Connecticut's
Organic Farms & Food
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What is a Community Farm?
- A not-for-profit, publicly accessible farm that conducts educational programming for the public.
- A center providing opportunities for meaningful work, learning, service and self-development.
- A local source of healthful produce, and a demonstration site for local food systems
How can community farms serve farmland conservation purposes?
- Community farms represent a financially viable approach for managing open space.
- A community farm provides partners including land trusts and municipal conservation commissions with valuable platforms to reach their constituencies and promote active public engagement with preserved land.
Resources
Farm Based Education in Connecticut - prepared by Dr. Kimberly Stoner, The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, New Haven.
Connecticut Community Farm Network
Farm-Based Education Association
CT NOFA's Resources for Farmers webpage
Connecticut's Community Farms Listings
(alphabetical by town)
Bloomfield
4-H Education Center at Auer Farm
(860) 242-7144
Bolton
Bolton Heritage Farm
860-649-8066 X111
Brookfield
Gurski Homestead
Cheshire
Friends of Boulder Knoll, Inc.
203-439-7003
Glastonbury
Wind Hill Community Farm
Guilford
The Dudley Farm
203-457-0770
Hartford
Grow Hartford C.S.A.
860-296-9325
Ledyard
Aiki Farms
860-536-6407
Madison
Bauer Park
Madison Beach and Recreation Department
203-245-5623
New Britain
Urban Oaks Organic Farm
860-223-6200
New Haven
Diabetes Prevention Program & Chabaso Bakery Community Farm
rebkline@gmail.com
203-915-1892
New Haven
New Haven Ecology Project &
Common Ground High School
203-389-4333
New Haven
New Haven Farms
203-915-1892
New Haven
Yale Farm/Yale Sustainable Food Project
New London
F.R.E.S.H. New London
860-444-8050 x14
New Milford
Sullivan Farm
860-210-2032
Simsbury
Community Farm of Simsbury, Inc.
Staffordville
Down to Earth CSA
Located at the Bob White Farm
860-684-2124
Stonington
Terra Firma Farm
860-535-8171
Stratford
The Farm at Stratford Sustainability Center
Community Farm Plots for rent, 100+ fruit tree orchard, LID demonstrations and projects
203-854-5330
Suffield
Friends of the Farm at Hilltop, Inc.
860-668-4606
Voluntown
Voluntown Peace Trust
860-376-9970
West Granby
Holcomb Farm
860-844-8616
Westport
Wakeman Farm
203-227-5320
West Redding
New Pond Farm
203-938-2117
Wilton
Ambler Farm
Friends of Ambler Farm
Woodbridge
Massaro Community Farm Inc.
Woodbridge
Shepherd Farm
203-393-0296
If you would like your Community farm listed here, or have pictures or updates, contact the office:
203-888-5146 or ctnofa@ctnofa.org
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CT NOFA
PO Box 164 • Stevenson, CT 06491
phone: (203) 888-5146 • fax: (203) 888-9280