Late Bloomers Farm

My Foodshed

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

(You can plot your own map at the 100 Mile Diet site—it’s very easy.)

Farms/Farm Stands

Meats
Fruits & Vegetables (in addition to the various Farmers Markets below)
Dairy
  • Stone Wall Dairy, 332 Kent Road, Cornwall Bridge, CT 06754, (860) 672-2759 (raw milk)
  • Sankow’s Beaver Brook, Lyme, CT (cheese and also lamb, veal, yogurt)
  • Beltane Farm, Lebanon, CT (goat cheese)
  • Ferris Acres Creamery, Newtown, CT (ice cream)
  • Rich Farm, Oxford, CT (raw milk is theirs, cream for ice cream from another vendor)
  • New Pond Farm, West Redding, CT (pasteurized creamline milk, cheese)
  • Smyth’s Trinity Farm, 4 Oliver Rd., Enfield, CT, (860) 745-0751 (pasteurized milk, egg nog, butter, yogurt, heavy cream, half and half)
  • 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)
  • Deerfield Farm, Durham, CT (raw milk, yogurt)
Grains & Beans
  • 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.
  • Cayuga Pure Organics in Brooktondale, NY. (They’re about 170 miles from me but it is the closest source of dry beans I have found so far. However, this is exactly the kind of farm from which I want to source my food.)
Misc
  • Stoneledge Hollow Farm, Southbury, CT  (jams & herbs)
  • McLaughlin Vineyards, Sandy Hook, CT (besides wine, there’s maple syrup, eggs, cheese and other interesting items)
  • Bluestone Farm, Brewster, NY (seedlings, seeds, maple syrup, hot sauce, honey, taste-test-treats)
  • Wave Hill Breads, Wilton, CT (not local grains, but local artisans—possibly the best bread in CT)
  • Goatboy Soap, New Milford, CT (soap made from goats milk and occasionally, the best fudge you’ll ever have.)
  • Earth Tones, Woodbury, CT (native plants nursery)
  • Maple Row Tree Farm (my Christmas tree)

Vineyards and Wineries

My Farmers Markets

  • 2008 Connecticut Farmers’ Markets, Hartford Courant
  • Fairfield Winter Market, Saturday’s, November – April, 10 AM-2 PM, Fairfield Theater Company
  • Bethel Farmers Market, 2009: Saturdays, July 12 – November 1, 9 AM-1 PM
  • Brewster Farmers Market, 2009: Wednesday & Saturday, June 18 – November 22, 9 AM–2 PM
  • New Milford Farmers Market, 2009: Saturdays, May 17 – October 25, 9 AM – 12 PM
  • CitySeed Farmers Market, Wooster Square, New Haven, CT
    Winter 2010:
    Saturday, January 16
    Saturdays, February 6 & 20
    Saturdays, March 6 & 20
    Saturdays, April 3 & 17
    2010 Weekly Market: Saturdays, May to December, 10 AM – 1 PM

Retail Natural Foods Stores

Restaurants Serving Local Food

Local Food Search Sites