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Echo Farm

Hobby farm located in Harwinton, CT. Echo Farm was originally established by Dan's great grandfather in Bristol in the early 1900's.
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His grandfather, Douglas Mahannah, purchased it and turned it into a working dairy which provided milk to many Bristol residents for decades. Eventually, the herd was sold off to Guida's where Doug worked as a dairyman for the duration of his life. Dan and Elyse re-established Echo Farm in 2009 in Harwinton, CT. Today, it serves as a hobby farm and produces: maple syrup, honey, hay, eggs, and vegg

ies in the summer. It has many residents including: 2 horses, 10 goats, 1 rabbit, a flock of laying hens, and 1 dog. In 2012, Echo Farm added the addition of Aspen, a naturally polled black Nigerian Dwarf doe and CrossDrive Galena (Lena), a black Nigerian Dwarf doeling closely related to Jester, to its herd. These two girls join CrossDrive Miss Layla (Layla) and EchoFarm I'm So Bravo (Bravo) in, what we hope to be, our milking herd. Echo Farm also welcomed 15 white broad breasted turkeys in July that were raised on our farm, and processed by us, for Thanksgiving. Our most exciting news however, is that we became members and are a recognized herd by the American Goat Society. In 2013, Echo Farm produced maple syrup for the first time entirely on it's property. Prior to this, we were collecting sap from the farm and boiling it all at Dan's parents' house. 2013 proved to be the highest yielding year we have seen yet. In addition, we produced our first, ever, goats milk soap made entirely from the milk our Nigerian Dwarfs produced. We tested scents such as: sweet orange, lemon, lavender, spearmint, honey oat, and tea tree. Aspen and Layla gave birth to a combined, 7 kids, and we were surprised to see that Nitro carries the buckskin gene. Echo Farm retained one doe, rightfully named Echo Farm's Trifecta, and she will be bred in the fall of 2014 alone with Bravo, Lena, and Aspen. In 2014, Echo Farm's Nigerian Dwarf herd produced 3 bucklings out of Aspen. However, it's most exciting addition was the birth of Dan & Elyse's daughter Lillyan on April 29. In addition, the farm produced over 2000 bales of high quality first and second hay for its animals and Echo Farms' clients animals. While maple season ran a bit short, the farm was able to produce 42 gallons on syrup and took a stab at candy for the first time ever.

11/11/2024

Our farm extends its deepest thanks to those who have served our country. 🇺🇸

10/12/2024

Forever holding our responders in our hearts. 💙🖤💙

Say their names:
LT. Dustin Demonte and Sgt. Alex Hamzy.
They weren’t just the Bristol officers.
They aren’t just a number; they were real people.
The media will leave that part out…

Humans behind the badge:

Did you know Dustin and Alex were loving husbands, sons, brothers, and a light to their families?

Did you know that Dustin has three kids, one born 5 months after he was killed? Or that Alex was a newlywed with a life they BOTH should've gotten to experience?

Do you realize that families, friends, and brothers and sisters in blue will grieve for the rest of their lives?

So, next time you label them as “The Bristol Officers,” I hope you can see the human side of them and recognize that they both had families waiting for them to return home.

LT. Dustin DeMonte
Sgt. Alex Hamzy
EOW: 10.12.22

09/15/2024

Small Mums - $7.00
Large Mums - $25.00
Cornstalk Bunches - $5.00
Sugar Pumpkins - $5.00
Large Carving Pumpkins - $10.00
Weird (Medium) Pumpkins - $8.00
Indian Corn - $6.00

09/14/2024

Mums the word!

Starting Sunday September 15, we will have all of your fall favorites available! 🎃🍁

09/03/2024

If you haven’t stopped by Harmony Hill Flower Farm you are missing out! We’ve received 2 arrangements and they are the PERFECT gift, pick me up, just because, anniversary, etc. A super cute, local farm to support!

08/25/2024

This is important.

Region 10 schools will be back in session starting Wednesday, and most other area schools will also be returning this week, so we urge everyone to watch out for buses and to stop when the red lights are flashing! Obeying this is a safety issue for all involved, and if that is not enough, many buses are now equipped with cameras to capture license plate numbers and vehicle descriptions to identify offenders. Please keep your full attention on your driving, and be safe!

07/30/2024

With the recent food recalls: deli meat for listeria and produce over other foodbourne illnesses; we cannot stress enough how important it is for people to know where their food comes from and how it’s been handled.

Farmers work very hard to ensure quality, safe products (spoiler alert, they are feeding it to their family and friends).

If you can’t grown your own (it’s ok … not everyone can or wants to), find someone who can and does it well. Tagging some of our friends who are doing a great job.

07/20/2024

Fellow farmer spotlight!!!

Echo Farm is carrying Rowland Farm, LLC cheese. They are good friends of ours, and yesterday we got to see the facility (aka… the kids got to meet Haley’s herd of Jersey cows).

We have a variety of flavors of Milky White and Feta in the refrigerator! Grab some before it’s gone!!

07/03/2024

Echo Farm will be celebrating Independence Day …. By OPENING! 🎇

That’s right, starting tomorrow, July 4th, we will have some of your favorite produce stocked on the stand in addition to Maplewood Farm’s syrup and spices, along with Hilltop Honey and MAYBE cheese from Rowland Farm, LLC.

We accept cash, check (payable to Echo Farm), and Venmo.

As always, thank you for the support of our little farm.

06/14/2024

We are going to have a couple hundred bales of nice, dry, first cut hay available for purchase.

Please call or text Dan for pricing and timeframes!

05/31/2024

Our hearts go out to Trooper First Class Aaron Pelletier’s family, friends, and fellow CT State Troopers.

Our thoughts are with the CT State Police as well as the family and friends of Trooper First Class Aaron Pelletier.

05/27/2024

It is not lost on us that the reason we are able to do what we love is because of the sacrifices that came before us. Today we honor those brave enough to lay their lives down for our freedom.

God bless. 🇺🇸

05/24/2024

Dan and Jack fluffing out some beautiful 1st cut grass hay this afternoon. 📸 credit: Spencer Luthy, Director of Logistics and TikTok

05/12/2024

It’s that time of year!!! Echo Farm is open for plant sales! We have some vegetables and flowers, but will be adding more throughout the week.

Current pricing is as follows!

Individual Plant Cells: $3.00 or $40 for a full flat (18 cells)
6 Packs: $4.00 or $30 for the full flat (8 packs)
Hanging Baskets: $27

We accept cash, check, and Venmo!

03/16/2024

☘️HAPPY MARCH!☘️

We are back open with farm fresh eggs and straw available. In the coming weeks, we will be restocked with favorites that include local honey and maple syrup.

02/15/2024

Look at our best friend go!

12/01/2023

In addition to owning the farm, both Dan and Elyse have full time jobs. (I know... it sounds crazy when we say it too.)

Elyse is a high school agriscience teacher at Wamogo Regional High School in Litchfield. Tomorrow is their holiday sale. All products are student made & sold and all profit goes to supporting their FFA chapter.

Address

167 Burlington Road
Harwinton, CT
06791

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