciders on site. The farm market at its heart carries the farm's own produce alongside an in house bakery, prepared foods and specialty gourmet goods.
The market is open daily all year round, while pick your own runs Tuesday to Sunday through the season. You can order pies ahead, shop online, or stop in to taste the wines and ciders made from the farm's own harvest.
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Deerfield FarmRaw milk · Durham4.8 (175 reviews)Deerfield Farm is a farmstead dairy in Durham, Connecticut, milking its own herd of Jersey cows and making every product on the premises. The cows graze the rolling fields through the warm months and eat hay from the farm's own hay fields, balanced with a little grain and an organic kelp mineral mix.
The farm store sells raw Jersey milk, bottled fresh several times a week, along with European style yogurt with the cream on top, chocolate milk, a soft fresh cheese called Brianna and whole milk basket ricotta. Everything apart from the raw milk is pasteurised, and the store is open daily from 10am to 5.30pm. - 5
The Garlic FarmFarm shop · Granby4.9 (140 reviews)The Garlic Farm grows its own pesticide free produce in West Granby, Connecticut, following Northeast Organic Farming Association practices. Garlic is the speciality, sold alongside a wide variety of vegetables from the farm's fields.
Everything is sold from the farm stand and the market in the big red barn at the end of the short driveway off Simsbury Road. The stand is seasonal, opening in July and running until sometime in October, with daily hours from 10am to 6pm while the season lasts, and exact dates are posted on the farm's Facebook page. - 6
Stone Gardens Farm MarketMeat · Shelton4.6 (177 reviews)Stone Gardens Farm Market is a family farm and market in Shelton, Connecticut, started by Fred and Stacia Monahan and still run largely by family and friends. The cattle graze pasture in summer and in winter eat the farm's own hay and silage along with spent brewers' grain and extra vegetables, with no hormones or antibiotics.
Beef, poultry and pork are cut in the farm's own USDA-approved cutting room and sold fresh from the coolers at the market, alongside fresh eggs and a country kitchen turning out prepared foods daily. The market is open Monday to Saturday from 8am to 7pm and Sunday from 8am to 4pm. - 7
Easy Pickin's OrchardFarm shop · Enfield4.5 (195 reviews)Easy Pickin's Orchard is a family owned pick your own farm at Enfield, Connecticut, growing a broad spread of fruit, vegetables and flowers. Apples, berries, peaches and pumpkins each come into season in turn, and the land is managed with integrated pest management and careful attention to the soil.
Visitors pick their own produce out in the orchard and fields, with the crop list shifting as the season moves on. Picking hours run through the week with longer days at the weekend, and it is worth checking what is ready before you set out. - 8
Devon PointMeat & eggs · North Stonington4.9 (111 reviews)Devon Point Farm is a family run farm at North Stonington, Connecticut, raising grass fed beef and heritage pork on pasture without hormones or antibiotics. The farm keeps American Milking Devon cattle, a heritage breed it also offers as breeding stock, and its animals live outdoors on an all natural, pasture based diet.
Beef is sold by the half, quarter or sampler box and pork by the half or whole pig, ordered through the farm's online shop or with printable mail in forms, with pickup and delivery serving Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island. The farm store also carries raw milk, local honey and maple syrup, and vegetables come as CSA farm shares. - 9
Brush Hill DairyRaw milk · Bozrah4.9 (78 reviews)Brush Hill Dairy is a long running family dairy farm on Brush Hill Road in Bozrah, Connecticut. The herd of Holstein and Jersey cows goes out to pasture through the grazing season, part of a conservation partnership that has cut the farm's reliance on corn, tillage and fertilisers.
Raw milk is sold directly to customers at the farm, alongside eggs from the farm's own flock, vegetables from the garden and locally grown beef. There is a farm stand at the farm and a presence at local farmers' markets, with online ordering available through their Square site and the stand open Thursday to Sunday. - 10
Holcomb FarmFruit, veg & eggs · Granby4.8 (85 reviews)Holcomb Farm is a 317 acre historic working farm in West Granby, Connecticut, farmed since 1756 and now run by the nonprofit Friends of Holcomb Farm together with the Town of Granby. The farm grows mixed vegetables on 26 acres without chemical fertilizers or pesticides, not even organically approved ones, and signs the Connecticut NOFA Farmer's Pledge. Its produce feeds a 550 member summer CSA, a 100 member winter CSA, wholesale customers and Fresh Access, a program bringing fresh, locally grown food to around 600 food insecure households a week through the growing season.
The farm store at 87 Simsbury Road opens Wednesday to Saturday, 10am to 6pm, selling the farm's own produce alongside dairy, meats and artisan goods from other local farms and makers. More than 10 miles of woodland trails cross the property, open dawn to dusk, and the farm hosts community events through the year.
