Local business Squadron Capital has made a $100,000 leadership gift to the Friends of Holcomb Farm in support of our Building for the Future Campaign. Now, they’re inviting you to carry that momentum forward. Every contribution—of any size—helps expand the impact of this gift. Learn more.
CSA & FARM STORE- OPENING JUNE 10
Holcomb Farm is a nonprofit farm that grows without chemicals or pesticides -- not even organically approved ones. In our store, we offer our own produce, as well as dairy, meats, and artisan goods from other local farms and makers. You do not have to belong to our CSA to shop in our Farm Store!
A BUILDING FOR OUR FUTURE IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION!
The Friends of Holcomb Farm have long envisioned ways to improve our operations and expand our capacity to serve the community. Now an exceptional opportunity has taken root, right next to our fields, on land that had been part of the original Holcomb Farm, and it opens the door to deeper impact for the greater good. Click below to learn more about this exciting development and how you can help make our year-round farm store a reality.
JOIN THE FRIENDS OF HOLCOMB FARM
The Friends of Holcomb Farm is the nonprofit, member-based organization that oversees all the ways in which the farm serves people in Granby and beyond. Your annual gift of $35 or more makes you a member, and helps support the important work we do. We hope you'll join us, and connect with this special place -- this "jewel of Granby" -- Holcomb Farm. Click the button below to learn more about all we do and how you can help!
VISIT OUR TRAILS
More than 10 miles of woodland trails and more than two miles of mowed meadow paths crisscross the 300 acres of woodlands, farmland, meadows, and streams that make up Holcomb Farm. And because the farm is located between Granby Land Trust properties and the McLean Game Refuge -- forming a significant area of permanently protected open space -- Holcomb Farm trails provide access to other trail systems, as well.
Follow Our CSA
This farm store design?! Hello! 😍 Imagine a destination farm store, located in West Granby, where you can find fresh, local food all year long. A place to gather, connect, and support local farmers – no matter the season. That’s the vision: transform the former West Granby United Methodist Church building into a vibrant, year-round Farm Store for our community. A local food system hub that producers and you can depend on 🥕🤝💚
For the Month of May, Squadron Capital is inviting the community to match their $100,000 gift to help reach this vision. Your gift helps bring this space to life – and right now, every dollar moves us closer!
Learn more and give today at holcombfarm.org; or mail your contribution to: Friends of Holcomb Farm, 113 Simsbury Road, West Granby, CT 06090. Thank you to our Holcomb community for being a part of this effort and thank you Squadron Capital!
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This farm store design?! Hello! 😍 Imagine a destination farm store, located in West Granby, where you can find fresh, local food all year long. A place to gather, connect, and support local farmers – no matter the season. That’s the vision: transform the former West Granby United Methodist Church building into a vibrant, year-round Farm Store for our community. A local food system hub that producers and you can depend on 🥕🤝💚
For the Month of May, Squadron Capital is inviting the community to match their $100,000 gift to help reach this vision. Your gift helps bring this space to life – and right now, every dollar moves us closer!
Learn more and give today at holcombfarm.org; or mail your contribution to: Friends of Holcomb Farm, 113 Simsbury Road, West Granby, CT 06090. Thank you to our Holcomb community for being a part of this effort and thank you Squadron Capital!
#holcombfarm #holcombfarmcsa #granby #simsburyct #westhartford
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Cover Crop 🌾🫛🍀 what would we do without you?! One of the least glitzy and unassuming collection of plants on the farm to the untrained eye but iykyk and this spring’s cover crop has been something to behold.
☘️We have about 5 fields that will be rested in cover crop this season which is not only a gift to the soil but a relief to us because no matter the weather that gets thrown at us the cover crop can handle it. Rain? Cover crop roots will soak it up like a sponge and prevent flooding and erosion. Blasted by heat and sun? Cover crops will act like trees and shade and cool the soil.
🌳What the cover crop gives to the soil is a multilayered-forest-like-ecosytem. There is low growing clover in the understory, climbing peas in the middle, and tall wheat at the top. Each layer has its purpose and nutrients and acts like a shield for the soil.
🫛We mow the cover crop at different heights depending on what is happening in those fields. We mow it about halfway to encourage new supple growth that the soil ecosystem can easily breakdown for our cash crops and then in some fields we let it grow tall and woody because we want to maximize carbon and biomass
🌾This year we used more wheat in our mix instead of rye. Even though wheat is a lot more expensive per bag, it is much easier to deal with than rye when it comes time to mow and terminate. In addition to being a dream to work with it’s also very beautiful which is always appreciated
🪱Anyone drive through the heart of the country where industrial farming reigns supreme? You will see miles of bare ground post harvest. We lose millions of tons of top soil every year due to poor farming practices. Cover cropping is hands down one of the major key techniques in a sustainable food system because it protects and feeds our most vulnerable and finite resources: our soil.
We ❤️ cover crop (maybe the farm crew should get that tattooed on our arms)
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