Meet Your Farmers

Dorfer sells veggies to local schools to help kids develop a passion for what they eat and encourage them to try new things. Through her CSA (Community Supported Agriculture), Dorfer provides for over 100 shares to families and community members who support her business each year.

Along Wormwood Hill Road is a farmer whose passion for beekeeping started as a teenager in high school. Over 25 years later, Shooks is still in the beekeeping business and is still passionate about i

For six generations, the Green family has owned and operated Spring Brook Farm in Storrs. The farm is run by Karen Green and her two sons, Quinn and Olin Green. The farm, located on Stafford Road, is home to a few hundred acres of land and several different types of livestock.

At Graywall Farms in Lebanon is a cheesemaker working on the land her grandfather and father worked hard to maintain. Willow Chesmer, who has been making cheese for a few years, said her family didn’t expect her to continue the family’s farm legacy at first.

Nestled into the heart of Chaplin is a beekeeper whose motto is, “If you have the money, he has the honey.” Resident Peter Polomski has been involved in beekeeping for several years.

Off Route 66 in Columbia is a farm home to several animals, including cows, chickens, goats, pigs and even turkeys. Husband and wife Tom and Kyla Satkowski are first-generation farmers and share some of the responsibilities with their 15-year-old daughter, Ally, and their 12-year-old son, TJ, with the hope of them taking over in the future.

Nestled back in the land of Storrs is a farm run by a husband and wife team. Together, the couple manages 43 acres of land, and it’s no surprise that their passion for agriculture stems from the fact they both grew up on farms.

When I first met Anna Terwilleger of Eagle Heights Farm, I immediately knew she had chosen the right direction for her life—farming. There was something in the way she moved across the land, in the easy familiarity of her gestures, that spoke of a deep connection with the earth.

Located in Putnam, CT, Assawaga Farm is a certified organic farm growing vegetables, herbs, flowers, and fruits with an emphasis on Japanese varieties.