NEW MILFORD, CT

Certified Organic

Fort Hill Farm is a family-run, certified organic farm growing in the heart of New Milford, CT. Farmers use growing systems that are based on time-honored, ecologically sound agricultural principles that build healthy soils, such as composting, crop rotation, and the addition of rock mineral powders. Since 2002, Paul Bucciaglia, Rebecca Batchie, and a skilled and dedicated crew of growers, apprentices, family, and friends have promoted practices that result in healthy soils, reduce pest pressure, and protect the environment. Fort Hill Farm’s goal is to produce the best tasting, freshest, organically grown food they can for local food lovers in western Connecticut.

Fort Hill Farm offers a bountiful harvest of certified organic vegetables, herbs, flowers and small fruit on 15 acres of its 38 acre land base. Located on a terrace above the Housatonic River, the farm is blessed with flat, fertile, stone-free soils that have responded well to years of cover crops and compost applications. Customer favorites include local heirloom tomatoes, flavorful garlic, spicy fresh ginger, fresh lettuce, winter spinach, sweet corn, strawberries, and beautfiul flowers.

Fort Hill Farm’s farm stand is open to the public, and also supports a 200 share Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program. You can find their local nourishing produce at the New Milford and Westport Farmers Markets, as well as some specialty markets and grocers including New Morning Market. In addition, Fort Hill Farm gives back to the community it serves by making sizable weekly donations to the New Milford Food Bank.

Located 15 miles from New

ROXBURY, CT Certified Organic

A farming history that dates back to colonial times, the Riverbank has passed through the hands of four different families who have raised crops and milked cows on the land. Riverbank Farm, located in Roxbury, grows a diversity of certified organic vegetables and cut flowers. Nourished by the fertile bottomland soil of the Shepaug River, the farm uses no herbicides, synthetic fertilizers or synthetic pesticides.

David Blyn founded Riverbank Farm thirty years ago. He was drawn to the landscape and river bordering the farm and decided to call it home. As David began to work on the barn, he also decided to grow a half acre of vegetables. The half acre increased each year until David began farming full time in 1991. In the summer of 1996, while delivering produce during a full moon in Long Island, David met Laura. Their love for farming and each other blossomed into a bountiful farm. David and Laura believe that once you eat vegetables from the farm, the farm becomes part of you. Together they have learned to build a resilient farming operation and truly enjoy the harvest. They now have three children, Lily, Alice, and Stella, who add love and laughter to each farm day.

Located miles from New

BETHLEHEM, CT

Certified Organic

Sun One Organic Farm is a small farm located in the beautiful rolling hills of Bethlehem, CT. Since 1890, the Maddox family has worked the land. In 1998, Rob Maddox revitalized the farm with a new clear vision, and Sun One Organic Farm was born. The farm has grown every season into 7 gorgeous acres of organically grown vegetables and fruit, providing harvest to local businesses like New Morning Market, The Watertown Farmers’ Market and offering a Summer CSA program.

Organic is a choice Sun One Organic Farm takes to heart and is proud to sustain with their minimalist approach to farming practices. They understand that the soil feeds the plant as the plant feeds the person, so they stay committed to never spraying their crops or soil with synthetic chemicals.

With a straight-forward, people-powered approach employing ethical farming practices, Sun One Organic Farm’s goal is to grow nutrient-dense food for the community without harming the planet. The Sun One Organic Farm team loves inspiring people to know that with time and hard work, anyone can grow healthy food to achieve a healthy body and a healthy mind.

CORNWALL, CT

Farmer’s Pledge Operating for over 40 years

Ridgway Farm is a family run farm located in North Cornwall, CT. Created by Gordon Ridgway and his father, Bruce in 1980, they were a part of the early movement of people who wanted to see food grown in a different way. They cared about reducing food miles, connecting with customers, providing a healthy work environment, promoting biodiversity, and growing varieties of crops that tasted better. All while operating an environmentally and economically sustainable farming system. Now, Gordon’s wife Jayne and their three children, Elizabeth, Ian and Rebecca all live and work on the farm.

The farm grows produce organically in the summer and sells at the Kent and West Cornwall Farmers Markets, local stores like New Morning Market, restaurants, and a roadside 24-hour vegetable stand.

The farm even produces syrup in the spring, and raises cattle, horses, pigs, and chickens. Ridgway Farm participates in the Northeast Organic Farming Association of Connecticut Farmers pledge program. The family is steadfast in keeping their farming practices true to their vision for a better food system.

