Over 300 years of History

The farm has existed in various forms since the 1700’s. The property was part of a land grant from the King of England to Samuel Davis. The current barn and house were built by Samuel’s son, Jonathan Hayes and his wife Mary Ham, both of whom are buried on the property. Beginning in 1931, the property was operated as a dairy farm by John Fernald. After his death, his daughter, Debbie Tasker, working with LCHIP, placed much of the property in a conservation easement that bears his name. Gray and Kitty Cornwell purchased the property from Debbie in 1991 and founded Old Orchard Farm. We are just the eighth family to occupy the farm and look forward to continuing the tradition of working with the land to strengthen our community.