Farms Near Bethlehem, CT

Bethlehem

Shagbark Hollow Farm in Bethlehem runs a licensed bakery alongside a mini-donkey rescue called The Donkey's Cross, which also cares for other rescued animals. The farm sells natural, untreated wood products for mulching and erosion control, with proceeds supporting the rescue and community initiatives. It's operated as an LLC since 2018.

Bethlehem

Percy Thomson Meadows is a 100-acre farm on Main Street South in Bethlehem raising grass-fed beef, pastured Berkshire pork, and pastured poultry alongside organic vegetables. The stand runs on the honor system or by appointment, takes cash or Venmo, and keeps a Little Free Library on site.

Bethlehem

Bethlehem

The Maddox family has farmed this ground in Bethlehem since 1890, and Sun One Organic Farm now runs it as a certified organic operation with CSA vegetable and flower shares. Beyond the CSA, the property rents an on-farm Airbnb and a barn that holds up to 120 people for events. Find their produce at the Watertown Farmers Market on Sundays, June through October.

Bethlehem

Morris

Peck's Berry Farm is a pick-your-own blueberry patch about a mile west of Morris center on Route 109. It's a straightforward u-pick operation without much online presence beyond local farm directories, so call ahead to check picking hours before making the trip.

Morris

Morris

A newer Sunday market at SouthFarms on Higbie Road, running 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. from June through November. It was built around the idea of farmers helping other area farmers and local artisans connect directly with buyers rather than through a middleman market operator.

Watertown

Careyshire Farm runs a garden center and on-farm market on Platt Road, selling plants alongside seasonal produce and dairy products grown and raised nearby in Watertown. It's a smaller operation than some of the area's bigger orchards, but it's kept its storefront open for shoppers who'd rather buy direct from a farm than a chain nursery.

Woodbury

Logue Farms is a farm stand on Artillery Road in Woodbury, part of the Litchfield County farming belt in western Connecticut.

Woodbury

Logue Farms has stayed in the same family for more than a hundred years, now run by the third and fourth generation on Artillery Road in Woodbury. Fall is the main event: pick-your-own pumpkins on October weekends, a corn maze, free hayrides, and a stand selling apples, cider, straw, and cornstalks. Outside pumpkin season, hours are limited — call ahead.

Watertown

Evergreen Berry Farm has grown certified-organic black raspberries as its signature crop since 1979, on 27 acres that were once part of Watertown's 1800s-era Hiram French Farm. Black raspberry season runs early-to-mid July, picking hours 8 a.m. to noon daily while berries last; the farm also grows blueberries and herbs and sells berry seltzers, frozen berry pops, and herbal tea.

Woodbury

Ox Hollow Farm, established in 1997 at the gateway of Litchfield County, raises all-natural pasture-raised Angus beef, Berkshire pork, free-range chicken, seasonal turkeys, and brown eggs — growing its own feed and rotationally grazing stock spring through fall. The family sells at farmers markets from Litchfield County to Manhattan's Union Square Greenmarket, from the Bantam farm stand open daily, and at the weekend barn store in Woodbury, with pesticide-free sweet corn and garden vegetables in season.

Litchfield

Watertown

Watertown's Saturday market runs 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., July through September, at 470 Main Street near the library. Vendors sell produce, meats, baked goods, and crafts, and the market notes that many, though not all, of its fruits and vegetables are grown without chemicals.

Bantam

Wild Carrot Farm is a farm stand on Bantam Road in the Bantam section of Litchfield, in the hill country around Bantam Lake. No additional details were found online for this listing.

Woodbury

The Farm is a farm stand on Hollow Road in Woodbury, in the Litchfield County farmland known for its antique shops and dairy history. No additional details were found online for this listing.

Woodbury

Highwire Deer & Animal Farm in Woodbury keeps more than 30 animals — deer, goats, kangaroos, zebras, and donkeys among them — for visitors to walk up to, pet, and feed on a self-guided tour. It's open Tuesday through Sunday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., May through September, then weekends only into fall. The farm closes during rain or extreme heat, so call ahead if the weather's questionable.

Roxbury

A farm stand on Welton Road in Roxbury, Connecticut, in the Litchfield Hills.

Litchfield

The same Litchfield market keeps running past October by moving indoors. Summer Saturdays, June through October, are at 125 West Street; once the weather turns, the market shifts to the Litchfield Community Center at 421 Bantam Road for a biweekly Saturday winter season through early June. Both sessions run 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and carry the market's usual mix of locally grown produce, handcrafted foods, and gifts.

