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Saturday’s Forage, 2/28/2010

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This week’s forage was short and close to home. The Fairfield Winter Market was canceled due to the snow and it was an off week for the New Haven Wooster Market. Thank goodness for New Morning Natural Foods, where I scored these local items:

Not a bad catch for the day. For the rest, there’s the freezer!

Connecticut, farmer's markets, foraging, locavore, winery

Sunday’s Forage, 1/31/2010

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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:

Not a bad take for a low-market week!

farmer's markets, foraging, locavore

Saturday’s Forage, 1/23/2010

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Wow—it’s been month since my last Saturday forage and the first of the year!

It was great to be back at the Fairfield Winter Market, which is happily back indoors. (Although, truth be told, it was probably warmer outside than inside this week!) I scored:

NOTE: No Fairfield Winter Market next week (1/30). The market will resume on Saturday, February 6, 2010.

Then on to New Morning Natural Foods where I scored these local items:

Good to be back in the groove.

farmer's markets, farms, foraging

Winter Break

Most of my usual haunts are closed for the holidays.

Looks like I’ll be hitting up the freezer more than usual, visiting Stuarts Family Farm, and running to New Morning Natural Foods for their local fare.

I will miss my farmers. My Saturday forages are more than grocery shopping—they’re visits, educational opportunities, and often entertainment. This is not Stop and Shop!

Still, my farmers will be with me—I do think of them as I cook and eat my meals. It’s almost as if they’re there at the table. In a way, they are. I certainly don’t begrudge them this time off. They have more than earned it, especially this past year. I hope their break is restful and restorative and I look forward to seeing them when they return.

Happy Holidays to all of you!