June - October
Market hours: Saturdays,10 am -1pm
Rain or Shine
The Market will feature these new vendors this summer:
- The Market @ Village Green Shopping Center - coffee, tea, smoothies
Special activities this week:
- Story hour at 10:30 am - wth local artist and children's book illustrator Fran Clem
- Children’s art activity 11 am – 12:30 pm with Fran Clem
- Chef demo - easy summer dips with herbs, spices and yogurt
- Master Gardener - Margy Miner will be available again to answer questions.
- Visiting artist space is available upon request.
- Non-profit space is also available upon request
- Market master tent will continue to feature recipes and sell the very popular Bolga Baskets to help support market expenses.
New this summer:
- Community bulletin board for posting what's happening locally.
- Litchfield Hills Food Systems Raffle to raise funds to support childrens' educational programs associated with mission of sustainable agriculture, local food and healthy, active lifestyles. Litchfield Bancorp donated $5,000 for support of kids educational programs. The proceeds from the raffle will support these programs.
Raffle:
- Ten prizes consistent with mission of sustainable agriculture, local food and promoting healthy and active lifestyles.
- Prizes include - a John Deere "Gator" four-wheel drive vehicle; a gift certificate to The Spa at Litchfied Hills, membership at the Litchfied Athletic Club and a gift certificate or "local menu" at the West Street Grille.
Volunteers are welcomed and encouraged!
Volunteers are always welcomed! There is a lot of set-up at the beginning and packing up at the end. We also encourage high school students to help, we will track and document your hours for community service, future resumes and college applications.
Special Events:
- CJR house tour 7/11 - CT-Grown lunch at the market with Chefs Brendan Martin of Litchfield Inn, Chef Albert Clugston I of Saltwater Grille and Chef Stanley Wang of Kawasaki.
Returning Vendors:
Bantam Bread Company - Bread, baked goods
Beltane Farm - Goat cheese & yogurt
Berry Ledges Apiary - Honey, bee products
Bethlehem Christian Fellowship - Fruit pies
Brookside Farm II - Maple syrup
Cato Corner Farm - Jersey cow cheeses
Columbine Gardens - Potted plants, herbs, flowers
Common Ground Café - Coffee and tea
Deeply Rooted Farm - Strawberries, pumpkins
Dutch Epicure - Baked goods
Eaglewood Farms - Natural pork and beef
Goatboy Soap - Soaps, lotion, lip balm
Gresczyk Farm - Produce, fruit, plants
Laurel Ridge Farm - Grass fed beef
March Farms - Produce, fruit, baked goods
Newgate Farm - Produce, fruit, baked goods
Olive Oil Factory - Olive & grapeseed oil, vinegar
Pleasant Valley Glads - Gladiolas and dahlias in season
Snooty Food - Organic spreads, condiments
Sweet Chow - Ready-to-bake granola
Wave Hill Bread - Artisanal three grain bread
Wild Carrot Farm - Organic produce, plants, flowers
There’s something for everyone at the market. See your neighbors, enjoy the offerings and support CT-Grown products. It’s CT food, fun and community for all ages!
Mission Statement:
Our foundation stones are community-based programs focused on sustainable, local food systems that are respectful of the physical environment in which we exist.
Our aim is to cultivate greater community by nurturing and supporting collaborative teaching and learning experiences, which connect and support sustainable agriculture, local food and active, healthy lifestyles.
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"Eat local" has become the mantra for food purists, spawning new categories of peculiarly American diets: the hundred-mile diet, the slow-foods diet, the locavore diet. Buy your food from a producer you know, the argument goes, and not only do you revitalize a community of farmers, butchers, foragers, and cheesemakers; not only do you avoid those industrial foodstuffs known to contribute to obesity, diabetes, and heart disease; not only do you save the carbon emissions that would have been required to transport the same item thousands of miles; but you will find that the peach or tomato tastes better.
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