The Fairfield Organic Teach Farm

Mission

We propose creating a working farm and organic educational center on town land in Fairfield, CT. The farm’s mission is to celebrate Fairfield’s agrarian roots by redefining our community for the 21^st century through sustainable agriculture and responsible environmental stewardship. By creating this non-profit community-based agricultural resource and teaching center, Fairfield will become part of the greater global environmental movement that is creating a sustainable future for generations to come.

Vision

Our vision is to dedicate some of the town’s last remaining open spaces to teaching small-scale organic sustainable farming AND food production and to offer practical educational programs on organic food production to town members, local schools, community groups so they can become confident gardeners in their own right and teach others as well as a way to re-establish our deep ties to our collective agrarian past.  Such an enterprise would be an affordable way for the town to empower its citizens with programs designed to teach the benefits of growing and eating local seasonal fresh local produce and will help reduce the town’s collective carbon footprint by lowering pollution associated with food transportation.

Other related projects would include bee-keeping, maple sugaring, pressing apple cider, medicinal herbs, their use and application, organic eggs from heritage chickens, food and manure composting, pie making, food, seed preservation and organic seedlings for spring planting. The farm would also generate additional income by multi-layered individual, family, group and corporate membership levels and the low-cost rentals of farming implements to farm members. The farm would also become a center for town events and seasonally-inspired activities including hay rides, BBQ’s, pumpkin picking, quilting and wreath-making.