[snoopy33]

I'm trying to find a farmers market around Harford. I recently moved from Atlanta and we had an International market, it a grocery store open all year round. You can find anything and everything that you need. everything is fresh and sooooooooo much cheaper than actual grocery stores. Does anyone know anything like that in CT? I'm looking for a place I can buy fresh veggetables and fruits.
The only thing I can find here is the seasonal markets they have during the summer. is there an actual farmers market where they sell fresh products all year round. PLEASE HELP

[JayCT]

Yes there are. There is the Regional Market on on Brainard Road in the South Meadows. They are open very early on weekend mornings. I also believe that there is a market downtown in the warmer weather. Other here may know more. I will look into it further later and post what I find. Jay

[AmyBergquist]

You might also want to try Apple Tree at 490 New Park Ave. in West Hartford. They have all kinds of fruits and veggies at better prices than the local supermarkets. They also have a fish/seafood section.

[Silli]

As far as I know the closest year round farmers' market to Hartford is in New Haven at Wooster Square. Can Jay give us more info about the Regional Market? I've been there in spring for plants and it didn't strike me as a place regular folk would go to buy produce, but maybe I'm wrong?

[AmyBergquist]

I thought it was mostly restaurants that shopped at the Regional Market because they make you buy in bulk (ie- 20lb bags of onions, etc.)...

[JViello]

May I point out that most of our local supermarkets ARE our famers markets?

More than not, the produce you'll find at places like Highland Park Market are all from local farms right down to local eggs, poultry, buffalo etc.

Farm-fresh produce

I've even seen a pickup truck (With CT plates) outside of Stop and Shop with the bed full of fresh picked corn being hauled inside and going directly on the display.

Granted not ALL produce is, but if you look for it, it's there - and more so in the small markets such as Highland Park. I think "Connecticut Grown" is the catch phrase they put on the labels for produce but even then you get great products from the other New England and NY/PA family farms as well.

For instance, Stonyfield Farms (Organic Yogurt etc) is a small farm in Londonderry New Hampshire. I met the owner up at the Big-E and can assure you, their products in the supermarket are from a "local farm".

Stonyfield Yogurt - About Us (http://www.stonyfield.com/AboutUs - broken link)

Same with a lot of meats and cheeses and what not. Just read the labels. You'll see Calabro Cheeses (Riccotta, Mozzarella etc) with a label "East Haven CT".

Or you might see a local chorizo with a label from Fall River MA or a Kielbasa from New Britain CT.

You just have to search around and know where to get what. Something as simple as Adam's Polish Foods in Vernon can provide you with on site made meat and foods.

Adam's Polish Food Polskie Delicatesy, Vernon, CT

Best of luck, don't get discouraged. We do things a little different around here, more old world style IMO instead of the "big box" style. Once you figure it out, you might find more than you hoped too.

[Leilani Vasquez]

I work in the Windsor area. We have farmers that rent land from us (in season), and sell their produce to local grocery stores.