Oxford · Farm shop4.8 · 2,248 reviewsRich Farm Ice Cream began on July 3, 1994, when David and Dawn Rich opened an ice cream shop on the family dairy farm in Oxford, Connecticut. The farm goes back five generations to Raffaele Ajello, who founded it on Great Hill in Seymour; his son Thomas moved it to 100 acres in Oxford in 1950, and grandsons Don and Dave Rich took over the dairy in the early seventies and continue to operate the farm today. All of the ice cream is made daily on the farm using an all natural mix with no corn syrup, high fructose corn syrup, growth hormones, polysorbates or phosphates. The Connecticut Department of Agriculture honoured the family for running a Dairy Farm of Distinction for beauty and high quality milk, an honour that still stands. The Oxford shop is open seven days a week, with sister shops in Bristol and Middlefield and a franchise in Placentia, California.
Guilford · Fruit & veg, bakery4.5 · 934 reviewsBishop's Orchards has been growing fruit on the Connecticut shoreline in Guilford for over 150 years. The main orchard on New England Road offers pick your own berries, peaches, apples, pears and flowers through the seasons, alongside an activity area, a seasonal cider hut and the Little Red Barn with live music and trivia through the summer. The farm makes its own fruit wines and Daughters & Sons hard cider right on the farm. The year round farm market on Boston Post Road sells farm grown produce, everyday groceries, scratch made pies, breads and prepared foods from its own kitchen, with an emphasis on local and regional makers. Bishop's Creamery shares the site, serving ice cream daily, and a farm share programme and educational visits round out a busy family destination.
Ledyard · Bakery, farm shop4.6 · 689 reviewsHolmberg Orchards is a family fruit farm in the hills of Gales Ferry, Connecticut, growing its own fruits and vegetables, along with lavender, and making wines and hard ciders on site. The farm market at its heart carries the farm's own produce alongside an in house bakery, prepared foods and specialty gourmet goods. The market is open daily all year round, while pick your own runs Tuesday to Sunday through the season. You can order pies ahead, shop online, or stop in to taste the wines and ciders made from the farm's own harvest.
Durham · Raw milk, farm shop4.8 · 175 reviewsDeerfield Farm is a farmstead dairy in Durham, Connecticut, milking its own herd of Jersey cows and making every product on the premises. The cows graze the rolling fields through the warm months and eat hay from the farm's own hay fields, balanced with a little grain and an organic kelp mineral mix. The farm store sells raw Jersey milk, bottled fresh several times a week, along with European style yogurt with the cream on top, chocolate milk, a soft fresh cheese called Brianna and whole milk basket ricotta. Everything apart from the raw milk is pasteurised, and the store is open daily from 10am to 5.30pm.
Granby · Farm shop4.9 · 140 reviewsThe Garlic Farm grows its own pesticide free produce in West Granby, Connecticut, following Northeast Organic Farming Association practices. Garlic is the speciality, sold alongside a wide variety of vegetables from the farm's fields. Everything is sold from the farm stand and the market in the big red barn at the end of the short driveway off Simsbury Road. The stand is seasonal, opening in July and running until sometime in October, with daily hours from 10am to 6pm while the season lasts, and exact dates are posted on the farm's Facebook page.
Shelton · Butcher, farm shop4.6 · 177 reviewsStone Gardens Farm Market is a family farm and market in Shelton, Connecticut, started by Fred and Stacia Monahan and still run largely by family and friends. The cattle graze pasture in summer and in winter eat the farm's own hay and silage along with spent brewers' grain and extra vegetables, with no hormones or antibiotics. Beef, poultry and pork are cut in the farm's own USDA-approved cutting room and sold fresh from the coolers at the market, alongside fresh eggs and a country kitchen turning out prepared foods daily. The market is open Monday to Saturday from 8am to 7pm and Sunday from 8am to 4pm.
Enfield · Farm shop4.5 · 195 reviewsEasy Pickin's Orchard is a family owned pick your own farm at Enfield, Connecticut, growing a broad spread of fruit, vegetables and flowers. Apples, berries, peaches and pumpkins each come into season in turn, and the land is managed with integrated pest management and careful attention to the soil. Visitors pick their own produce out in the orchard and fields, with the crop list shifting as the season moves on. Picking hours run through the week with longer days at the weekend, and it is worth checking what is ready before you set out.
North Stonington · Butcher, eggs4.9 · 111 reviewsDevon Point Farm is a family run farm at North Stonington, Connecticut, raising grass fed beef and heritage pork on pasture without hormones or antibiotics. The farm keeps American Milking Devon cattle, a heritage breed it also offers as breeding stock, and its animals live outdoors on an all natural, pasture based diet. Beef is sold by the half, quarter or sampler box and pork by the half or whole pig, ordered through the farm's online shop or with printable mail in forms, with pickup and delivery serving Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island. The farm store also carries raw milk, local honey and maple syrup, and vegetables come as CSA farm shares.
