Autumn Farms Kollas Orchard Johnny Appleseed’s Farm Tolland, Michael and Megan Grogan, 212 Buff Cap Road David & Janet Kollas, 41 New Road, 860.871.0120 Kim Shores, 244 Hartford Turnpike (Rt. 30) 860.942.3537, [email protected] www.KollasOrchardCT.com 860.875.1000, www.johnnyappleseedfarmct.com Tolland was Facebook: Autumnoakfarms September – February Mid/late July – Christmas: daily 9 a.m. – 5 p.m., established in 1715 Monday - Sunday: 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. extended hours in summer & fall. Family farm known for high quality & personal by farm families Farm store / stand open during growing season 7 attention. Owners apply their intellect & love of Farm & farm stand in Tolland. Pick-your-own from Windsor days a week. Self-serve. Products: seasonal farming to growing (& holding for you) apples which operations 231 Somers Road (Rt. 83), Ellington and searching for more vegetables, honey, eggs, canned goods and firewood. might well become your favorite health food. 13 Schoolhouse Road, Ellington. land to Brookside Acres Products: Seasonal fruits, vegetables, cider, pies & accommodate their jams. growing families. Joe Matteis, 124 Browns Bridge Road, 860.306.0455, Spring Meadow Farm: The Country [email protected] Butcher & Country Catering Since that time, agriculture in Tolland and the northeast has changed. We still have Pasture raised beef and pork. No added hormones or 1032 Tolland Stage Road (Route 74), Tolland antibiotics. Our animals are raised on a vegetarian 860.875.5352, www.countrybutcherct.com & Palmer Family Farm some notable larger farms, but most have diet with free access to pasture and water at all www.acountrycatering.com Linda Palmer & Peg Sorensen, 584 Sugar Hill Road given way to small three-to-ten acre farms times. Locally USDA butchered. Call about sides of Farm store: Friday 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. & Saturday 8 a.m. 860.875.2211, [email protected] with very diverse products. beef or pork. - 4 p.m. Facebook: Palmer Family Farm Open by appointment or at Tolland Famers Market The current interest in locally-grown Wright’s Orchard and Dried Flower Farm One of Tolland’s original farms (1751). Old fashioned produce has renewed the importance of butcher shop with 60+ types of award-winning Raise rare CVM/Romeldale sheep for their very fine, Todd & Joyclyn Wright, 271 South River Road hams, bacon & homemade sausages. Full service soft wool. Also have Angora rabbits to blend with wool. protecting agriculture in Tolland. In an 860.872.1665, www.wrightsorchard.com meat case. Smoking done on-premises. attempt to promote local farms and Monday - Saturday 12:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.; Sunday 1 p.m. Products: Yarn, roving, woven items, eggs, freezer agricultural businesses, the Tolland - 5:30 p.m. Open late July until Christmas (under Products: fresh & smoked meats, canned goods, lambs on occasion. normal crop conditions). Agriculture Commission has compiled this local honey, Tolland syrup, fresh eggs. Grow & produce high quality hay, alfalfa, barley straw, Pick-your-own apples & pumpkins. Farm stand, dried pamphlet. We encourage you to patronize corn & firewood. Like Our Facebook Page “Tolland flower & gift barn. Small to medium farm with much to these and other important producers in our offer. Products: Apples, peaches, berries, tomatoes, Agriculture Commission” community. Catering: Specializing in farm weddings & outings. assorted garden vegetables, mums, pumpkins, jams, Full service off-premise catering & pick-up catering. pies & more.

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Jason St. Louis, 351 Goose Lane Walt Moody, 38 Charter Road, 860.550.5514 [email protected], Hours by appointment. Opens April (weather dependent). Spring: 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Summer: 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. Pure honey with quality far surpassing that of large Seasonal farm stand with native vegetables grown at commercial packers, produced via small batch craft farm & neighboring farms. CSA memberships available. production, local production at small apiaries in Tolland Annual & perennial flowers. Larry’s Berries next store County. with pick-your-own blueberries & raspberries. May 2021 Edition Products include lightly filtered truly local raw honey, hand-made beeswax candles. Services include Lucky Clover Farm pollination of local crops, swarm removal, talks & Sheri and Tim Sullivan, 27 Ellen Drive presentations. 860.212.2249, [email protected] May – October, Saturday & Sunday 8 a.m.-4 p.m.

Farm Fresh eggs, vegetables in season, Alpaca fiber products, and much more. Products also available at the Tolland Farmers Market & Tolland Red and White Agricultural Resources Join us at the Connecticut AGvocate UConn Extension Administrative Office Amanda Fargo-Johnson, Program Coordinator W.B. Young Building, Room 233 Tolland Farmers Market! www.ctrcd.org [email protected] 1376 Storrs Road, Unit 4134, Storrs, CT, 06269-4134 CT Resource Conservation & Development (RC&D) 860.486.9228 1032 Tolland Stage Road (the Country Butcher)* 24 Hyde Ave., Vernon, CT 06066 [email protected] Saturdays: 9 a.m. - noon, May - November 860.345.3977 http://www.extension.uconn.edu/ Products vary throughout the season, but can Master Gardener, Tolland County USDA State Offices include organic greens & vegetables, maple Jean Madden-Hennessey 344 Merrow Road, Tolland, CT 06084 syrup, jams & more. 24 Hyde Ave., Vernon, CT 06066 860.934.2776 / 860.871.4090 860.870.6934 *Temporary location [email protected]

Rockville Agricultural Education Center & FFA Other Services Little Farmers Child Care LLC (Future Farmers of America) Owner/Director: Jessica Sharon Rockville High School Fenton River Veterinary Hospital 2 Anthony Road, Tolland, 860.817.0933 70 Loveland Hill Road, Vernon, CT 06066 9F Fieldstone Commons, Tolland www.sharonfamilyfarm.com 860.870.6050 ext. 371 860.870.8701, www.fentonrivervet.com [email protected] http://www.rockvilleag.info/ [email protected] Facebook: Little Farmers Child Care Center

Facebook: Fenton River Veterinary Hospital Regional High School for Tolland students interested in Monday-Friday: 7:30 a.m. - 6 p.m. animal & plant science & natural resources. Routine and advanced veterinary medicine and surgery Summer Camp: 7:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. (3-12 year olds) for all farm animals and horses. Services include: Tolland County 4-H Fall 2016 Preschool: 8 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. (3-5 year olds) digital x-ray, ultrasound, in-house blood machines, a Fall 2016: After School Program (5-12 year olds) 24 Hyde Ave., Vernon, CT 06066 fully-stocked pharmacy, dental floating for horses, Produced by the 860.875.3331 health certificates, vaccinations, fecal testing/de- One-of-a-kind, agriculture-based program for school Tolland Agriculture Commission worming & more. age and preschool children in a safe, clean Tolland County Agricultural Center environment. Children interact with a variety of www.tolland.org/agriculture-commission 24 Hyde Street, Suite 1, Vernon, CT 06067 animals, learn about them through structured lessons, 860.875.5714 read about them, practice what they have learned, do http://www.tollandcountyagriculturecenter.com/ crafts and activities related to their learning experience and so much more! Licensed by the State of CT- Office Tolland County Farm Bureau of Early Childhood Education and the farm is licensed 515 Brewster Street, Coventry, CT 06238 by the USDA. 860.742.5725 https://www.cfba.org/index.htm?county=nquhgia0 [email protected]

Tolland Youth Gardens 860.872.4830 Facebook: Tolland Youth Garden. Offers fun programs for kids, youth, adults & families to learn about the joys Like our Facebook Page & benefits of gardening & community service. “Tolland Agriculture Commission”