Since the both the Fairfield Market and City Seed Wooster/New Haven Market were closed yesterday, I didn’t do my usual Saturday forage. Instead, I went up to the “quiet corner” of CT to Sharpe Hill Vineyard in Pomfret. I am quite fond of their Cabernet Franc and my local liquor store ran out. It’s a 92-mile road trip and I didn’t get there on my Passport Wine Trail Tour last year. On the ride, we passed the town of Coventry (of The Coventry Farmers Market fame) and thought hmmm, it’s not that far. So today (Sunday), I foraged at the Coventry Farmers market. What a market! (I hear that the summer market has 50 vendors and had 5000 customers on opening day last year. Wow.)

I scored:

• stew beef from New Boston Beef in N. Grosvenordale, CT
• cheeses from  Cato Corner Farm, Beltane Farm, and Ladies of Levita Road, Lebanon, CT
• celeriac, yellow and red onions, and bok choy from Wayne’s Organic Garden in Oneco, CT
• Can’t Beet It (a beet and horseradish condiment) that they assure me was made from local farmers market produce.
• Peregion and Jacob’s Cattle dried beans, butternut squash, and raspberry jam from Purity Farm in Moosup, CT
  
• cabbage from Highland Thistle Farm in Canturbury, CT
• arugula microgreens from Two Guys from Woodbridge

There were quite a few other vendors there and it was well worth the trip.

From New Morning Natural Foods, I scored these local items:

• beef short ribs from Laurel Ridge Farm
• spinach from Fort Hill Farm
• eggs from Greyledge Farm
• raw milk from both Foxfire and Stone Wall

Not a bad take for a low-market week!