Bozrah · Raw milk4.9 · 78 reviewsBrush Hill Dairy is a long running family dairy farm on Brush Hill Road in Bozrah, Connecticut. The herd of Holstein and Jersey cows goes out to pasture through the grazing season, part of a conservation partnership that has cut the farm's reliance on corn, tillage and fertilisers. Raw milk is sold directly to customers at the farm, alongside eggs from the farm's own flock, vegetables from the garden and locally grown beef. There is a farm stand at the farm and a presence at local farmers' markets, with online ordering available through their Square site and the stand open Thursday to Sunday.
Granby · Fruit & veg, eggs4.8 · 85 reviewsHolcomb Farm is a 317 acre historic working farm in West Granby, Connecticut, farmed since 1756 and now run by the nonprofit Friends of Holcomb Farm together with the Town of Granby. The farm grows mixed vegetables on 26 acres without chemical fertilizers or pesticides, not even organically approved ones, and signs the Connecticut NOFA Farmer's Pledge. Its produce feeds a 550 member summer CSA, a 100 member winter CSA, wholesale customers and Fresh Access, a program bringing fresh, locally grown food to around 600 food insecure households a week through the growing season. The farm store at 87 Simsbury Road opens Wednesday to Saturday, 10am to 6pm, selling the farm's own produce alongside dairy, meats and artisan goods from other local farms and makers. More than 10 miles of woodland trails cross the property, open dawn to dusk, and the farm hosts community events through the year.
About farms in Connecticut
Organised lists 27 farms in Connecticut. Many do more than one thing, so among them are 22 farm shops, 11 butchers and 11 egg farms. 22 deliver to your door.
What visitors say
Literally the best ice cream ever.
Zülal · 12 November 2026
So many original take out foods. Great fresh produce and bakery. A fun experience shopping here. Ice cream cones and other goodies available.
Barbara Greene · 5 November 2026
If I could give zero stars I would. Overpriced, kept selling $60 apple buckets and no apples on the trees. Raced out to them via FB private message and they wouldn't respond. Poor service, nothing nice to say.
Carole Verville · 20 October 2026
Excellent selection of specialty diary items as well as some local honey. Would highly recommend their raw milk.
Alison Velchik · 25 October 2026
Large amount of vegetables and garlic.
Stephen D'Addio · 4 October 2026
Only spot in the area that sells Raw milk. They also sell great grass fed local steaks and farm fresh eggs all at a very reasonable price. People are also very friendly and happy to answer any questions. Goatis approved✅
Colton P · 15 October 2026
Good to know
- Which farm in Connecticut is rated highest?
- Cedar Hill Farm carries the highest rating in Connecticut: 5 stars from 31 reviews. Cedar Hill Farm
- Which farm in Connecticut do people visit most?
- Rich Farm Ice Cream Shop is the most reviewed farm in Connecticut, with 2248 reviews averaging 4.8 stars. Rich Farm Ice Cream Shop
- Where can I buy raw milk in Connecticut?
- 4 farms sell raw milk in Connecticut, including Deerfield Farm, Brush Hill Dairy, Baldwin Brook Farm. Raw milk farms in Connecticut
- How many farm shops are there in Connecticut?
- Organised lists 22 farm shops in Connecticut, including Rich Farm Ice Cream Shop, Bishop's Orchards Farm Market & Winery, Holmberg Orchards. Each listing carries photos, opening details and reviews. Farm shops in Connecticut
- How many butchers are there in Connecticut?
- Organised lists 11 butchers in Connecticut, including Stone Gardens Farm Market, Devon Point, Baldwin Brook Farm. Butchers in Connecticut
- How many honey farms are there in Connecticut?
- Organised lists 4 honey farms in Connecticut, including Hilltop Apiaries, Holbrook Farm, Three Sisters Farms. Honey farms in Connecticut
- How many egg farms are there in Connecticut?
- Organised lists 11 egg farms in Connecticut, including Devon Point, Holcomb Farm, Baldwin Brook Farm. Egg farms in Connecticut
- How many fruit and veg farms are there in Connecticut?
- Organised lists 4 fruit and veg farms in Connecticut, including Bishop's Orchards Farm Market & Winery, Holcomb Farm, Killam & Bassette Farmstead. Fruit and veg farms in Connecticut
- Do farms in Connecticut deliver?
- 22 of the 27 farms listed in Connecticut deliver locally or nationwide, including Holmberg Orchards, Deerfield Farm, The Garlic Farm. Delivery details sit on each farm's page. Holmberg Orchards
- Can I visit farms in Connecticut in person?
- 26 of the 27 farms listed in Connecticut welcome visitors in person. Opening hours and directions sit on each farm's page. Rich Farm Ice Cream Shop
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