NAUGUTUCK, CT

Certified Organic Focused on Sustainability and Community

Sunset Farm, a certified organic vegetable and flower farm in Naugatuck is focused on sustainability and the community.

Kaitlyn Kimball and Lawrence Passeck founded Sunset Farm in 2018. In that time they have cultivated 4 acres into vegetable and flower production, built a CSA program, attend numerous farmers markets around the state and sell to grocers like New Morning Market. Kaitlyn and Lawence are first generation farmerstheir love of food stemming from time in their grandparents’ gardens as children - and they hope to cultivate that same joy for their children and community.

Sunset Farm is committed to using chemical-free practices on their farm. They do not use pesticides or synthetic fertilizers and only use certified organic, non-GMO seeds. They nurture their soil with organic compost, natural soil amendments, and cover crops. Their main goals in production are to operate sustainably, transparently, and naturally - focusing on the soil’s fertility, creating balanced ecological systems on the farm, using low-till practices, and permanent beds - resulting in a regenerative method that builds the soil’s fertility and lessens erosion. Sunset Farm is also committed to sustainability - avoiding single use plastic items, using compostable packaging, reusable weed fabric, recyclable materials, and relying on solar panels that help to offset energy consumption. They also donate produce to combat food insecurity.

Sunset Farm is transparent and believes access to fresh and healthy food is a human right.

MORRIS, CT Adheres to the National Organic Program Standards

Located in Morris, CT, Hungry Reaper Farm believes in growing food in a manner that is beneficial to the soil, water, air and people. On their farm, they use practices that adhere to the National Organic Program standards, which means Hungry Reaper Farm never uses synthetic fertilizers or pesticides. They only use OMRI (Organic Materials Review Institute) approved inputs and strive to manage their farm in a way that mimics the systems observed in nature. Compost teas, attracting beneficial insects, crop rotation, biodiversity of plants/soil microbes, and cover cropping are just some of the strategies Hungry Reaper Farm uses to produce delicious vegetables for their community. The result is produce that’s both safe and ecologically friendly. While farmers often get a bad reputation for being damaging to the environment, Hunger Reaper Farm believes that responsible management of farmland has the power to sequester carbon, protect our natural resources, and ensure stability of our planet for generations to come.

Located 11 miles from New Morning Market

Though they are not certified organic at this time, Hungry Reaper has an open invite to their customers to come to the farm and see their practices in action.

Jill Verzino and Will O’Meara are the Co-Founders and Farm Managers of Hungry Reaper Farm and are joined by Farm Manager, Enya Cunninghan. Together they make the team that drives the mission. You can find their vegetables for sale at New Morning Market, The Market in Bantam, Phinney’s Local Grocer in Newtown, and at The Farmers Market Of Black Rock in Bridgeport, CT. They also have a robust CSA that runs June through October where you can invest in the community farm, receiving a “share” of the available produce throughout the growing season weekly.

BETHLEHEM, CT

Uses Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Growing Practices

4th Generation Family Farm

March Farms is a fourth generation family farm located in Bethlehem among the beautiful rolling hills of Litchfield County. Originally purchased in 1915, it has been passed down from family member to family member and has evolved to the strong, sustainable farm it is today.

Visiting the farm you’ll find, greenhouses with a variety of tomato types, cucumbers, squash, lettuce & salad greens, fruit orchards and sweet corn fields. You can even “Pick-Your-Own” for berries, fruit, and pumpkins or find them at local markets like New Morning Market.

March Farms is proud of the significant efforts they employ to minimize their environmental footprint while balancing the need to be economically viable. They have achieved this using a sound, structured Integrated Pest Management Program. IPM is an effective and environmentally sensitive approach to pest management that relies on a combination of scouting, timely action steps & overall knowledge. This information, in combination with available pest control methods, is used to manage pest damage by the most economical means, and with the least possible hazard to people, property, and the environment.

Although not certified organic, a number of March Farms’ produce items are grown completely chemically free. Produce grown chemically free is meticulously maintained which lowers the risk of disease & infection to the plant due to human pruning/training errors. Extensive daily scouting is performed to identify any potential issue before it becomes a serious problem with many types of beneficial insects released on a weekly basis to keep pest pressure in check.

