The 4-H Education Center at Auerfarm is a private, non-profit education center located just minutes from Hartford, off Route 185 in Bloomfield. Our Mission Our mission is to connect people, agriculture and the environment through education and recreation. In keeping with this mission, we offer education and recreation for children and adults. We collaborate with schools, families and others in the Greater Hartford area and beyond, incorporate their needs and interests into our programs and make reasonable resources available. We focus on animals, wildlife, plants and farm production. We seek to enhance the number and variety of learning opportunities on the farm, support 4-H youth activities and forever will maintain the land as open space.