Field Guide to Connecticut Direct to Consumer Cow's Milk Dairies

Our food dollars make a difference when we choose to support a local dairy.

Connecticut dairy farms that sell milk directly to consumers do bottling and distribution themselves and so have not been caught up in processing disruptions that have led to milk dumping.

Many people appreciate being able to buy milk directly from a farm, either by visiting their farm store or enjoying delivery to their doorsteps. Purchasing directly provides us reliable sourcing of the freshest product and the best profitability for the farm.

Here is our list of Connecticut dairies who sell milk direct to consumer. Many also offer dairy products like their own half & half, cheese, butter, and yogurt.

Not included is ice cream, although some of these farms make it, we have focused on the basics here. You can click through to their websites to see the other products are available.

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*OFFERS HOME DELIVERY

FAIRFIELD COUNTY

HARTFORD COUNTY

NEW POND FARM EDUCATION CENTER

*SMYTH’S TRINITY FARM

4 Oliver Road Enfield, CT 06082 trinityfarm@att.net (860) 745-0751 Offering: Pasteurized milk in glass bottles (whole, 1%, skim, chocolate, coffee and strawberry milk ), cheese, cream/half &half, butter, yogurt On Farm Store - M-F 9 a.m. - 6 p.m., Saturday 8 a.m.-4 p.m.

Home Delivery Service to: Enfield, Somers, Suffield, Windsor Locks, Longmeadow, Ellington smythstrinityfarm.com

101 Marchant Road Redding, CT 06896 info@newpondfarm.org (203) 938-2117 Offering: milk and yogurt Dairy Annex, Daily 7-7 newpondfarm.org

SHAGGY COOS FARM

53 Center Road Easton CT, 06612 shaggycoosfarm@gmail.com (484) 788-1769 Offering: Pasteurized creamline whole milk and chocolate milk Daily 7-7 shaggycoos.farm

HASTINGS FARM

NEW HAVEN COUNTY ARETHUSA FARM DAIRY

(retail outlet for their Litchfield County farm)

1020 Chapel Street New Haven, CT glexy@arethusafarmdairy.com (203) 390-5114 Offering: Pasteurized milk, cheese, butter, yogurt, sour cream Daily 12-6 Limited maximum occupancy, curbside arethusafarm.com

FIELD VIEW FARM

707 Derby Avenue Orange, CT (203) 795-0571 Offering: raw and pasteurized milk 10 - 8

472 Hill Street Suffield, CT 06078 megan@hastingsfamilyfarm.com (860) 668-7524 Offering: Pasteurized creamline milk (whole and chocolate), cheeses such as Cheddar, Gouda, Havarti, and Ricotta. Greek style yogurt in 9 flavors. On farm store is open Mon-Sat 9 am - 6 pm hastingsfamilyfarm.com

SWEET PEA

51 East Street N. Granby, CT (860) 614-0634 Offering: Pasteurized milk, yogurt, soft cheeses Half gallons available for delivery via Brewery Legitimus, and Barden Farm in New Hartford 7 – 6:30 daily facebook.com/Sweet-Pea Cheese-114569061892295 See also Oak Ridge Dairy, LLC operating The Modern Milk Man delivering to parts of this region

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LITCHFIELD COUNTY

KIMBERLY FARM

415 Chestnut Land Road, New Milford, CT 06776 kimberly_farm55@yahoo.com (860) 354-1839 Offering: Pasteurized creamline milk, chocolate or strawberry milk, whole milk yogurt, mozzarella, drinkable vanilla yogurt, homemade butter milk.

Stand is staffed 9-6 daily Shop in store or curbside pickup. kimberlyfarm.com

RUSTLING WIND CREAMERY

148 Canaan Mountain Road Falls Village, CT 06031 (860) 824-7084 rustlingwindcreamery@yahoo.com Offering: raw milk cheeses, raw jersey cow milk 8:30 am - 4:30 pm daily rustlingwind.com/creamery-home.html

THORNCREST FARM

298 Town Hill Road Goshen, CT 06756 tcfarmllc@optimum.net (860) 309-2545 Offering: Pasteurized creamline milk and yogurt Order online or by phone Mon. - Sat. 10am-5pm and Sunday 10am-4pm milkhousechocolates.net/collections/milkyogurt

ARETHUSA FARM

822 Bantam Road Bantam, CT 06750 (860) 567-8270 eddie@arethusafarmdairy.com Offering: Pasteurized milk, cheese, butter, yogurt, sour cream Curbside delivery at shop only, Monday - Sunday: 10:00 - 6:00pm arethusafarm.com

MEADOW RIDGE FARM LLC 277 Beach Street Litchfield, CT 06759 (860)567-9537 rickplumb@optonline.net Offering: raw milk Daily, self-serve, 7-6

CALF & CLOVER

332 Kent Road Cornwall Bridge, CT 06754 Offering: raw milk, yogurt via honor system, self-serve farm store (no hours listed) (410) 533-2461 calfandclovercreamery.com

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MIDDLESEX COUNTY DEERFIELD FARM

337 Parmelee Hill Road Durham, CT 06422 (860) 301-7828 Melynda@DeerfieldFarm.org Offering: Raw milk, yogurt, chocolate milk, strawberry milk, soft cheese 10-6 daily deerfieldfarm.org

