Full Circle | Hillside vineyards provide grapes for Maywood Farm wine, which is aged in barrels made from white oak grown on the wooded estate.
Cow Country | Scenes from Arethusa Farm, where the owners have enjoyed establishing a closer connection to the Litchfield community. “I am fortunate to have the best of both worlds. Life on the farm and life in the city, I love both equally,” says Tony Yurgaitis.
Cow Country | The ‘ladies’ of Arethusa Farm, where the owners have enjoyed establishing a closer connection to the Litchfield community.
Cow Country | A view of the dairy barn at Arethusa Farm, where the owners have enjoyed establishing a closer connection to the Litchfield community. Says Tony Yurgaitis: “I love the farming community—I’ve met wonderful people and made wonderful new friends.”
Full Circle | Peaches are used in all-natural Maywood Farm ice cream and sold at the Bridgewater Village Store.
Full Circle | Maple syrup from Maywood Farm is sold at the Bridgewater Village Store.
Full Circle | The Bridgewater Village Store.
Cattle Call | All-natural, pasture-raised Greyledge Farm beef is served at a number of restaurants, including Litchfield’s Community Table, which serves all locally grown and sourced food.
Lofty Perch | The Fitzgeralds’ free-range chickens are raised free of antibiotics and steroids.
Honey Alfresco | Marina Marchese leads a honey tasting in Red Bee’s garden apiary.
Hive Inspection | Producers from the Food Network get a close look at honey bees.
Buzzworthy | Worker bees pack exquisite orange pollen into wax honeycomb cells.