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Enjoy the local offerings while safely supporting CT-grown products

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NEXT MARKET
January 23, 2021

INDOORS
lITCHFIELD COMMUNITY CENTER

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​421 Bantam Road
​10 AM to 1 PM

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January 23, 2021

1/20/2021

 
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ROASTED WINTER VEGETABLES
While we may miss our fresh from the field summer and fall vegetables, our winter vegetables which keep well into the spring offer some comforting tastes on cold days.  Roasting root vegetables of all sorts increase their flavor and allow for creativity in the oils, herbs, spices you can add to or toss them in.  No reason not to eat healthy and local despite the time of the year.  Search our web-site for preparation suggestions.

Our winter schedule is NOT every week, so our next market will be February 6.


Things of note for the market this week.
  • Vibrant Farm, an organic vegetable producer, joins the market as a new vendor this week.  They will bring microgreens, bunched herbs, live herbs, and live microgreens.  They also will be selling CSA shares.
  • Earth's Palate Farm is bringing lettuce heads, winter greens, plus pasture raised eggs and chicken from Warren Valley Farm.
  • March Farms is with us bringing apples, cider and baked goods.
  • Our regular vendors An Average Jill, Amazing Love Farm, Berry Ledges Apiary, Brits Brands, Brookside Farm syrup, Cato Corner Cheese, Goatboy Soaps, New Park Brewing and Wave Hill Breads are all with us through the indoor season.

Our recipe this week is Potato Vegetable Soup - easy, tasty, hearty and warming.
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We look forward to seeing you at the market.



WHAT WILL BE AT MARKET
Amazing Love Farm - vegan dried snacks
An Average Jill  - granola
Berry Ledges Apiary  - honey
Bolga baskets - market baskets
BritsBrand - British scones and home made clotted cream
Brookside Farm  - maple syrup and maple sugar
Cato Corner Cheese  - artisanal cheeses
Coffee, Tea, Etc. - locally roasted coffee
Earth's Palate Farm - lettuce heads, winter greens, pork
Goat Boy Soaps - goat milk soap
March Farms - apples, cider, squash, baked goods
New Park Brewing  - artisanal, local beer
Vibrant Farm - 
 microgreens, bunched herbs, live herbs, and live microgreens
Warren Valley Farm - organic eggs and chicken
Wave Hill Bread - artisanal breads

We look forward to seeing you all at the market  Stay well.

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SUSTAINABLE TIP OF THE WEEK
These breezy, cold days have us thinking about a winter draft forcing us to crank up the heat and increase your heating bill.  Drafts are a common occurrence around windows and doors, especially in older houses where the wood expands and shrinks as the weather changes. Even newer houses can have drafts that can cause your heating bill to rise. According to the U.S. Department of Energy, drafts can waste 5% to 30% of your energy use. That’s a lot of money and energy waste over the course of a winter!
A tried and true, and simple solution is a draft stopper.  A draft stopper is a tube of fabric and filling that either sits directly against the bottom of your door or windows and blocks the draft.  Amazingly effective if positioned in the right way.  

November 24, 2020

11/19/2020

 
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WELCOME DECEMBER
We have three markets in December (12/5, 12/12, and 12/19) and then take a break until January.  So plan ahead for those non-perishables you want to be sure to have over the holidays.

Things of note for this market.

March Farms requests that you email bakery orders prior to the farm market on Saturday.  Orders for pies,(Apple, apple crumb, pumpkin, strawberry rhubarb, blueberry peach, and peach), Apple cider donuts, and cookies (chocolate chip, peanuts butter, sugar, oatmeal raisin) can be emailed to info@MarchFarm.com.

Barefoot Books.  For those of you who have asked if Barefoot Books is coming to the market, the answer is "no" (per COVID guidelines), but here is a link they have provided so you can order on-line." https://bit.ly/lhfarm  The link is opened Tuesday, December 1st  through Saturday, December 12th.  If you have questions please contact Marsha Miles, our Barefoot Books Community Bookseller  marshabarefootbooks@gmail.com  or call (860) 496-1981   Thank you so much!

Amazing Love and An Average Jill ar scheduled to be at market this week.

Look forward to seeing you at the market.


WHAT WILL BE AT MARKET
Amazing Love Farm - vegan dried snacks
An Average Jill - granola
Berry Ledges Apiary  - honey
Bolga baskets - market baskets
BritsBrand - British scones and home made clotted cream
Brookside Farm  - maple syrup and maple sugar
Cato Corner Cheese  - artisanal cheeses
Coffee, Tea, Etc. - locally roasted coffee
Goat Boy Soaps - goat milk soap
Maple View Farm -  potatoes, onions, leek, lettuce, kale, garlic
March Farms - apples, cider, squash, baked goods
Meadow Rue Gardens ​ -fresh cut bouquets 
New Park Brewing  - artisanal, local beer
Warren Valley Farm - organic eggs
Wave Hill Bread - artisanal breads
Wild Carrot Farm - organic field fresh vegetables and berries, flower bouquets
We look forward to seeing you all at the market  Stay well.
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SUSTAINABLE TIP OF THE WEEK
Think ahead regarding Thanksgiving dinner left overs and make sure you have what you need in the house to transform them into future meals to enjoy over the next week - or throughout the winter.

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    • Winter Harvest 2020