Protected by: U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (USDA-NRCS), CT Department of Agriculture, and Connecticut Farmland Trust
Year Protected: 2022
Acres: 68.9
Michael Birkbeck, fourth generation owner of the property, set the preservation process in motion. “I view my role as a steward of this land and am delighted that for generations to come there will be opportunity for others to farm here. Knowing that the farm is preserved to make that possible is a dream come true.” Birkbeck applied to the CT DoAg Farmland Preservation Program following the passing of his father who left instructions in his will that the farm was to be preserved. Birkbeck inherited the property that has been in the family since the 1920s, at one point a dairy farm, and currently the fields are used for hay and beef pasture for the small herd of cows and two horses.