4.7 from 1,580 reviews across 18 farms
Organised lists 20 farms in Connecticut, including 16 farm shops, 9 butchers and 4 raw milk farms. 20 deliver to your door.
Holmberg OrchardsFarm shop in Ledyard4.6 (665 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.Deerfield FarmRaw milk farm in Durham4.8 (171 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.The Garlic FarmFarm shop in Granby4.9 (134 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.
Easy Pickin's OrchardFarm shop in Enfield4.5 (185 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.
Brush Hill DairyRaw milk farm in Bozrah4.9 (74 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.
Baldwin Brook FarmFarm shop in Canterbury4.9 (68 reviews)Baldwin Brook Farm is a raw milk dairy in Canterbury, Connecticut, run by Mavis and Chris. The milk is grass fed, unpasteurised and non homogenised, sold with its cream line intact, and the farm also raises pasture raised pigs, chickens and cattle without antibiotics or artificial growth hormones.
The farm store on Depot Road is self serve, cash or check, with someone usually around if you need a hand and milk stocked through the week in glass bottles and plastic jugs. Truly farm fresh eggs and seasonal cuts of beef, pork and chicken sit alongside the milk, which is also carried by retail locations around Connecticut.
White Gate FarmButcher in East Lyme4.9 (57 reviews)White Gate Farm grows organic produce in East Lyme, Connecticut, and turns much of it into prepared foods and baked goods made on the farm. Pasture raised poultry and fresh eggs round out the range, along with locally produced pantry items from other makers.
Buying works on a weekly rhythm. You order online on Tuesday and Wednesday, then collect from the self serve pickup any time after 3pm on Friday. The farm stand is also open on Saturday from 9am to 2pm, and delivery is offered locally.
Calf and Clover CreameryFarm shop in Cornwall4.8 (59 reviews)Calf and Clover Creamery is a small raw milk dairy at Cornwall Bridge in Connecticut. The herd grazes the farm's hillside pastures in rotation through the season, with only a small non-GMO grain supplement in the milking parlour, and the milk comes out rich and creamy. The family also host farm stays and weddings.
The farm store is open every day of the year from 7am to 7pm, run as a self serve honour system, though someone is usually on hand if you need change or have a question. It is regularly stocked with raw milk, yoghurt, chocolate milk, ricotta, eggs and dairy beef and veal, alongside honey, maple syrup, coffee, lacto-fermented goods and seasonal fruit and vegetables.
Toplands FarmButcher in Roxbury4.8 (35 reviews)Toplands Farm raises pasture reared beef, pork and poultry at Roxbury in Connecticut. The animals live outdoors on open pasture and the farm uses rotational grazing to look after its soil, keeping the land productive for the long term while the livestock lead a natural, low stress life.
Meat is sold directly to customers through the farm's online store, which runs on the Barn2Door platform, and in person from the farm stand on Painter Hill Road on Monday, Wednesday and Friday afternoons and through the day on Saturday.
Cedar Hill FarmButcher in Orange5 (29 reviews)Cedar Hill Farm is a family farm in Orange, Connecticut, where five generations of the Bespuda family have lived and worked the land. The farm raises its own beef, chicken, pork and turkey alongside fresh eggs and seasonal produce, selling it all directly to the people who eat it.
The farm store is open year round on Friday afternoons and Saturday mornings, and visits outside those hours can be arranged for larger orders. Eggs often sell out, so the farm takes pre-orders through its website, and maple syrup appears when the season allows. Cash, cards and mobile payments are all accepted.Rebuilding the food system, from the farm up
