Working Farms

The holiday season is upon us, and visitors to Greenfield Village may catch a full Victorian Thanksgiving meal being prepared by presenters at Firestone Farm. Try our delicious Thanksgiving recipes at home. They all taste best with a healthy helping

How should we answer the question, “Did women do farm work?” In the time periods and regions interpreted at the working farms of Greenfield Village – here we examine the Daggett, Firestone, and Mattox family farms – men typically worked in the fields

Samuel and Anna Daggett and their children, like other farm families living in northeastern Connecticut in the 1760s, made careful preparations to get through the winter.

Learn how Eagle Tavern, Daggett Farmhouse, Firestone Farm, Mattox House, and the J.R. Jones General Store in Greenfield Village were given new historical interpretations in the 1980s and 1990s.

A conservator who worked on the project details the historical and archeological research, careful disassembly, and highly skilled reconstruction involved in recreating the Firestone farmstead in Greenfield Village.

Discover what we can learn from Firestone Barn, part of the Firestone Farm living history complex in Greenfield Village.

We've just cultivated our corn for the second time this year. Cultivating is when we loosen the soil and remove the weeds around each corn plant.

Greenfield Village is host to a plethora of gardens, both floral and vegetable. The Living History and Agricultural teams are responsible for the historic growing spaces to produce the vegetables, fruits, dye materials, and herbs that our ancestors would have relied on — spanning from 1760 through 1930.

During your April or May visit to Greenfield Village, you just might catch our farmers shearing our special wrinkly Merino sheep with the same technology used in 1885. Check out this preview.

Take a tour through the gardens associated with many of Greenfield Village's most beloved houses. Learn what we grow at each and why.