My Foodshed

I define my foodshed as a 100-mile radius from my home (just east of Danbury, CT).

Farms/Farm Stands

Meats

• Eagle Wood Farms, Barkhamsted, CT (beef and pork)
• Herondale Farm, Ancramdale, NY (organic and grass-fed beef, pork and chicken)
• Laurel Ridge Farm, Litchfield, CT (grass fed beef, pork, chickens, raised using the Salatin method)
• Ox Hollow Farm, Roxbury, CT (pasture fed beef, pork, chicken, and eggs)
• Rowland Farm, Oxford, CT (Birkshire pigs)
• Sepe Farm, Sandy Hook, CT (lamb)
• Stuarts Family Farm, Bridgewater, CT (grass-fed beef, chicken, and pork)
• CT DOAG listing of CT meat producers

Fruits & Vegetables (in addition to the various Farmers Markets below)

• Averill Farm, Washington Depot, CT
• Beardsley’s Cider Mill & Orchard, Shelton, CT
• Blue Jay Orchards, Bethel, CT (apples)
• Cherry Grove Farm, 60 Platts Hill Road, Newtown, CT (organic)
• Daffodil Hill Growers, Southbury, CT
• Fort Hill Farm, New Milford, CT (organic)
• Holbrook Farm, Bethel, CT (organic)
  (also has meats, baked goods, dairy, and many other items at the farm stand)
• Maple Bank Farm, Roxbury, CT
• Migliorelli Farm, Tivoli, NY
• Riverbank Farm, Roxbury, CT (organic)
• Shortts Farm, Sandy Hook, CT (organic)
• Silverman’s Farm, an orchard in Easton, CT
• Sport Hill Farm, Easton, CT (organic)
• Stone Gardens Farm, Shelton, CT
• Waldingfield Farm, Washington, CT (organic)
• Wild Carrot Farm, Canton, CT (organic)

Dairy

• Arethusa Farm Dairy, Litchfield, CT (pasteurized milk, half and half, yogurt)
• Beltane Farm, Lebanon, CT (goat cheese)
• Cato Corner Farm, Colchester, CT (raw milk cheeses)
• Deerfield Farm, Durham, CT (raw milk, yogurt)
• Ferris Acres Creamery, Newtown, CT (ice cream from their own Holsteins)
• Foxfire Farm, 85 South Bedlam Road, Mansfield Center, CT 06250, (860) 455-0739 (raw milk)
• Ladies of Levita Road, Lebanon, CT (fresh cheeses, yogurt, pasteurized milk)
• New Pond Farm, West Redding, CT (pasteurized creamline milk, cheese)
• Rich Farm, Oxford, CT (raw milk is theirs, milk and cream for ice cream is from another vendor)
• Ronnybrook Farm Dairy, Ancramdale, NY (butter, creme fraiche, pasteurized milk)
• Sankow’s Beaver Brook, Lyme, CT (cheese and also lamb, veal, yogurt)
• Sprout Creek Farm, Poughkeepsie, NY (cheese)
• Smyth’s Trinity Farm, Enfield, CT (pasteurized milk, egg nog, butter, yogurt, heavy cream)
• Stone Wall Dairy Farm, Cornwall Bridge, CT (raw milk)

Grains & Beans

• Bantam Bread Company, Litchfield, CT
• Cayuga Pure Organics in Brooktondale, NY. (They’re about 170 miles from me but it is the closest source of some varieties of dry beans I have found so far. Distance notwithstanding, this is exactly the kind of farm from which I want to source my food.)
• Wave Hill Breads, Wilton, CT (not local grains, but local artisans—possibly the best bread in CT)
• Wild Hive Farm and Micro Mill, Clinton Corners, NY (wheat, oats, corn from Lightning Tree Farm in Millbrook, NY) and a variety of other items from local growers in season.

