Find out what community supported agriculture in Connecticut is all about by browsing photographs of nine CSA Farms throughout the state.

1. The Market at Sport Hill
Farm in Fairfield, Conn.
Farmer Patricia Popp
says she started the
CSA as a way to
compete with other area
farms.
Photograph by Bree
Shirvell

2. Beds of greens
Sport Hill Farm, Fairfield, Conn.
Photograph by Bree Shirvell

3. Greenhouse
Sport Hill Farm, Fairfield, Conn.
Photograph by Bree Shirvell

4. A chalkboard signs informs CSA members of the weekly share.
Sport Hill Farm, Fairfield, Conn.
Photograph by Bree Shirvell

5. Garlic
Sport Hill Farm, Fairfield, Conn.
Photograph by Bree Shirvell

6. Tomatoes
Sport Hill Farm, Fairfield, Conn.
Photograph by Bree Shirvell

7. A sign welcomes visitors
to Studio Farm Products
in Voluntown, Conn.
Founded in 1753 the farm
is full of history.
According to a Providence Journal article, George Washington
was once a guest, and the current farm got its name from
when it was a silent movie set in the early 1920s. The present
day farm has been operation since 1963.
Photograph by Bree Shirvell

8. An old tractor
Studio Farm Products, Voluntown, Conn.
Photograph by Bree Shirvell

9. Tool shed
Studio Farm Products,
Voluntown, Conn.
Photograph by Bree
Shirvell

10. Tomatoes
Studio Farm Products
Photograph by Bree Shirvell

11. Pig
Hurricane Farm, Scotland, Conn.
Photograph by Bree Shirvell

12. Sheep
Hurricane Farm, Scotland, Conn.
Photograph by Bree Shirvell

13. Erica Andrews and her daughter
Hurricane Farm, Scotland, Conn.
Photograph by Bree Shirvell

14. One of the farm goats likes to stand on his shed instead of in it.
Hurricane Farm, Scotland, Conn.
Photograph by Bree Shirvell

15. Turkey
Hurricane Farm, Scotland, Conn.
Photograph by Bree Shirvell

16. Pumpkin
Hurricane Farm, Scotland, Conn.
Photograph by Bree Shirvell

17. Tomatoes
Hurricane Farm, Scotland, Conn.
Photograph by Bree Shirvell

18. Barberry Hill Farm in Madison, Conn., is part of Dinners at
the Farm.
Photograph by Bree Shirvell

19. Sheep
Barberry Hill Farm. Madison, Conn.
Photograph by Bree Shirvell

20. Fields
Barberry Hill Farm. Madison, Conn.
Photograph by Bree Shirvell

21. Potatoes
Barberry Hill Farm. Madison, Conn.
Photograph by Bree Shirvell

22. Barberry Hill Farm. Madison, Conn.
Photograph by Bree Shirvell

23. Green Beans
Barberry Hill Farm. Madison, Conn.
Photograph by Bree Shirvell

24. Barberry Hill Farm. Madison, Conn.
Photograph by Bree Shirvell

25. Phoenix Hill Farm in Hebron, Conn., is named after horse Phoenix.
Photograph by Bree Shirvell

26. Rooster
Phoenix Hill Farm Hebron, Conn.
Photograph by Bree Shirvell

27. Sheep
Phoenix Hill Farm Hebron, Conn.
Photograph by Bree Shirvell

28. Fields
Phoenix Hill Farm Hebron, Conn.
Photograph by Bree Shirvell

29. Down to Earth in Stafford, Conn., is a community operated
farm using land from the Bob White Farm for the CSA.
Photograph by Bree Shirvell

30. Herbs
Down to Earth, Stafford, Conn.
Photograph by Bree Shirvell

31. Pumpkin patch
Down to Earth, Stafford, Conn.
Photograph by Bree Shirvell

32. Pumpkin patch
Down to Earth, Stafford, Conn.
Photograph by Bree Shirvell

33. Greens
Down to Earth, Stafford, Conn.
Photograph by Bree Shirvell

34. Garlic
Down to Earth, Stafford, Conn.
Photograph by Bree Shirvell

35. A CSA shareholder picks up his weekly share.
Down to Earth, Stafford, Conn.
Photograph by Bree Shirvell

36. Greens
Down to Earth, Stafford, Conn.
Photograph by Bree Shirvell

37. After retiring, Bruce Kittredge began
Bird Song Farm in Hampton, Conn.
Photograph by Bree Shirvell

38. Onions
Bird Song Farm, Hampton, Conn.
Photograph by Bree Shirvell

39. Onions
Bird Song Farm, Hampton, Conn.
Photograph by Bree Shirvell

40. Kohlrabi
Bird Song Farm, Hampton, Conn.
Photograph by Bree Shirvell

41. Peppers
Bird Song Farm, Hampton, Conn.
Photograph by Bree Shirvell

42. Bird Song
Farm,
Hampton,
Conn.
Photograph by
Bree Shirvell
Kittredge bought the goats when they were
only a few weeks old and transported them
back to the farm in his Mini Cooper.

43. The shed at the farm includes an refrigeration system that
Kittridge built from an air conditioner.
Bird Song Farm, Hampton, Conn.
Photograph by Bree Shirvell

44. Peppers
Bird Song Farm, Hampton, Conn.
Photograph by Bree Shirvell

45. Peppers
Bird Song Farm, Hampton, Conn.
Photograph by Bree Shirvell

46. Chickens
Bird Song Farm, Hampton, Conn.
Photograph by Bree Shirvell

47. Pumpkins ready to be picked up by CSA members.
Bird Song Farm, Hampton, Conn.
Photograph by Bree Shirvell

48. Farm House of Bitta Blue Farm in Killingworth,
Conn.
Photograph by Bree Shirvell

49. Fields
Bitta Blue Farm
Killingworth, Conn.
Photograph by Bree
Shirvell

50. Beans
Bitta Blue Farm, Killingworth, Conn.
Photograph by Bree Shirvell

51. Children from a local school painted the sign for Boulder
Knoll Community Farm in Cheshire, Conn.
Photograph by Bree Shirvell

52. 50 CSA members work on the farm once a week and then pick
up their weekly share.
Boulder Knoll Community Farm, Cheshire, Conn.
Photograph by Bree Shirvell

53. Turnips
Boulder Knoll Community Farm, Cheshire,
Conn.
Photograph by Bree Shirvell

54. A CSA member picks up her weekly share.
Boulder Knoll Community Farm, Cheshire,
Conn.
Photograph by Bree Shirvell

55. Leeks
Boulder Knoll Community Farm, Cheshire,
Conn.
Photograph by Bree Shirvell