Good Eats • Markets

Autumn is apples, all kinds of squashes, pumpkins for pie. Cabbage and kale, greens and squashes, good things to eat. TW/MDP

Love farm markets and unique products? Try looking on Farm Market Finds, where you can search by location or interest. Recipes too. NOFA CT Annual Farm & Food Guide – ‘the' local guide to organically-certified and sustainable farms, with 13,000 copies distributed and featured online so consumers find good food, grown close to home. Here's the link to see what's inside.

Just picked.

Here's a link to CT Department of Agriculture which includes pick your own (PYO) farm and orchards – details are there for places to find places to seasonal offerings.

Backroads are rich in beauty. This is Tiffany Farms in Connecticut – as seen from the roadside.

Great food, locally produced – all year long. Stop by Killam & Bassette (K&B) Farmstead, South Glastonbury, farmstand; full “honor system” format; located at 14 Tryon St., South Glastonbury. Fresh farm eggs, jams, jellies, gift baskets, pork (raised on the farm); fresh cabbage. Oh, just go see and try their relish, available in a sugar-free version (no artificial sweeteners, it's plain delicious). Much more; CSA too.

Also see our Ag • Resources page.

Choose local sources and foods grown in rich soil when possible. If something kills insects, you may want to think about what that substance does to larger animals – human beings – especially to the nervous systems and immune systems of young developing ones. Find a way to choose chickens and pigs and beef that are pastured in real grass, fed quality hay and good grains – stress is a real factor to any living thing. Everything in moderation. Get outside. Sleep. Play. Keep busy.

To See Through A Child's Eyes.

“If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; if in terms of 10 years, plant trees; if in terms of 100 years, teach the people.” – Confucius