Misc

• Bluestone Farm, Brewster, NY (seedlings, seeds, maple syrup, hot sauce, honey, taste-test-treats)
• Earth Tones, Woodbury, CT (native plants nursery)
• Goatboy Soap, New Milford, CT (soap made from goats milk and occasionally, the best fudge you’ll ever have.)
• Maple Row Tree Farm (local Christmas trees)
• McLaughlin Vineyards, Sandy Hook, CT (besides wine, there’s maple syrup, eggs, cheese and other interesting items)
• Stoneledge Hollow Farm, Southbury, CT  (jams, herbs, squashes)

Nearby Farmers Markets

• Bethel Farmers Market, 67 Stony Hill Road, Bethel, CT
  2012: Saturdays, from June – Oct, 9 AM-1 PM
• Brewster Farmers Market, 208 East Main St, (junction Routes 22 & 6) Brewster, NY
  2012: Wednesdays & Saturdays, 9 AM–2 PM, June – November
• CitySeed Farmers Market, Wooster Square, New Haven, CT,
  Saturdays, 9 AM-1 PM
• Coventry Regional Farmers Market, at the Nathan Hale Homestead, Coventry, CT
  2012: Sundays, 11 AM-2 PM
  Note: It’s a bit of a drive from here, but well worth it.
• Gossetts Farm Market, South Salem, NY
  2012: Saturdays, 9 AM to 1 PM (year round)
• Greenfield Hill Grange Market, 1873 Hillside Road, Fairfield, CT (Indoor market)
  2012: closed for the summer
• Litchfield Hills Farm Fresh Market, Litchfield Center School Parking Lot, Litchfield, CT
  2012: Saturdays, beginning June 6, 10 AM to 1 PM
• New Milford Farmers Market, Town Green, Main Street, New Milford, CT
  2012: Saturdays, May 12 – Nov 17, 9 AM – 12 PM
• Norfield Grange Indoor Winter Farmers Market, Weston, CT.
  2012: closed for the summer
• Sandy Hook Organic Farmers Market, Fairfield Hills Campus at Wasserman Way, Newtown, CT
  2012: Tuesdays, June 19 – Oct 18, 2 PM – 6 PM
• Westport Farmers Market, at Imperial Ave. commuter lot, Westport, CT
  2012: Thursdays, 10 AM to 2 PM
• Find More Markets:
  CT-NOFA Directory
  CT DOAG (2012 listings of certified farmers markets, PDF file)
  FarmFresh winter market map

Retail Foods Stores with Local Foods

• Artisan Made, Northeast, Southbury, CT
• Butcher’s Best Market, Newtown, CT (inside the Newtown Deli)
• Chamomile Natural Foods, Danbury, CT
• McEnroe Organic Farm and Market, Millerton, NY
• New Morning Natural Foods, Woodbury, CT
• Saugatuck Craft Butchery, Westport, CT

Restaurants Serving Local Food

• Boxcar Cantina, Greenwich, CT
• Carol Peck’s Good News Cafe, Woodbury, CT
• Caseus Cheese Truck, New Haven, CT
• Claire’s Corner Copia, New Haven, CT
• The Dressing Room, Westport, CT
• The Inn at Newtown, Newtown, CT
• LeFarm, Westport, CT
• Paci, Southport, CT
• Sal e Pepe, Newtown, CT

Local Food Search Sites

• Eat Well Guide – Search for local foods by entering a zip code and mileage.
• Connecticut Farm Map – The online companion to the paper map.
• BuyCTGrown – Search by item, zip code, and mileage.
• Eat Wild – Find pastured food products.
• CT Northeast Organic Farming Association Farms – With links to Farmers Market information and Farm & Food Guide.
• Local Harvest – Search for organic and sustainable foods.
• Pick Your Own – Search for pick-your-own farms.
• CT Farm Fresh – CT crop calendar and farmers market locator.
• Connecticut Wine Trail – Information about the wineries on the CT wine trail
• Farm & Food A New York resource.
• Where to find raw milk
• CT NOFA Farm and Food Guide Google Map (this is awesome!)