EASTON, CT Certified Organic for Over 20 Years

The Gilbertie family has more than 100 years of experience dedicated to helping their customers grow their gardens and enjoy fresh produce. Sal Gilbertie, third generation grower and one of the country’s leading experts on herbs and vegetables for a half-century, continues to keep Gilbertie’s name synonymous with the highest quality herbs and vegetables.

Since its start as a cut flower farm in the early 1920’s, the Gilbertie family has adapted to their changing community. Today Gilbertie’s Organics produces some of the finest certified organic, soil-grown microgreens, lettuces, arugula, spinach, Swiss chard, field vegetables and of course herbs, in the United States. Their dedication to certified organic practices and maintaining the integrity of each plant is what sets their farm apart.

Gilbertie’s Organics grows their microgreens in 10” x 20” trays or flats, filled with their own organic soil blend and sells a wide variety of cut greens and vegetables. Gilbertie’s Organics also established the first certified organic greenhouse farm in New England, and grows more than 200 varieties of herbs and 100 types of vegetables. Find them at local farmers’ markets or grocers like New Morning Market.

Serves 2

INGREDIENTS

• 3 cups of Gilbertie’s Microgreens

• 1/2 cup of Pea Shoots

• 1/2 Sugar Snap Peas

• 1/2 cup of blanched Peas

PREPARATION:

1. Simply put the edibles and vegetables in a bowl and toss.

2. Drizzle some Balsamic vinegar and Extra Virgin Olive Oil to taste and toss again.

WOODBURY, CT Certified Veteran Operation & Farmer’s Pledge Adheres to the National Organic Program Standards

We don’t have to dig too deep to unearth the many advantages of eating a dietlargely comprised of plants. The nutrients and digestive enzymes that plants offer us have the ability to transform our health in miraculous ways. Though the Standard American Diet (SAD) promotes the consumption of food that may not be the best, a growing number of usare now waking up to the benefits of diets that are more plant-dominant. Sprouted greens are the germinated seeds of plants, jam-packed with the building blocks of nutritional and digestive health, which also serve as a fantastic source of antioxidants. When we look at the most common deficiencies we face as Americans, we see that many of us lack the adequate amounts of the vitamins and minerals we need to bolster our cellular health and immune system function. In various sprouted greens, we find easy access to essential vitamins like A, C, K, and B, along with folic acid for healthy blood cells, sulforaphane for heart health, phosphorus for strong bones and teeth, and magnesium for almost every function in the body.

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Founded by Yohance and Mei Ling Martin of Woodbury Connecticut, Upper Grassy Greens is a Veteran-owned and operated family business that brings these locally-sourced, nutrient-packed greens to your doorstep. Available in a growing variety of high-end restaurants, trusted grocers, and farmers’ markets, Upper Grassy Greens has applied their passion for the health and wellness of their family to create a sustainable business that promotes the wellbeing of their community.

There are many ways to use these versatile green foods. Aside from using greens as a beautiful garnish to entrees, or finishers for salads and soups, I personally enjoy eating them right out of the container! One of my favorite ways to get my “greens in” is to toss a heaping handful into my daily smoothie. For those with an aversion to munching on raw plants, this may be the most simple and practical way to ensure that one can incorporate these powerful plants into their (and their family’s) diet on a regular basis without much thought or preparation at all.

Located 5 miles from New Morning Market

Written by - Kahseim C. Outlaw, B.S.Education, M.A. Integrative Health, Wellness Educator and Mindfulness Facilitator

INGREDIENTS:

• 1 or 2 ripe-overripe bananas

• ¼-½ cup of nuts (walnuts, almonds or cashews)

• ¼ cup of seeds (chia, flax, hemp, pumpkin; 1 tbsp of each)

• ½-1 cup of fresh or frozen berries

• Handful of leafy greens

• A hefty pinch or handful of your favorite sprouts from Upper Grassy Greens

• 2-3 cups of spring water or plant-based milk

OPTIONAL ADD-ONS:

• 1-2 tbsp of cacao powder

• 1 tbsp of sunflower butter

• 1 tbsp of spirulina/chlorella powder

• 1 tbsp of coconut oil

• 20-40 drops of trace minerals

Great for a snack or just a healthy dose of well-rounded nutrition for your day.