NEW LONDON COUNTY BRUSH HILL DAIRY

87 Brush Hill Road Bozrah, CT 06334 brushhilldairyllc@gmail.com (860) 383-9255 raw cow’s milk Offering: Open daily from 9AM – 6PM brushhilldairyllc.wixsite.com/brushhilldairyllc

WILDOWSKY DAIRY AND BUTTERCUP FARM

20 Nygren Road Lisbon, CT 06351 buttercupdairy@yahoo.com (401) 626-1085 Offering: Raw milk in glass, Pasteurized cream top milk Pasteurized 1% and Skim, chocolate milk, butter Daily 7 am-5pm buttercuprawmilk.com/faqs

SANKOW’S BEAVER BROOK FARM 139 Beaver Brook Road Lyme, CT 06371 860-434-2843 info@beaverbrookfarm.com Offering: raw milk, cheese, yogurt 9-4 daily beaverbrookfarm.com

Offering: creamline milk; chocolate, coffee, maple milks; yogurt; and cheese order online for curbside pickup Tuesday – Sunday, 10am – 12pm, 2pm – 5pm sweetgrass-creamery.com *See also The Farmers Cow delivering to parts of this region *See also Mountain Dairy delivering to parts of this region

*TERRA FIRMA FARM

564 Norwich Westerly Road North Stonington, CT 06359 (860) 535-8171 brianne@terrafirmafarm.org Offering: pasteurized whole milk, chocolate milk, coffee milk, yogurt, and soft cheeses Home delivery in North Stonington, curbside delivery at the farm terrafirmafarm.org

SWEET GRASS CREAMERY

51 Mattern Road Preston, CT 06365 (860) 887-8098 phone and online ordering, curbside delivery

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TOLLAND COUNTY *MOUNTAIN DAIRY

50 Stearns Road Storrs, CT 06269 (860) 423-9289 Pasteurized milk whole, chocolate, 1%, half & half Delivering to: Willington, Tolland, Coventry Ashford, Brooklyn, Eastford, Chaplin, Hampton, Baltic/Sprague, Bolton, Bozrah, Franklin, Manchester, Mansfield, Windham, Willimantic, Scotland, Canterbury, Andover,

Colchester, Columbia, Glastonbury, Hebron, Lebanon, Marlborough, Ellington, Vernon order two business days in advance, $10 minimum delivery.mountaindairy.com/ order and at STEARNS FARM

STAND

483 Browns Road Storrs, CT 06268 (860) 382-2303 Mo -Th 12-5, Fri -Sun 10-5

*THE FARMERS COW

86 Storrs Road Mansfield Center, CT 06250 Call for local deliveries: (860) 450-8408 Offering: Pasteurized milk, half & half 10am – 8pm

FISH FAMILY FARM

20 Dimock Lane Bolton, CT 06043 fishrealty@snet.net 860-646-9745 Offering: Pasteurized milk bottled in glass bottles, chocolate milk, coffee milk, half and half, heavy cream, yogurt, cheese Monday through Saturday 8am-6pm fishfamilyfarm.com

*OAK RIDGE DAIRY operating THE MODERN MILK MAN 80 Meadowbrook Road Ellington, CT 06029 (860) 375-2968

support@modernmilkman.com Offering: glass bottle whole, 2%, skim, half & half, heavy cream, chocolate milk, or coffee milk, butter, yogurt Delivered to: Enfield, Somers, Stafford, East Windsor, Ellington, Tolland, South Windsor, Vernon, Manchester modernmilkman.com

SHADOW VALLEY FARMS

111 Stafford Road Somers, CT 06071 (860) 558-5042 SFV111@msn.com Whole and chocolate milk in half gallon glass bottles; quart glass bottles of coffee milk; butter; and cheeses.

Daily 9am to 5pm *See also Smyth’s Trinity Farm delivering to parts of this region

WINDHAM COUNTY BALDWIN BROOK FARM

176 Depot Road Canterbury, CT 06331 (860) 546-2137 baldwinbrookfarm@gmail.com Offering: State licensed raw milk from Jersey cows. Bottled in glass or plastic half-gallons and quarts. Butter.

Monday – Saturday: 10am-6pm baldwinbrookfarm.com

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*FORT HILL FARMS & GARDENS, LLC 260 Quaddick Road Thompson, CT 06277 (860) 234-1153 herrootsrundeep@ forthillfarms.com 9am-6pm daily Offering: Pasteurized milk and yogurt call for local delivery forthillfarms.com

ELM FARM operating

Farm to Table Market 324 Woodstock Road Woodstock, CT 06281 860-933-9594 order online or by phone Offering: Whole milk, chocolate milk in glass bottles 10-6 daily elmfarm.net

WOODSTOCK CREAMERY AT VALLEYSIDE FARM

210 Child Hill Rd, Woodstock, CT 06281 M-Sat 9-6, Sun 10-6 valleysidefarm@gmail.com (860) 630-5139 Offering: Pasteurized creamline milk, Labneh cheeses, traditional yogurt, dips, drinkable yogurts, flavored milks *See also The Farmers Cow delivering to parts of this region *See also Mountain Dairy delivering to parts of this region

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