This is by no means an exhaustive list. These are most of my favorite places in my vicinity. There are many more sources in CT and nearby NY.
Farms/Farm Stands
Meats
- Camps Road Farm, Kent, CT (chicken and pork and beer)
- 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 (beef, pork, chicken, and eggs)
- Rowland Farm, Oxford, CT (Birkshire pigs)
- Sepe Farm, Sandy Hook, CT (lamb)
- Stone Gardens Farm, Shelton, CT (beef, poultry, pork)
- Stuarts Family Farm, Bridgewater, CT (grass-fed beef, chicken, and pork)
- Walden Hill, Oxford, CT (acorn-fed 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)
- 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, ice cream, sour cream)
- 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 not from their own Holsteins)
- 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)
- Calf + Clover Creamery (formerly Stone Wall Dairy) Cornwall Bridge, CT (raw milk)
Grains & Beans
- Bantam Bread Company, Litchfield, CT
- 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 (local wheat, oats, corn. The cafe is closed but you can order through the website. Quattro’s (2251 Route 44, Pleasant Valley, NY) also carries their flours.
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)
Nearby Farmers Markets
- Bethel Farmers Market, 67 Stony Hill Road, Bethel, CT
Summers: typically Saturdays, from Jun – Dec, 9 AM-1 PM - CitySeed Farmers Market, Wooster Square, New Haven, CT,
Saturdays, 9 AM-1 PM
Summers: from Apr-Dec
Winters: Jan – Mar, indoors at Metropolitan Business Academy, 115 Water Street - Coventry Regional Farmers Market, at the Nathan Hale Homestead, Coventry, CT
Summers: Sundays, Jun-Oct, 11 AM-2 PM
Winters (Nov-Mar): at Coventry High School.
Note: This one is a bit of a hike from my neck of the woods, but well worth it. - Gossetts Farm Market, South Salem, NY
Saturdays, 9 AM to 1 PM and Sundays, 10 AM to 2 PM(year round) - Litchfield Hills Farm Fresh Market, Litchfield, CT
Summer: Saturdays, from June, 10 AM to 1 PM
Winters: in the Litchfield Community Center - New Milford Farmers Market, Town Green, Main Street, New Milford, CT
Summer: typically Saturdays, May – Nov, 9 AM – 12 PM
Winter: typically most Saturdays, Nov – Jan. - Newtown Farmers Market, Fairfield Hills Campus at Wasserman Way, Newtown, CT
Summers: Tuesdays, Jun – Oct , 2 PM – 6:30 PM - Westport Farmers Market
Summers: at Imperial Ave. commuter lot, Westport, CT, Thursdays, 10 AM to 2 PM
Winters: at Gilbertie’s, Saturdays, Nov – Mar, 10 AM – 2 PM - There are more. Find them:
CT-NOFA Directory
CT DOAG
FarmFresh winter market map
Retail Foods Stores with Local Foods
- Butcher’s Best Market, Newtown, CT
- Chamomile Natural Foods, Danbury, CT
- McEnroe Organic Farm and Market, Millerton, NY
- New Morning Market, Woodbury, CT
- Fleishers 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
- LeFarm, Westport, CT
- Nouveau Monde, Sandy Hook, CT
- Paci, Southport, CT
- Sal e Pepe, Newtown, CT
- Stanziato’s Wood Fired Pizza, Danbury, 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!)
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