Deep Hollow Farm

Deep Hollow Farm is a 53-acre site in Chester, Connecticut. The property on Deep Hollow Road was previously a farm; over the last couple of decades, it fell into disuse and was nearly abandoned. We began rejuvenating the farm little by little in 2012. So far we have one acre of sustainably raised produce using organic methods in cultivation and plan to expand our vegetable gardens up to five acres. We sell vegetables, fresh or processed (think relish!) onsite at 46 Deep Hollow Road. We will be selling at the Chester farmers' market next season. We also have lumber available for purchase: cut, milled and dried onsite. In the near future we also hope to add small barnyard animals: fowl and ruminants, to provide locally raised organic eggs and meat. Other areas of the site are ideal for an apiary, orchard, tree farm, vineyard, nursery plants and a mushroom farm. All in due time. We are members of CT NOFA (Northeast Organic Farming Association) and have signed the farmer's pledge to continue to provide sustainably raised food for the local community. We are also members of the CT Farm Bureau. The battle against invasives proves to be endless. We have been working hard to remove the bittersweet, autumn olive, Japanese barberry, multiflora rose, and mugwort, among others, to expand our growing area. Meet the Team: Andrew Drabkin and Brian Hughes are the owners. Both are Yale graduates with a passion for the outdoors and both are serious foodies! Andrew has spent his life gardening with family, friends and for hire. He is president of the board of the Edgerton Park Conservancy in New Haven, CT, where he volunteers with ongoing restoration efforts of the historic, public park. Alexis Wilcox has owned a Composting, Gardening, and Landscaping business since 2009 and has been growing vegetables for over ten years. She is an active Advanced Master Gardener and Master Composter, through the University of CT, and taught at Common Ground High School for 12 years. She volunteers regularly at the Master Gardener office in North Haven, at Common Ground High School and New Haven Academy, and as a youth rock climbing coach. Dana Rozanski has a degree in Earth Science from Southern CT State University and a penchant for perfection. She has her Master Composter certification from University of CT and was raised playing in her grandmother's and her mother's flower gardens. Minerva, Maggie, Shusha, Gracie, Grizwold, Layla, Sophie Sundae, and Shea-Shea are among the dogs-about-the-farm, one or more of them are usually available to chase butterflies and sticks and tennis balls, despite the fact that none of them live here. Sadly, we lost Keisha over Christmas 2013, but she could run down those tennis balls with the best of them!