Buying meat direct from a farmer has become easier in recent times. Over the last couple of years, there has been a big shift to moving traditional businesses online. One industry to benefit is the direct farmer to consumer, providing the farmgate to plate experience.
If you want to buy half a cow, or any meat directly from a farmer, it’s easy – once you find them. The difficulty lies in finding the right local farmer or butcher that has the products you want and is either located near you, or delivers to you. This post will list local farmers that you can purchase meat directly from in Connecticut.
If you want to:
- Buy bulk meat in Connecticut
- Buy higher quality meat in Connecticut
- Support your local farmers
- Allocate some (or all) of your meat purchases away from the major grocery stores
Then let’s dive in!
Buy Half a Cow: Connecticut
SUNSET VALLEY FARMS
High quality beef and pork farming is what we do. Sunset Valley Farms LLC is a family owned business. We raise the highest quality grass fed beef and delicious fresh pork on our pristine Broad Brook Connecticut farm. We believe healthful meat starts with breeding, fresh air and sunshine. Taste the quality and you will never go back to store bought meats again!
At Sunset Valley Farms, we are focused on providing products with the highest level of customer satisfaction – we will do everything we can to meet your expectations. As small family farmers, we invest time and effort into our beef and pork. We produce high quality meats to provide the best of the best for our customers!
DELIVERY: Farm Pick-up – Broad Brook/Ellington CT
BUY: Sides of beef, pork
KINDRED CROSSINGS FARM
We do the farming so you don’t have to!
You’ve got a busy schedule & probably not much time to go grocery shopping or read product labels. We’re here to make it easy to put a healthy meal on your table every day that you know was raised in the best manner possible.
Our red meats are dry aged for 14-28 days depending on the species. This old world process enhances the natural flavor of the meat as well as increases the nutrient density per pound when compared to wet aged meat.
DELIVERY: Pickup: Willimantic Farmers Market, Storrs Farmers Market, Farm Pick-up
BUY: Sides of beef, lamb, pork. Mixed sampler boxes
BUY: Individual cuts and extras
BROAD BROOK BEEF
We do the farming so you don’t have to!
Thanks for coming to the site of Connecticut’s premier beef producer. Broad Brook Beef is an all-natural, pasture-raised, dry-aged beef that’s 100% grown and harvested right here in the Connecticut River Valley.
Nestled in the hills of Broad Brook, CT we have been an operating cattle ranch for over 35 years. Today, we are excited to offer the best of our program to enthusiastic beef connoisseurs and local “foodies” who long for a local place to buy premium, restaurant quality, hormone free meat products.
DELIVERY: Farm Pick-up Broad Brook
BUY: Individual cuts and extras
Are you a farmer or rancher based in or delivering to Connecticut? Do you sell meat direct to consumer? If you would like to be listed here, please contact us to add your listing.
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