About Wind Hill Community Farm
In 2010, a small group of neighbors who were interested in establishing a "community farm" acquired access to land in East Glastonbury to use for:
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Community gardens with rentals for people to grow produce for their families
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An area to grow vegetables using organic principles for sale to our community
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An area for community gatherings.
The farm secured a lease with the Town of Glastonbury for an unused/undeveloped area at the Longo Open Space.
Since then WHCF has had unwavering volunteer community support to develop and run the farm, arrange educational programs, deliver produce to the Food Pantry, and to provide labor for capital projects. Generous organizational and financial support for capital improvement projects has been provided by the US Conservation Service, the Connecticut Department of Agriculture, the Sestero Fund, Glastonbury Community Fund at Greater Hartford Gives Foundation, and community member contributions.
We're making our way back
2026 started off with a winter that ended with the loss of our beloved hoop house and now slowly we’re making our way back. Through grants from Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, the Sestero Family, The Alvord Family and support from our community we’ve accomplished a lot this year.
We expanded Farm Fresh Kids and our Work Ag Program hosted 5 students from Glastonbury Highschool. Volunteers rebuilt the east field to add growing space so that we could continue our deliveries to the food pantry and we successfully donated 200lbs of fresh produce.
We were able to offer free yoga classes and introduced a fun creative and artistic activity called Wind Hill Farm Rocks! We still have a ways to go, but we’re still here.
In the New Year we will be offering a series of volunteer orientations online and in person as we come together and plan for the 2027 growing season. We will discuss our plans for finishing with the replacement of our hoop house and our plans to add a static aerated compost pile and offering classes on a variety of informative and fun topics.
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Our Upcoming Events
Trick or Treat at Wind Hill FarmSat, Oct 31Wind Hill Community Farm
Growing -Sharing - Teaching
