Farmer’s Cow Calf and Creamery expanding Hartford Courant – Hartford Courant

Mansfield The Farmers Cow recently completed negotiations with independent Connecticut-based Full Service Markets for the hosting of the Farmers Cow Calf & Creamery within a number of markets located on Connecticuts roadways.

The recently finalized agreement calls for the Farmers Cow, in partnership with the Full Service Markets owners, to initially co-locate and co-operate one of the companys Calfs & Creameries in Unionville, Connecticut, on Farmington Avenue.

The required build-outs, including staffing, logistics system management, and training are scheduled for completion in November.

A Connecticut-based farming cooperative comprised of six individual family-owned farms, the Farmers Cow was founded by a group of like-minded farmers and farming families in 2003. As part of its community outreach and support initiatives, and in support of the growth of its brand, the Farmers Cow founded the Farmers Cow Calf & Creamery in 2012.

The Farmers Cow, in partnership with the Full Service Markets owners, will co-locate and co-operate one of the companys Calfs & Creameries in Unionville, Connecticut, on Farmington Avenue.

In researching all of the possible partnering and franchise options available to us over this past year, we loved the fact that the Farmers Cow Calf & Creamery had both great food and great ice cream, said Markets owner Marwan Tawfik. And the fact that it is a part of the local Farmers Cow brand, sourced from local farms supporting local communities and economies, made it the perfect choice for us.

The Farmers Cow brand sources the freshest and healthiest products from not only their own Collective-based family farms, but also from other select local farms engaged in sustainable farming practices, which provide local lettuce, local bacon and pulled pork, local fruits, and local one-of-a-kind drinks..., reads a press release announcing the expansion.

The Farmers Cow brand is known for offering the highest-quality local ingredients, and operates through distribution channels that include their own fast-casual, farm-to-table calfs and kiosks, as well as regional and national chains and grocery stores (including Whole Foods, Stop & Shop, and Big Y).

The Farmers Cow Collective is also leading the farming industry in the development of innovative technologies and environmental sustainability from developing new pollution-capturing processes to producing clean energy systems that can power and fund numerous projects and programs their own as well as community-based organizations seeking clean and renewable energy, reads the release.

The Farmers Cow and the Markets owners are next scheduled to co-locate a Farmers Cow Calf & Creamery at numerous additional Markets located throughout Connecticut.

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Our next deployment with the Markets owners is already scheduled for build-out and co-operation, and all that that entails, stated Edwin Molina, FC Development Corp., and Farmers Cow Calf & Creamery CEO.

Once we finalize the physical build-out and officially engage in the co-operation of the Unionville location in November, we then will initiate the co-location and co-operation of the Farmers Cow Calf & Creamery at a number of additional Markets in eastern, southern, and western Connecticut following that with additional locations throughout all of the state, continued Molina.

The Farmer's Cow Calf opened in 2012, at 86 Storrs Road in Willimantic.

Further expansion of this partnership is being planned not just in Connecticut, but also in other areas throughout New England and beyond.

According to Steven Lane, chief development officer at FC Development Corp., a management and development entity for the Farmers Cow brand of companies, the current agreement includes three additional locations in Connecticut, on major roadways.

We are in discussions with additional partners to develop similar agreements, said Lane.

We are continually exploring new avenues of community support and sustainable development with all of our operations, said Tawfiq. And having a partner like the Farmers Cow and all that their combined companies bring to the table in regard to food sustainability, environmental sustainability, energy sourcing, and pollution abatement combined with an unparalleled record of community service initiatives supports both on-the-ground and high-level applications of our combined vision, mission, and goals.

The Farmers Cow, originally established in 2003 in Connecticut, serves many local and regional communities throughout nine states, including throughout New England. The six farms making up the Farmers Cow Cooperative are: Cushman Farm, in Franklin; Fairvue Farms, in Woodstock; Fort Hill Farms, in Thompson; Graywall Farms, in Lebanon; Hytone Farm in Coventry; and Mapleleaf Farm, in Hebron.

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