About Us

Established in 1847, Blood Farm is a 7 generation, family run, processing facility and retail meat shop, regulated by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).

A place for the local farming community to take livestock for harvest including cattle, lambs, goats and hogs.

We have a retail store on site where you can pick up some of your favorite cuts, including our famous hams and bacon. 

ln 1847, Edmund Blood became the owner of Blood Farm. Edmund Blood was born in Groton on February 12, 1804. He was a direct descendant of Richard Blood who came to Groton in 1655 or 1656.

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Edmund Blood was a dairy farmer and raised hogs. He sold them to a brewery in New Hampshire. He also was granted one of the first licenses in Massachusetts to operate an abattoir that is still in existence. Upon his death in 1882 Edmund Lewis Blood, his son, who was born in West Groton in 1832, continued the operation of Blood Farm. At his passing in 1918, the farm and business went to his son Charles Edmund Elliot Blood and in 1930 the farming business and abattoir went to his son Elliot L. Blood, Sr.

Elliot L. Blood, Jr. and Doris Blood purchased the farm and business in 1971. Their son Richard became the owner of Blood Farm after their passing.