Producer

Cobblestone Farm came to life as a full-fledged farm in 2016, but I started growing in Mansfield for friends and family in 2000, while attending UConn and earning a degree in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. After college, we sold at the Storrs Farmers Market for a year before our first child was born, after which I began a home day care in town. As my own children and day care children grew, there was a progression toward full time farming. Now in my seventh year as “full-time farmer,” I still find myself grateful to be able to do this job. It’s deeply gratifying to be a part of how families take care of each other, how a community supports itself, and to work amidst the rhythms of the natural world.

While the farm is not certified, we follow organic growing practices. We grow a wide diversity of crops, many heirloom, and a few bred on the farm. Veggies we grow include:

peas, carrots, zucchini, potatoes, radishes, komatsuna, parsley, cabbage, Swiss chard, turnips, spinach, lettuce, bok choi, garlic, green beans, summer squash, arugula, beets, cucumbers, cherry tomatoes, basil, escarole, onions, peppers, strawberries, tomatoes, kohl rabi, broccoli, leeks, amaranth greens, butternut, fennel, celery, dill, cilantro, kale, cut flowers, tatsoi, daikon, celeriac and cauliflower.

Our produce is available through our CSA. We also sell at the Storrs Farmers’ Market and occasionally through the Willimantic Food Co-op. We like to keep it local!

Feel free to send me an email at dianedorfer@gmail.com if you ever have any questions.

~ Diane