BRD Agricultural Consulting and Presentations

Baylee Drown (they/them) providing a Climate Smart Farm Tour of Long Table Farm on October 17, 2026.

 
 

Baylee Rose Drown - AKA BRD

Baylee has worked in agriculture since they were able to walk out to Brown Swiss calf hutches on their family’s Michigan dairy farm. Baylee learned from grandparents Marsha and Gordy Wilcox how to be a successful, hardworking farmer and trusted community member. Baylee loved helping family round up loose cattle, sell food at Country Garden’s roadside stand, and exhibit at 4-H fairs. Baylee studied agriculture in undergraduate at MSU and expanded into Food Systems, focusing on animal welfare in their Master’s thesis. Baylee has continued to be a lifelong agricultural student earning certificates in Holistic Management, Soil Health and Climate Change, Uprooting Racism in the Food System, Food Safety, Compost Facility Management and Aquaculture.

Baylee loves teaching and helping fellow farmers and land owners achieve their goals while balancing ecological values with agribusiness practicality. Through their 13 season’s of managing Long Table Farm Baylee has become a leader in Connecticut agriculture, and is ready to put their knowledge and experience behind projects for local community members. Baylee was named CT’s Outstanding Young Farmer for 2026 and in 2022 The Connecticut River Coastal Conservation District presented Baylee and Quinn their Cooperator Award. They are currently semifinalist for the National Outstanding Farmer of the Year.

Baylee presents regularly at agricultural conferences, hosts educational tours and visits CT schools. To book Baylee as a speaker for your school, click here. To request a presentation, consultation or tour, fill out the form below.

Baylee offers reasonable sliding scale fees for hourly consultations between $50-$150 per hour plus travel expenses. Speaking & tour fees are also sliding scale.

 
 

Baylee teaching elementary students about composting

Baylee speaking at the capital of CT. Baylee provided a call to action for enforcement of PURA to control CT energy prices in order to help with farm viability.

Baylee is proud to consistently produce melons and many other crops every year at Long Table Farm. Other farm products include eggs and meat.

Commissioner Hurlbutt with Baylee Drown after awarding Baylee 2026’s Connecticut Outstanding Young Farmer of the Year.

Baylee Drown holds compost in their hands in front of a stationary trommel screener.

Baylee Drown presenting at a local high school about sustainable agriculture and composting.

Baylee feeds a newborn native shorthorn calf colostrum.

Baylee hosting USDA undersecretary Xochitl Torres Small, Representative Joe Courtney and other officials and farmers for a conversation at Long Table Farm. Farm Dog Luca in foreground. 2024.