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About Broad Brook Acres

Broad Brook Acres is a small family farm founded in 2014 by the Swanson family.  Nestled in beautiful Preston, Connecticut, we raise all of our animals naturally on pasture or woodland pastures to provide your family and ours with the healthiest, best quality meats you can buy. Our family raises Registered Berkshire pigs in woodland pasture where they are free to roam and root around as nature intended. We supplement our pigs with a healthy diet of grain, vegetables and whatever they find rooting around in their healthy woodland pasture. Our pigs are raised humanely with no hormones or antibiotics so that they can provide you with some of the best quality pork you have ever tasted. We raise a limited number of pasture raised, Red Ranger Chickens every year. Our chickens are fed a natural diet and have plenty of room to grow and scratch around in the grass and dirt. Red Ranger chickens grown at a slower pace than the common Cornish Rock Broiler that you would typically find in the grocery store. They are also healthier than their white hybrid counterparts, requiring no antibiotics in their lifetime. We prefer the flavor profile you get with the Reds as well, and I'm sure you will agree when you try our chicken! We also ensure that we meet stringent humane standards in caring for our animals.

About the Farmers

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Broad Brook Acres was founded by Michael and Christian Swanson in 2014 in beautiful Preston, CT. Mike was a lifelong resident of Montville, CT, a Marine Veteran, and a full-time firefighter. He attended Johnson and Wales before enlisting in the Marine Corps. Christian is a transplant from New Hampshire after she attended the University of CT, Storrs for Animal Science. Mike and Christian had a common dream of running their own farm to feed their family with quality food. The dream came to fruition when they purchased their farm in July 2014. They started with a few sheep and some feeder pigs and has quickly grown exponentially. The movement for buying local and finding quality food that did not stem from factory farming has been a driving force in the growth of Broad Brook Acres. In 2015, Mike and Christian welcomed a new little farmer, Connor and in 2018 another little farmer, Corbin. They are the future of Broad Brook Acres and can be found working hard on the farm with mom and dad!

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408 Old Jewett City Rd.
Preston, CT 06365
​860-389-2323 or 603-491-0122


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