Litchfield

Litchfield Hills Farm-Fresh Market started in 2007 with fifteen local vendors and has grown into one of the region's longest-running markets, once named among the fifty best farmers' markets by Cooking Light. Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., June through October, it sets up in the parking lot next to the Litchfield Firehouse at 125 West Street with vendors like Anderson Acres Farm, Brookside Farm, Clover Meadows Farm, and Crosswick Farm selling produce grown largely without chemicals.

Laurel Ridge is a family-operated farm in Litchfield, Connecticut raising 100% grass-fed beef cattle that live outside 365 days a year — fresh pasture about seven months, home-harvested hay in the cold months, well water, and nothing else but a salt lick. Most sales are wholesale halves and full cows processed at Plymouth Meats, with frozen retail cuts in sous vide-ready cryovac packaging and restaurant specials available.

Roxbury

Maple Bank Farm has worked the same Roxbury land since 1730, making it one of the oldest continuously operating farms in the country. The Church Street farmstand sells produce year-round and runs pick-your-own blueberries in summer and apples on weekends in fall, and the farm also sets up at Norwalk's SoNo Saturday Market and the Brookfield Farmers Market.

Thomaston

Thomaston's market sets up in Seth Thomas Park on South Main Street every Thursday, 2:30 to 6 p.m., from July through October, with local produce and goods from Connecticut farms and makers.

Chanticleer Acres carries a name evoking traditional Connecticut poultry farming: chanticleer is an old word for rooster. No website, address, or market listing was found to confirm what this operation raises or sells today.

Litchfield Co.

Starberry Farm has grown stone fruit on the New Preston side of Washington Depot since 1978, with pick-your-own cherries, apricots, peaches, plums, and nectarines rotating through the season. Up to 15 apple varieties follow later in the year. The farm typically opens daily from noon to 5 p.m., July through September, though hours shift with the weather and what's actually ripe.

Washington Depot

Litchfield

Bunnell Farm is a fifth-generation family operation in the Milton section of Litchfield, on Maple Street — one of the older working farms in Litchfield County, still family-run across five generations. Specifics on current products and hours weren't available in public listings, so call ahead.

Washington Depot

Averill Farm is a tenth-generation family farm on a hilltop in Washington Depot's Litchfield Hills, growing apples and pears as its main fall crop. The farm stand rounds out its own harvest with mums, maple syrup, honey, and eggs from neighboring farms, plus squash, gourds, and pumpkins.

Harwinton

Roxbury

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Roxbury

Warren

Angevine Farm has been in the same family since 1868, when John H. Angevine and Mary C. Marsh started what grew into a dairy, tobacco, and vegetable operation off Route 202 in Warren. Today the farm runs as a choose-and-cut Christmas tree operation — Balsam, Canaan, and Fraser fir among the varieties — with reserved weekend cutting hours and a Harvest Barn gift shop stocking local maple syrup, soaps, and handmade goods.

Goshen

Held at Miranda Vineyard on Ives Road, this market runs Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., and doubles as a wine-tasting stop — the vineyard takes 10% off bottles during market hours. Vendors sell local produce, eggs, baked goods, honey, maple syrup, goat milk soap, and wooden crafts, and kids' activities like a scavenger hunt run through the season.

Plymouth

Founded in 1986, Litchfield Hills Blueberry Farm grows several varieties of highbush blueberries reaching 8 to 12 feet tall on Schroback Road, with early, mid, and late-season crops. Pick your own by the pound or buy berries pre-picked while supplies last; regular hours run Wednesday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., and weekends 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Southbury

This producer-only market sets up at Southbury Town Hall every Thursday from 3 to 6 p.m., June through November. Everything on the tables is grown or made by the vendor selling it: plants, vegetables, fruit, honey, jam, maple syrup, olive oil, baked goods, and Connecticut wines. No resellers, no middlemen.

Torrington

The Northwest Connecticut Regional Food Hub aggregates produce from farms across the region and delivers it to schools, grocery stores, and restaurants, operating out of Torrington since 2017 as a program of Partners for Sustainable Healthy Communities. Rather than a single farm stand, it functions as a wholesale marketplace connecting area growers with institutional buyers.

New Milford

Harris Hill Farm in New Milford opens for one thing: pick-your-own pumpkins every October. The Litchfield County farm stays closed to visitors the rest of the year, then fills its patch on Ridge Road for a single fall season of pumpkin picking.

Southbury

Daffodil Hill Growers is a third-generation family farm in Southbury, growing vegetables through a CSA program with summer and fall/winter share options. The farm follows organic growing methods paired with integrated pest management, and sells at farmers markets in Southbury, Bethel, and Newtown in addition to farm pickup. The current owners' grandfather moved the family operation, originally a chicken farm, to this Horse Fence Hill Road property in 1949.

