TORRINGTON, CT

GMO-Free

Hydroponic

CT Food 4 Thought is a nonprofit organization based in Torrington, Connecticut, with a mission to provide healthy and locally grown food to the community while creating job opportunities for local residents.

Their parent company and the founder of CT Food 4 Thought, New Opportunities, Inc. is a community based organization in Waterbury with the mission to work with the most vulnerable in our communities to provide direct social service assistance programming while enacting community level change and empowering individuals to reach their maximum potential.

They began planting in December 2021 and have since been focused on producing high-quality, nutrient-dense food for the community. As a hydroponic farm, they use cutting-edge technology to grow fresh produce year-round in a controlled environment, ensuring that they are producing food in a sustainable and eco-friendly manner.

Their focus on providing living wage jobs and CEA job training sets them apart from other farms in the area. They believe that by offering our employees a living wage and the opportunity to receive job training, they are not only creating jobs but also supporting the local economy.

Their produce goes to local grocery stores, schools, hospitals, and food security programs, allowing them to directly impact the health and well-being of those in our community.

Located 26 miles from New

WOODBURY, CT Sustainably Grown

Food 4 Thought is a nonprofit or- ganization based in Torrington, Con- necticut, with a mission to provide healthy and locally grown food to the community while creating job op- portunities for local residents.

CT

Their parent company and the founder of CT Food 4 Thought, New Opportunities, Inc. is a community based organiza- tion in Waterbury with the mission to work with the most vulnerable in our communities to provide direct social service assistance programming while enacting community level change and empowering individuals to reach their maximum potential.

With open window views of her beautiful garden, Leslie Gamsjager creates amazing florals arrangements from her adjacent studio. The joy of flowers started at a young age for Leslie and that passion has only grown. The simple task of cutting flowers and bringing them inside is ingrained in her. Not to mention the skill from husband Don who keeps the garden trimmed and in vibrant shape with his horticulture background. Together, they are the perfect pair. The Gamsjager’s 4 acre Woodbury property is covered with 2 acres of flowers and surrounded by horse pasture and a beautiful creek. The one of a kind beauty is spread to local flower shops in town, farmers markets, roadside stands and grocers like New Morning Market, where you can find the Gamsjagers beautiful buds.

They began planting in December 2021 and have since been focused on producing high-quality, nutrient-dense food for the community. As a hydroponic farm, they use cutting-edge technology to grow fresh produce year-round in a controlled environment, ensur ing that they are producing food in a sustainable and eco-friendly manner.

Their focus on providing living wage jobs and CEA job training sets them apart from other farms in the area. They believe that by of fering our employees a living wage and the opportunity to receive job training, they are not only creating jobs but also supporting the local economy.

Their produce goes to local grocery stores, schools, hospitals, and food security programs, allowing them to directly impact the health and well-being of those in our community.

KENT, CT

Sustainably Grown Stewards of Soil Conservation

Anderson Acres is a 200 acre estate located in Kent, Connecticut. After being tended to by three generations of the Anderson family, the farm was purchased by the Saltz family in 2011. They grow sustainable flowers and create unique floral designs for the families and communities in Litchfield County. Its rolling hills, pastures, and wetlands are being preserved in conjunction with the Northwest Connecticut Land Conservancy, ensuring that this lovely acreage will remain ecologically sound for generations to come. When you purchase flowers grown on their land, you can be assured that they were grown with integrity and care. The farm never uses harmful fertilizers, pesticides, or herbicides on any of their fields. Instead, they focus on the humble resource that makes all of their growing possible: the soil. Through the yearly testing and amending of their growing areas, as well as the continual addition of compost to our fields, they work to restore and improve their soil’s health. Find their beautiful blooms at local markets, specialty grocers like New Morning Market and local restaurants.

SOUTHBURY, CT

Sustainably Grown

Located

15 miles from New Morning Market

Now focused exclusively on field vegetable production, Daffodil Hill Growers is a third generation farm that specializes in heirloom tomatoes, speciality eggplant, hydroponic lettuce, cut flowers and winter salad greens. They grow their crops using organic techniques, crossed with IPM knowledge for the freshest, sustainably grown produce around. Only one of a few farms in the area growing vegetables year round using an unheated greenhouse known as a high tunnel.

This farm is a deep rooted family affair with everyone pitching in to bring produce to their CSA, local farmers’ markets and specialty grocers like New Morning Market.

WATERBURY, CT Sustainably Grown

Non-GMO

Located 20 miles from New Morning Market

These unique mushrooms are grown using only the finest natural resources like logs, wood shavings and straw. Made without chemicals, fertilizers, GMO’s and cardboard feed, nature is their super power. These 99.9% eco-friendly mushrooms are not packaged, instead they use all reusable glass grow jars from sterilization to fruiting. The zero waste model they emulate aligns with their beauty of simple, outdoor growing in nature. Try the rare varieties of mushrooms from Finch Brook at your local Farmers’ Market or grocers like New Morning Market.

BRIDGEWATER, CT

Net-zero facility

Sustainably grown using organic practices

An impressive net-zero facility with a mission to produce fruits, vegetables, grains, and free range poultry using sustainable organic methods. The Sunny Meadow Farm property has been farmed since the mid 1700’s. With farming roots this deep, its easy to see why the land produces top notch bounties. Committed to sustainable farming, you can find their goods at their onsite farmstand, local farmer’s markets or specialty grocers like New Morning Market.

Located 13 miles from NewMarketMorning

FALLS VILLAGE, CT

In 2006, Kazuhiro Hidaka launched the Krazy for Kazu’s line after his work as a chef developing salad dressings and BBQ sauce. Today they have a product line of 9 award winning salad dressings, sauces and spreads. Since then, Kazu and his wife, Junko, have poured all their energy into creating and producing the best products for their customers. Each and every bottle of the Krazy for Kazu line is made in small batches and bottled by hand to ensure the highest quality product.

Lisa’s 1973 is a food company that believes delicious food can also be good for you and good for the world. They believe in a human-centric approach to sustainability: intentionally selecting every ingredient for your and your loved ones’ health & wellbeing. Remember: Your health is a priority, not an after thought. And everything they do, they do it with love.