# The Farmer's Cow Calfe & Creamery

Farm-to-Table; By farmers, Fast Casual, Sustainable focused, Community driven

## Elevator pitch
Founded by a group of six family farmers, we are a true farm-to-table cafe and ice cream shop, with all of our ice cream, eggs, vegetables and other ingredients coming fresh from local farms. It's a freshness you can taste in every product on our menu.

- Canonical URL: https://wefunder.com/farmerscow
- Entity ID: wefunder:company:74116
- Last updated: 2026-06-13T05:00:31Z
- Generated at: 2026-06-14T03:10:52Z

## Quick facts
- 2003, six Connecticut, family-owned dairy farms started The Farmer’s Cow, local agriculture co-op 🐄
- The Farmer’s Cow is a household brand name in New England for 17 years now, sold in 9 states 🇺🇸
- 3 farms have an anaerobic digester on site or being built, generating electricity and natural gas ♻️
- 2011, Farmer’s Cow created a restaurant, called The Farmer's Cow Calfé & Creamery 🍽🥪🥗🍦
- 2019, Farmer’s Cow brought in FC Development Corp (FCDC) 🤝
- FCDC operates and manages the expansion of the Calfé; corporate stores, franchises, kiosks + more 🏗
- 2021, OFFICIALLY HAVE A SECOND LOCATION! Now in the Total Mortgage Arena in Bridgeport, CT 📈
- 2022, Recipient of Connecticut Magazine Top 10 Awards – Top 10 Best Lunch & Top 10 Hidden Gem 🏆🏆

## Active fundraises
- wefunder:fundraise:39919: 4(a)(6) successful (USD)
- wefunder:fundraise:39920: 4(a)(6) successful (USD)

## FAQ
1. **Hi - on page 6 of your unaudited financial statements, there is a note payable for $540,000 with a 20% interest rate and a $5,000 monthly payment. Is that still in your books? Could you clarify the relationships between the different legal entities involved and how funds flow ...**
   - Hi Max, thank you for your questions..., much appreciated for your interest in our company. You actually found a typo on our financial report, because that $540,000 (which is still on the books) has a 2% interest rate, NOT a 20% interest rate, so I'll work on correcting that on the report through WeFunder. In terms of your other questions: -NONE of the debt on the books is convertible into equity at any point in the future. -FC Development, Corp owns the license for the brand; the Farmers Cow...
2. **Is the business targeting to scale and branch out ? what would be the exit strategy for the business ? and why is the business going with equity deal instead of revenue sharing ? Thank you**
   - Thank you for your question Mohammed, we appreciate your interest in our company. We are definitely looking to expand and we anticipate that we'll have some significant news to share with you on this front sometime over the next week. The exit strategy for the business will be within a 3-4 year timeframe, with a Private Equity transaction being most likely. I don't anticipate that this will be a sale of the entire entity, but we would like for it to allow for those investors who don't want to...
3. **Will you be offering any Investor perks?**
   - Thank you for your question Eric, there will be no investor perks other than the strong potential to earn a great return. Have a great day!
4. **I absolutely love your concept; however, I have one burning question: Do your farms use pesticides/herbicides and/or genetically modified seeds?**
   - Thanks for reaching out Terri. Please don't hesitate to follow up with any additional thoughts or questions. Our partner group of six Connecticut dairy farming families, The Farmer’s Cow, would like to see a national solution, not state-by-state, to the issue of labeling genetically modified foods. Due to this, there are many difficulties for Connecticut dairy farmers to find a source of GMO-free livestock grain for our cows since the national marketplace does not segregate non-GMO grains. Th...
5. **Hi! What does sustainability means to you? How are you going to achieve that considering all the aspects that milk products require? e.g. Land use, greenhouse gas emissions and fresh water. https://ourworldindata.org/environmental-impact-milks**
   - Thanks for the question Aldo, sustainability is extremely important to us and a major focus of ours as we build. We will have more information being shared soon about the anaerobic digesters that our partner farms are building, which will have a major positive impact as we work towards becoming carbon neutral, or even carbon negative. We are working on a new website as well, which will have a specific section dedicated towards our sustainability efforts. This link here is also from CT Dairy l...

## Team
- Edwin Molina (Chief Executive Officer, Board Member)
- Angela Sanders (Head of Marketing)
- Jim Smith (Farmer, Founding Member of Farmers Cow, LLC, Board)
- Karlin Linhardt (Board Member, Consultant)
- Brian Bellehumeur  (Chief Innovation Officer, Board Member)
- Steve Lane (CDO)
- Andy Jones (Vice President, Marketing)
- Steven Ayer (Chairman of the Board, FC Development Corp.)

