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Canaan

Arts

Andrew Jack Chairs builds custom chairs and woodenware using hand tools and green wood in his home shop in East Canaan. In Sheffield, he hosts green woodworking workshops and he has a gallery with chairs and spoons available for purchase. The gallery & shop at 292 S Main Street in Sheffield is open Wednesday-Sunday 10-2 and by appointment.
Location

292 S Main Street, Sheffield, MA 01257
(508) 332-0230
https://www.andrewjack.net

Farms

Howling Flats Farm is a small, family-run farm rooted in patience, care, and respect for the land and animals we steward. We are proudly Certified Humane® by A Greener World, offering organic chicken, our own Milk & Meadow Rose Veal, and pasture-raised pork using regenerative practices that honor animal welfare, soil health, and long-term vitality.

Our work is guided by the belief that good food begins long before it reaches the table—with calm handling, natural diets, and lives lived outdoors as nature intended. From our pastures to your kitchen, everything we do is shaped by intention, transparency, and a commitment to nourishing people well.

We serve families throughout Connecticut, New York, and Massachusetts, offering convenient FedEx home delivery—connecting thoughtful eaters to food raised with quiet integrity.
Location

Located at the intersection of Litchfield, Berkshire & Dutchess Counties you can order online for pickup or front door delivery.

(860) 379-8961
https://www.howlingflatsfarm.com/

Laurel Brook Farm is a fourth-generation family owned farm that produces and sells maple syrup and is open all year. Call ahead.

Laurel Brook Farm 
390 Norfolk Rd., East Canaan 
860-824-1287

Lavender Hills produces 6 different flavors of farm fresh goat cheese in Canaan, CT. Alongside selling their products at farm markets, they encourage visitors to stop by, meet the goats, and get some cheese!

Lavender Hills Farm 
26 Highland Lane
Canaan, CT
860-817-8042

Goods

We manufacture biodegradable pots and products on our family’s farm using 100% renewable and recycled, composted cow manure. We began by offering the horticultural industry a more sustainable alternative to plastic and peat. We have the ability to prototype and custom build products for packaging, surveying, hunting, and other industries. We offer biodegradable pots wholesale and for resale and distribution.

324 Norfolk Road, East Canaan, CT 06024
(860) 824-7520
contact@cowpots.com
(860) 824-7520
https://cowpots.com/about-us

Landmarks

Beckley Furnace (also known as “East Canaan #2” during the Barnum and Richardson years, and also known as East Canaan Iron Furnace Industrial Monument) produced pig iron until the winter of 1918-19.  Constructed of locally quarried marble, the furnace was originally thirty-two feet in height and thirty feet square at the base.  Later, after the Barnum Richardson Company acquired it, the height was raised to forty feet making it one of the largest of forty-three blast furnaces in the Salisbury Iron District.

Beckley Furnace
SE of Canaan on Lower Rd.
860-837-0270
info@beckleyfurnace.org

Uncategorized

Elegant and comfortable independent and assisted senior living in Canaan.

Geer Village
99 South Canaan Rd., Canaan
860-824-5137

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