Litchfield County
MEET LITCHFIELD COUNTY DAIRY FARMERS
Carlwood Farm, LLC, Canaan
Carlwood Farm is a small, family-run dairy farm nestled in the heart of Canaan Valley in Canaan, CT. They milk an average of 55 Holsteins and Jerseys.
They take pride in the quality of milk they produce, so earning 16 of Agri-Mark’s Outstanding Milk Quality Awards, in the last 17 years, has really been a great achievement.
Hannan Holstein Farm, Woodbury
Chris and Todd Hannan of Hannan Holsteins Farm are the winners of the Connecticut 2019 Dairy Farm of the Year for the New England Green Pastures Program.
The two brothers milk 50 registered Holsteins, half of which are Red and White Holsteins, with a total of 140 head of young stock and mature cows at their rented facility in bucolic Woodbury, Connecticut.
Thorncrest Farm, Goshen
Farmer-chocolatier Kimberly Thorn crafts her Milkhouse Chocolates by meticulously matching the milk of each cows with all-natural flavorings like farm-grown mint or raspberries. The “buttery, honey, creamy caramel” milk of Daydream, for example, is featured in a line of caramels. Viola, explains Kimberly, “is my dark chocolate cow,” whose milk has a natural acidity that stands up to flavors like roasted espresso.
Birch Mill Farm, Falls Village
Birch Mill Farm in Falls Village is a small 40 cow dairy farm. Tim and Katlyn Kinsella pride themselves on making great quality milk which goes into making Cabot products along with quality hay and forages.
Tim and Katlyn have known each other since high school, where they both studied in the agricultural program and both were in 4-H.
Freund’s Farm, East Canaan
The future of dairy farming is diversification,” says Rachel Freund, one of four Freund children working on the family farm, home of CowPots.
Renewable energy is an important part of the farm’s sustainability. Recently they installed 500 solar panels so the farm won’t have to pay for electricity. Producing and selling quality milk is still the key to their success. They feel great pride in taking care of their cows and say that being around the animals is “very rewarding.”
Laurelbrook Farm, East Canaan
We’ve been recycling on farms for a long time,” says Bob Jacquier, whose family owns and operates Laurelbrook Farm in East Canaan, CT. The farm produces organic fertilizer for sale in their community and to their neighbors who garden. See how his family runs a sustainable dairy farm operation by taking a virtual tour of Laurelbrook Farms, and learn why Bob says, “The environment is an important part of our business.”
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