BANTAM, CT Certified Naturally Grown Produce

Vibrant Farm grows and distributes high-quality produce using practices in balance with natural systems in local Bantam, CT. They are Certified Naturally Grown (the grassroots alternative to certified organic) and specialize in year-round greens and a selection of seasonal veggies, herbs, berries, and flowers. Vibrant Farms focuses on growing consistent staples, while providing specialty vegetable varieties that are fun and familiar in the kitchen. Find them at the Litchfield Farmers Market, through a CSA membership, online ordering from their farmstand, restaurants in Litchfield County and grocery stores like New Morning Market. Vibrant Farms is a conscious business aspiring to be inclusive, generous, and committed to their employees, community,

BRIDGEWATER, CT

Family-run farm No spraying of chemicals

Nature View Farm is a family run farm in Bridgewater, CT. In addition to their grass-fed raw milk, free range eggs, and heirloom produce, they raise grass-fed-grass-finished beef and lamb, pastured chicken, and milk-fed pork. Nature View Farms sells their goods to both wholesale and retail markets, which includes their onsite farm stand open 10am6pm everyday.

Though their production is very diversified, their goal is to consistently be the best stewards possible, keep it simple, and work hard. They strive to grow only heirloom varieties, and NEVER use ANY chemicals on their fields or pastures.

Support local and learn more by purchasing their products directly at Nature View Farm, local farmers’ markets or at New Morning Market.

MERIDEN, CT Low-spray & IPM practices

High Hill Orchard is a beautiful picturesque CT based farm with lots of history! High Hill Orchard has been proudly serving the community for over 70 years and is one of the few remaining farms still operating in the city of Meriden. Wayne and Denise Young run the daily operations of this small family owned business which encompasses four generations of experience in fruit tree production.

Wayne is an active member of CT Northeast Organic Farming Association, CT Farm Bureau and the CT Pomological Society and has dedicated much of his lifetime incorporating:

• Holistic management practices

• Environmentally sound farming techniques

• Regenerative agriculture

It is their desire to offer customers the healthiest Nutrient Dense fruits and veggies possible!

High Hill Orchard’s growing methods support the health of the plants without endangering the soil they grow in or the people who eat them. In order to produce the tastiest, highest quality produce, we cultivate our farm in a manner which works in balance with nature.

We nourish the life of the soil by utilizing composts, mineral rich rock powders, and other natural supplements. In both our fruit and vegetable production, we build the vigor and strength of the trees and plants so they can flourish in an ever changing Northeast climate. Our farming sustainability has increased with the use of organic, ecological & regenerative techniques.

Pick your own blueberries and apples seasonally at the orchard!

SOUTHBURY, CT

Low-spray & IPM practices Land Preserve Grown

Specializing in antique, uncommon apple varieties, Hidden Gem Orchard is a no-frills apple orchard located in the Purchase section of Southbury, CT. It was established in 2017 on land that was formerly part of the Southbury Training School farm. It currently consists of 4,000 apple trees grown on 6 acres. Over 31 apple varieties are grown with more being added each year. Some are “common” varieties that consumers are generally aware of such as Honeycrisp, McIntosh, Gala, Cortland and Fuji. Others are either uncommon or antique apples that are scarcely available. Examples include varieties such as Esopus Spitzenburg, which was Thomas Jefferson’s favorite apple grown at Monticello. These one-of-a-kind medley of apples make this orchard unique and truly a “hidden gem.”

Hidden Gem uses some organic pest control products IPM practices (Integrated Pest Management). Pest control decisions are based on recommendations from Cornell NEWA (The Network for Environment and Weather Applications) which has models that predict infection periods and the onset of various insect and disease pests. The idea is to spray only when needed which limits the amount of pesticides used. Additionally, Hidden Gem Orchards stops spraying well in advance of harvest (most insects and diseases are problematic in spring and early summer). You can find them at local farmers’ markets or grocers like New Morning Market.

WASHINGTON DEPOT, CT

Family run with farming traditions tied to the 1700’s Low-spray & IPM practices

Averill Farm has been operated continuously by the Averills since it was purchased in 1746 from the holdings of Chief Waramaug. Previously a dairy farm, today the 260-acre property is primarily a fruit orchard, but also produces hay, Christmas trees and has an assortment of locally sourced goods. Tyson Averill, of the 10th generation runs the farm with help from his wife Jennifer, father Sam, mother Susan, and several full and part-time employees.

The apples and pears grown in the 30 acre orchard, are grown as naturally as possible with love and nature in mind. The fruit is sold both as picked fruit and pick-yourown (PYO). Visit the farm or New Morning Market to try their fresh bounties.