Meat Farms & Ranches near Litchfield, CT

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.

Litchfield

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.

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.

Lakeville

Whippoorwill Farm in Lakeville raises grass-fed beef, pastured pork, and chicken in Connecticut's northwest corner, with a year-round farm shop open Fridays and Saturdays stocked with meats, eggs, maple syrup, and raw honey. Local restaurants — including the White Hart Inn and Community Table — build burgers and no-nitrite Farm Franks from the farm's meat.

Millbrook Beef & Dairy, run by the Donovan family on Shunpike Road in Millbrook, New York, raises pasture-fed cattle for beef and dairy with no antibiotics, steroids, or hormones. The farm store opens Friday and Saturday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., and the family also sells Saturdays at the Millbrook Farmers Market, May through October.

Ancramdale

Pine Plains

Fat Apple Farm is a sustainable, ethical livestock farm on 400+ acres in Pine Plains, in New York's Hudson Valley, raising grass-fed beef and lamb, pastured pork, eggs, ducks, chickens, and turkeys with dignity for the animals and holistic restoration of the land. Order for frozen farm-store pickup on Hall Hill Road or flat-rate FedEx delivery across the Northeast, with whole and half hogs by arrangement and on-farm dinners in season.

Pine Plains

Chaseholm Farm in Pine Plains, New York is a third-generation family dairy where Sarah Chase and her brother Rory rotationally graze 100% grass-fed, organic cows — supporting soil microbes, plants, and people alike. The farm store sells raw milk, farmstead cheeses, grass-fed beef and veal, sauerkrauts, and heritage-breed pork, with the HolmGoods meat-and-dairy CSA delivering to ten Hudson Valley locations.