March 26, 2020

3/26 Update on Local Food Availability

THE 3/28 FARMERS' MARKET IS CANCELLED.    However, there are still ways to get local food from your favorite vendors.  See the listing below for what/where/how it is available.  We will update the website every few days with more information.  Also, see the information under the Sustainable Tip section about our sister program, the NW CT Regional Food Hub, exploring interest in a drive-through pick-up farm share approach.

• Oliva on Main in Bethlehem is open for takeout EVERY day, 4 PM - 8PM.  Curbside service available.  Contact information olivacafe.com, Oliva on Main Facebook, 203-266-5558
• ​​Mockingbird Kitchen and Bar has a full take-put menu, including bread and her famous salads. Go to their website to see manue and place order.  ​www.mockingbirdkitchenandbar.com
• Wild Carrot Farm's system for online pre-ordering for pick-up at Mockingbird Kitchen & Bar on Saturday, March 28, 10 am - noon is up and running.  Visit How-To Page for more details 
  and Online Farm Stand to place your order. 
• An Average Jill Granola will be available for delivery to Litchfield and the surrounding areas. For more details visit anaveragejillgranola.com. 
• Plum Brook Chocolate  Delivery and pick-up options are available   www.plumbrookchocolate.com 
• Laurel Ridge Farm  CSA shares available   www.lrgfb.com
• Berry Ledges Apiary   honey    berryledges@optonline.net​
• Brookside Farm maple syrup and maple sugar   kaycarroll@aol.com
• Stella Rose Farm  microgreens and mushrooms.  Growing greens for pickup at the farm on scheduled market dates.. Greens: pea shoots, fava bean shoots, a variety of radish, arugula, spicy mix, silk road mix, long life mix, mild mix, and basil, as well as shiitake mushrooms. Contact: email at stellarosefarm@optonline.net or by phone (860) 459-7578 with questions and pricing. Stella Rose Farm Facebook page updated by Thursdays before the market with info on available greens and pricing. Farm pickup is at 466 Torrington Road (US-202), Litchfield.
• Troy Brook Bakery  is available to bake for customers.  Please just let us know what you would like, some ideas:  Irish soda bread, challah, quiche, biscones (gluten free available), cinnamon sugar donuts and donut holes, brownies.  Ask for whatever you would like.  Items can be picked up at 38 Clark Rd in Litchfield.  (The corner of Clark Road and Route 118, grey house and red barn on the corner).  The baked goods will be placed on a table on the covered front porch so you can pick up maintaining total social distancing.  Call or text Barbara at 860-309-5986, email mojongugnoni@gmail.com or message Troy Brook Bakery on Instagram or Facebookcontact 
• Amazing Love Farm snacks, eggs and His Harvest organic produce. On-line ordering, local delivery and farm drive-through pick up. Https://HisHarvestGroup.com  Facebook.com/HisHarvest 203-346-8514
  
• Z Farms   Currently have frozen beef and eggs.  can ship UPS (local deliveries-100$ and up - free). Call ahead for orders.  Pick up at the farm is possible.  Lamb becomes available April; chickens in May; organic vegetables in June.   zfarmsorganic@gmail.com
• Cato Corner Farms cheese and Goatboy Soaps available from kaycarroll@aol.com  
• Farmers and Cooks  were scheduled to join the market as a vendor on the 28th with items to complement our other vendors' options.  For now, owners Julie and Whitney Flood are doing delivery.  Items change weekly including items such as soup, chili and baked goods - regular and gluten free.  ​See offerings at www.farmersandcooks.com.  To order call 646.244.9065 or  email julie@farmersandcooks.com

We look forward to seeing you all again at the market, hopefully sooner than later.  Stay well.

Sustainable Tip of the Week

Interested in weekly fresh produce from local farms?
The Northwest Connecticut Regional Food Hub works with farmers all over northwest Connecticut picking up their fresh, locally grown produce and delivering it to happy wholesale customers (schools, grocery stores, and restaurants).  We want to continue supporting our region’s farmers and getting fresh, healthy food to the region’s residents.  Sadly, in this challenging environment in-person farmers markets are difficult to have and many restaurants are closed. So the Hub is launching a new drive-thru pick-up “farm share” service at selected town hall parking lots.

At this point we need to see how many residents might be interested in this service.  If you are interested, please go to: www.nwctfoodhub.org/farm-share  by March 31st to let us know you would like to participate. No commitment needed at this time, we just want to gauge interest. We hope to begin offering weekly pick up the third week of April.

For more information on how much this would cost, how we will keep you safe, and what could be in a weekly farm share visit this website: https://www.nwctfoodhub.org/farm-share