## Q&A
- Q: Is the business targeting to scale and branch out ? what would be the exit strategy for the business ? and why is the business going with equity deal instead of revenue sharing ? Thank you
  - A: Thank you for your question Mohammed, we appreciate your interest in our company. We are definitely looking to expand and we anticipate that we'll have some significant news to share with you on this front sometime over the next week. The exit strategy for the business will be within a 3-4 year timeframe, with a Private Equity transaction being most likely. I don't anticipate that this will be a sale of the entire entity, but we would like for it to allow for those investors who don't want to remain in it, to exit their position and capture their gains. Honestly, the primary reason for an equity deal opposed to another structure is that this company is built upon helping the overall community (using local, healthy, good tasting food at reasonable prices as well as helping the small farmer), so it's a no brainer that we would want our investors to reap the benefits of our growth alongside of us. Please let me know if you have any further questions. Thank you for your consideration!
- Q: Hi - on page 6 of your unaudited financial statements, there is a note payable for $540,000 with a 20% interest rate and a $5,000 monthly payment. Is that still in your books? Could you clarify the relationships between the different legal entities involved and how funds flow between them? It looks like shareholders are holding some of the debt? Is it convertible to equity?
  - A: Hi Max, thank you for your questions..., much appreciated for your interest in our company. You actually found a typo on our financial report, because that $540,000 (which is still on the books) has a 2% interest rate, NOT a 20% interest rate, so I'll work on correcting that on the report through WeFunder. In terms of your other questions: -NONE of the debt on the books is convertible into equity at any point in the future. -FC Development, Corp owns the license for the brand; the Farmers Cow Calfe & Creamery, which is licensed from the Farmers Cow, LLC (A group of 6 farms that formed the co-op about 17 years ago). FC Development, Corp. (FCD), therefore, has the legal authorization, to expand the footprint for all corporate and franchise stores across the nation and beyond for the Farmers Cow Calfe & Creamery brand and that is what this crowd-funding campaign is focusing upon. -The Farmers Cow, LLC is a large equity owner in FC Development, Corp and is the cornerstone partner for FCD. However, FCD's intent is to not only benefit the farms in the The Farmers Cow, LLC, but to source from as many other local farmers as we can as we expand. -We will be setting up separate LLCs for every corporate restaurant location that will be opened going forward, but all of these LLCs will be owned 100% by FC Development, Corp. So, FCD is the sole vehicle that all associated business surrounding the Farmers Cow Calfe & Creamery will fall under (not including the supermarket grocery business). -None of the other companies mentioned in the financials, such as SA Spirit or Krasun Industries are anything other than investment holding companies (holding stock and/or debt) in FCD, so they are simply shareholders or debt holders at this point. I hope that this is clear, but if not, please follow-up with further questions and THANK YOU again for spotting the typo of the erroneous interest rate in our financials. We'll fix that, much appreciated!
- Q: any updates from the past year? looking pretty quiet.
  - A: Wayde, we have sent the bulk of communication through email as investor updates, have you been receiving those?
- Q: Where do things currently stand with business growth?
  - A: Joseph, we have sent the bulk of communication through email as investor updates, have you been receiving those?
- Q: Hi! What does sustainability means to you? How are you going to achieve that considering all the aspects that milk products require? e.g. Land use, greenhouse gas emissions and fresh water. https://ourworldindata.org/environmental-impact-milks
  - A: Thanks for the question Aldo, sustainability is extremely important to us and a major focus of ours as we build. We will have more information being shared soon about the anaerobic digesters that our partner farms are building, which will have a major positive impact as we work towards becoming carbon neutral, or even carbon negative. We are working on a new website as well, which will have a specific section dedicated towards our sustainability efforts. This link here is also from CT Dairy last month, and it covers some additional ways the dairy farms are practicing sustainability https://ctdairy.org/5-ways-dairy-farms-practice-sustainability/
- Q: I absolutely love your concept; however, I have one burning question: Do your farms use pesticides/herbicides and/or genetically modified seeds?
  - A: Thanks for reaching out Terri. Please don't hesitate to follow up with any additional thoughts or questions. Our partner group of six Connecticut dairy farming families, The Farmer’s Cow, would like to see a national solution, not state-by-state, to the issue of labeling genetically modified foods. Due to this, there are many difficulties for Connecticut dairy farmers to find a source of GMO-free livestock grain for our cows since the national marketplace does not segregate non-GMO grains. This question of GMO labeling really needs to be tackled and enforced at a higher level. Small family farms like ours are caught in the middle of a very challenging situation with our nation’s seed and food supply. Our farms have found it tough to find options in the supply of corn seed that we source to grow to feed our cows. However, what we have done to combat this as much as we can is to make sure that a large portion of what we feed our cows is grass harvested directly from our own fields throughout the spring, summer and fall seasons. We will continue to act responsibly to benefit our consumers and the environment. We’re dedicated to sensible, sustainable farming. The Farmer’s Cow is working on finding our best options to address the GMO concerns of our customers. For example, The Farmer’s Cow chooses not to use rbGH hormone on our cows to increase milk production because we know our consumers prefer that. We are sensitive to our customers’ concerns about what their families eat and are always open to, and looking for, the best way forward for everyone.
- Q: Will you be offering any Investor perks?
  - A: Thank you for your question Eric, there will be no investor perks other than the strong potential to earn a great return. Have a great day!