Open source Open source is something people can modify and share because its design is publicly accessible and free to use. Typically this term is used for computer programs but here at BOTL Farm we use it more g...
Paddocks To support our intensively managed rotational grazing, we have divided our land up into individual paddocks inside our perimeter fence. Each paddock is a fenced area where we can move animals into, pr...
Pasture Here at BOTL Farm, some of our pastures are open fields of grass, but we also graze (and therefore consider pasture) some partially-opened woodlots and silvopasture....
Quiet Corner Northeastern Connecticut, better known as the Quiet Corner, is a historic region of the state of Connecticut, located in the northeastern corner of the state. It is generally associated with Windham C...
Regenerative Regenerative farming means that the land, ecosystem, and watersheds are positively benefited, enhanced, improved, and made better by the farm. It means not having concentrated animal manure that will ...
Silvopasture The practice of integrating trees, forage, and intensively managed rotational grazing of livestock in a mutually beneficial way....
The Last Green Valley BOTL Farm is located in this federally designated national heritage corridor, which extends from northeast Connecticut into Massachusetts. From Wikipedia, “this area was designated because it is one o...
TLDR Our website is really long but here is a quick synopsis of what we do and who we are. BOTL Farm is a pasture-based, sustainability-focused livestock farm in northeast Connecticut (also known as the “Q...