4.7 from 1,475 reviews across 14 farms
Organised lists 16 farms in Connecticut, including 16 farm shops, 8 butchers and 3 raw milk farms. 16 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.
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.
Secchiaroli FarmButcher in Waterford5 (22 reviews)Secchiaroli Farm is a family owned and operated farm in Waterford, Connecticut raising pigs on pasture. The animals grow up outdoors on a natural diet and are moved regularly onto fresh ground through rotational grazing, without unnecessary antibiotics or growth hormones.
The pork is sold directly to customers at the farm, at farmers' markets and through local partnerships, and there is an online shop where you can place orders for collection or delivery.
Gazy Brothers FarmFarm shop in Oxford4.1 (26 reviews)Gazy Brothers Farm is a family farm in Oxford, Connecticut growing a wide range of vegetables, herbs and fruit. The family looks after the soil with seasonal crop rotation and careful pest management, farming in a way that keeps the land healthy from one season to the next.
Their produce is sold directly to customers through farmers' markets, seasonal farm shares and market stands, and orders can also be placed through their online ordering site. Expect whatever is in season, picked fresh and sold close to home.
StefanFarmsFarm shop in Windsor4.8 (11 reviews)StefanFarms is a small vegetable farm in Windsor, Connecticut, a two person partnership that has been refining its way of growing on leased land since 1993. Mark manages the field production while his partner looks after the systems and community side, and they describe their approach as minimalistic alternative, non GMO and as clean as possible, with an honest answer for anyone who asks how something was grown or treated.
Produce is sold through the farm store, a CSA programme and local markets, with bulk and wholesale buying available too. Pickup is at the farm on Matianuck Avenue, with the season running from summer into late autumn.
Aradia FarmButcher in Southbury4.3 (11 reviews)Aradia Farm is a family run farm in Southbury, Connecticut raising Dexter cattle and Tamworth pigs under the motto Clean Food, Clear Conscience. The cattle are reared on grass for grass fed beef and the pigs live out on pasture for pork.
The online shop sells individual cuts, from ribeye and porterhouse steaks to ground beef, short ribs and marrow bones, along with eggs and soap. There is a monthly meat membership too, delivering a regular box, and the farm sells at local farmers' markets as well as from the farm itself.
Radical Roots FarmButcher in CanterburyRadical Roots Farm is a small family run farm working land in Canterbury and Sterling, Connecticut. The animals are pasture and forest raised, the fruit and vegetables are grown chemical and GMO free, and the whole operation stays small enough to be hands on.
Meat sells in bulk through the online shop, from a beef sample box up to quarter, half and whole animals, with meat share subscriptions in full, half and sample sizes. There are pre orders for chickens and young egg layers too, and delivery can be arranged.
Farmer Joe's GardensHoney farmFarmer Joe's Gardens has grown out of a Wallingford, Connecticut farm stand and CSA into something quite different. Farmer Joe and Homestead Ida now bring the farm to you, renting out backyard laying hens and running chick and quail hatching programmes for families, schools, libraries and senior communities across Connecticut, New York and Massachusetts.
Rentals arrive fully set up, with the coop, feed, equipment and ongoing support included. Laying hens and chicks can be adopted year round, and the farm sells pure maple syrup through its online shop.
Star Light GardensFarm shopStar Light Gardens grows vegetables, salad greens and flowers in Durham, Connecticut, farmed with no till methods and without synthetic chemicals. The beds turn out heirloom tomatoes, cucumbers, beets, carrots, kale and lettuce, along with delicate pea tendrils, sunflower shoots and glorious salad greens.
Orders go through the weekly online market and are collected at the farm on Friday and Saturday afternoons, always ordered in advance rather than walked in. Alongside the vegetables there are mixed and sunflower bouquets, plus Sweet Sage Bakery loaves for Friday collection.Rebuilding the food system, from the farm up
