Tour a Farm

Take a Tour of…

… of a local farm in Connecticut. The Willimantic Food Co-op has fresh produce and locally made products from many local farmers and producers in Connecticut. Take a look around here to get a mini-tour of some our producers’ farms and facilities.

Go to a map showing general location of farms in reference to our store.

Wayne's garlic VideoOur Vidoes:

• Click here to see a video about Wayne’s Organic Garden. Watch them plant the Fall garlic crop. Learn how garlic is planted and how to store garlic at home.

• Click here to see a video about Turtle Ledge Farm, meet the owners and see their farm.

News Articles:

• Click here to read more about the New York Times Article about Tobacca Road Farm.

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Beltane Farm

Beltane Farm, 59 Taylor Bridge Rd. Lebanon, Connecticut 860. 887. 4709

Beltane Farm Invites You To taste the Farm’s offering of Autumn Cheeses!

Every Sunday, from 11:00am to 3:00pm
October 11th through December 20th

Cheeses this season include our award winning Fresh Chevre, Seasonal Cheese Spreads, French style ripened cheeses, Feta, & a variety of aged 2-3 month old raw milk cheeses as well as our Yogurt! Enjoy our seasonal tasting house and local cider. Directions available at Beltane farm to nearby vineyards as well as to Cato Corner Farm (New England’s Best Jersey Cow Milk Cheeses.) Relax by the pond, meet the goats, & see the cheese being made.

Directions can be found here. Their website is: www.beltanefarm.com.

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Beltane Farm has regular open houses. Come walk around and enjoy the scenery. Surprise! A baby goat!
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One of the Beltane goats with the milking and cheese making barn in the background.

goatsTwo healthy, happy Beltane goats enjoying the day.
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The delicious chevre in the cheese room.

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The Bridge

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The Bridge’s fresh soybeans before being made into tofu.

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The tofu vat where tofu waits to be packaged and delivered.

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Behind the scenes at The Bridge. The back door at The Bridge.
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Phil in the delivery truck.

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Helyn’s Clean Solutions

Visit her website

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All Purpose Spray

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Gentle Scrub

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Helyn’s Aromatherapy Spray


Hosmer Mountain Bottling Co.

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You can’t miss the Hosmer Mountain store. Just look for their marquee!

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Here is the Hosmer factory with the truck ready to roll.

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They sell all of their great beverages at the store.

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Everything is made on site. These are the soda tanks.

Millix Family Farm

Chocolate Chip Cookies

Chocolate Chip Cookies

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Granola Chunk Cookies

Granola Chunk Cookies


Mountain Dairy

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Mountain Dairy products are locally produced by their own dairy herds and processed at their plant in Storrs, CT.

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“At Mountain Dairy, we pride ourselves in the fact that we have total control of our products from the green grass to the table.”

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“Our Milk is “Farm Fresh” with no use of BGH growth hormones. Our healthy herds are responsible for producing only the highest quality milk and dairy products.”

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“Our BGH growth-hormone free products have an extended shelf life of 16 days, where most dairy producers can only claim 12.”

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“Bottled and capped fresh, our milks are available in half pints to gallons. Our Heavy Cream and Half and Half comes in pints and quarts and Chocolate Milk in 1/2 pints and quarts.”

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Mountain Dairy delivers to stores and homes. It doesn’t get fresher than that!


Maple Lane Farms

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Maple Lane Farms provides the Co-op with black currant juice drink.

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They harvest…

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…collect the fruit

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… and bottle, all in Preston, CT.


Monet’s Table

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“We welcome you to our quaint area of serenity tucked in the countryside of Tolland to enjoy some delicious treats to take home from our marketplace or spend the afternoon relaxing in the 1750 farmhouse for a special catered event.”

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“The Monet’s Table Marketplace is at 71 Hartford Turnpike (Route 30), Tolland and will be opening in November. The Marketplace will be located behind the farmhouse in the 3-bay garage. We will be featuring: a hot food bar, cold salad bar, hot soup area, wraps, deli salads, cold dinner entrees to-go, desserts, bakery area, gelato bar and fresh produce.”

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Monet’s Table can host parties from 20-70 and if you have an off-site location, their delightful delicacies will compliment any celebration. Debra can also design a menu for your special event.

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Monet’s Table Restaurant is now open for lunch Monday through Friday, 11:30 – 2:30.


Sleepy Moon Soap

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Patchouli with Sweet Orange Soap.

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Honey Orange, one of several citrus blends.

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There are many variety and scents to choose from.

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Tobacco Road Farm

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Brian & Clara Mae of Tobacco Road Farm.

Tobacca Road Farm was featured in an article in the New York Times, December 9, 2007. To read the article on the Times website, please click here. To read a PDF of the article, please click here. Enjoy!

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Tobacco Road Farm in July

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Tobacco Road Farm’s Greenhouse

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Tobacca Road Farm in May

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Tobacco Road Farm’s beehives

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Tobacca Road Farm’s chard

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Turtle Ledge Farm

Offering high quality, certified organic vegetables, fruits, herbs and eggs, Turtle Ledge Farm is a small, intensively planted mini-farm located in Hampton, CT, owned by growers Melinda Fields and Richard Bass. Years of rock hauling, double-digging and soil building have resulted in a lush farm with an astonishing diversity of crops. Each dozen of Turtle Ledge’s organic eggs includes a mix of light and dark brown eggs, as well as a few blue or green eggs from the Araucana chickens in the flock.

Turtle Ledge meets or exceeds all of the new federal standards for organically-grown food, and is certified by Baystate Independent Certifiers.

Here is a video of Melinda and Richard giving a tour of Turtle Ledge:

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Wayne’s Organic Garden

This is the Wayne Organic Garden video about garlic:

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Organic Peppers

Wayne’s Organic Peppers

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Wayne’s Organic Shallots

Wayne's Organic Hot Pepper

Wayne’s Organic Hot Peppers

Wayne's Organic Garlic

Wayne’s Organic Shallots

Wayne's Organic Garlic

Wayne’s Organic Cabbage

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Wayne's Organic Potatoes

Wayne’s Organic Potatoes


mapWe are in the process of creating video tours of our local producers, farms and facilities. Many of our producers have tours and open houses. Contact one for more infomation.
Below is a county map of Connecticut showing where our producers are located in reference to our store (the carrot is the Co-op’s location). For a larger view, please click on the map.

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