Waterbury

Brass City Market on Field operates at 359 Mill Street in Waterbury, a nod in name to the city's brass manufacturing history. Specific vendor and season details weren't confirmed in public sources; it reads as a neighborhood-scale market rather than a large regional one.

Terryville

Wood Acres Farm is a 25-acre event property at the foot of the Litchfield Hills in Terryville, better known these days for weddings than crops. The Adirondack-style barn and wraparound porch host receptions, while horse-drawn carriage and sleigh rides run in 45-minute sessions, with hayrides and bonfires available too. Refreshments come afterward in the farm's country home.

Waterbury

Brass City Regional Food Hub is located on Mill Street in Waterbury, a city built on 19th-century brass manufacturing that still carries the nickname today. No verified details on this location's specific products, vendors, or hours were found online.

Terryville

Tonn's Orchard in Terryville spans ten-plus acres of pick-your-own apples, peaches, plums, pumpkins, and flowers on flat, easy-walking ground. Peter Tonn runs the orchard as part of a multi-generational family operation that also owns Tonn's Marketplace in Burlington, rated the state's top farm store since 2019.

Bridgewater

Stuart Family Farm, worked since 1929 in Bridgewater, Connecticut, was the first farm in the state awarded top grassfed and animal welfare certification for its 100% grass-fed, grass-finished beef. The family ranch also raises pastured pork and poultry with regenerative practices, selling from a weekend farm store on Northrup Street with statewide home delivery.

Goshen

Action Wildlife Foundation is a wildlife park in Goshen, in Connecticut's Litchfield Hills.

Goshen

The Goshen Farmers Market has served northwest Connecticut for over a decade, setting up Saturdays 10 to 1 at Scoville Park in the heart of Goshen with local produce, baked goods, and handmade crafts, plus a winter holiday market in November and December. Vendors pledge to use local, sustainable materials, and the market runs nearly plastic-free with compostable bags and reusable-container encouragement.

Goshen

This is the cold-weather side of Goshen's Saturday farmers market, running year-round, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the North Street town hall lot when the warmer-months Ives Road location closes for the season. Vendors sell Connecticut produce, baked goods, and handmade crafts, with the market pushing to keep plastic packaging to a minimum.

Torrington

Torrington runs its market twice a week during the season: Saturdays 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and Tuesdays 3 to 6 p.m. Connecticut farms and food vendors sell produce, baked goods, and prepared foods to a steady local crowd.

Naugatuck

Naugatuck Farmers' Market gathers on the Green off Church Street every Sunday, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., June through October. It's a straightforward open-air market of local produce and goods on the town green, with updates posted through the market's Facebook page rather than a standalone website.

New Milford

Sullivan Farm is a nonprofit educational farm on Park Lane in New Milford that trains local youth in organic vegetable growing, beekeeping, maple sugaring, blacksmithing, and culinary skills. The 501(c)(3) runs the property as a working agricultural campus rather than a commercial farm stand, reconnecting students with New England's farming traditions through hands-on programs.

Oxford

Terryville

Zelda's Vegetables runs an honor-system farm stand on Preston Road in Terryville, open around the clock from roughly July through the end of September. Alongside seasonal fruits and vegetables, the self-serve stand stocks jams, honey, maple syrup, and potted plants — leave payment in the box and take what you need.

Cheshire

Old Bishop Farms is a restored bicentennial farm on South Meriden Road, rebuilt by John and Carolyn Torello after they purchased the long-fallow property in 2015. The country store sells produce, on-site baked goods, and homemade ice cream, with pick-your-own berries, apples, and peaches, and cut-your-own flowers and herbs in season.

New Milford

New Milford Farmers' Market sets up on the north end of the historic Town Green every Saturday, 9 a.m. to noon, from Mother's Day weekend through mid-November. It's a small-town market of local produce and crafted goods, with a companion winter market indoors during the off months.

Goshen

Old Barn Farm grows 5,000 blueberry bushes across 19 varieties on 10 of its 100 acres in Goshen, all farmed organically. The pick-your-own season runs through summer, and the family that owns it has committed the land to farmland preservation for the next generation. Call ahead to check on ripeness and hours.

Bristol

Roberts Orchard is a farm stand and orchard on Hill Street in Bristol, in the central Connecticut hill country west of the Farmington River. No additional details were found online for this listing.

Torrington

Bristol

Minor's Farm ran on Chippens Hill for more than 130 years before the Minor family closed the farm store and sold the 30-acre property in 2018. Rich Farm Ice Cream now operates on the site, serving ice cream and waffle cones made on-site daily, noon to 8 p.m. seven days a week.