Bethel, CT Farmers’ Market

The Bethel CT Farmers’ Market is a special event every Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. They are open May to November and are located at 67 Stony Hill Road in Bethel, Connecticut. Some of the amazing offerings include clams, dairy, plants, vegetables, fruit, bread, prepared foods, pork, beef, lamb, eggs, wool, bakery items, …

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Executive Director Sean Fitzpatrick on the iEat Green Podcast with Bhavani Jaroff

Bhavani is the founder of iEat Green, a grassroots platform providing all the goods on a healthy lifestyle. She’s got a stockpile of vegan recipes and weekly podcast interviews with influencers across the organic spectrum. It’s clear she loves to spread the joy of seasonal, simple, home-cooked food to clients, families, schools, and communities. In …

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Seed To Plate: Local Harvest Celebration

PLEASE JOIN US… For our first celebration of everything LOCAL!Local Food • Local Farms • Local Chefs Saturday, October 2nd 6:00 – 9:00Castle Hill Farm 1 Sugar StreetNewtown, Connecticut Three Chef stations each creating two unique small plates from our local harvest: Michael Bick of Some Things Fishy Aromatic Braised Short Ribs and Market Greens …

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Waldingfield Farm

Waldingfield Farm is a historic farm located in Washington, CT.  Quincy Horan and his brothers reclaimed their great grandfather’s farmland in 1990 long after it had waned in the decline of the dairy industry after WW2.  They started farming just an acre and since then have created a certified organic farm that is one of …

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Shortt’s Farm

Shortt’s Farm is a beautiful six acre, USDA certified organic vegetable farm located at 52 Riverside Road in Sandy Hook, CT. Sue, Jim and their sons James and Jesse are first generation farmers who grow and sell many different types of vegetables including hard to find heirloom varieties. They also have everything you need to …

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Food System and Food Security

Our Food System is everything involved in production, processing, distribution, consumption to waste.  From farm to table!  Our current production system has been very successful but, with consequences.  We have never produced more food worldwide, but we are dealing with unprecedented numbers of Malnutrition, Obesity, Chronic hunger, and Chronic disease. The mono-crop production and processing …

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