We are excited to welcome Mark & Rebecca Salva and Biossential Greens as market vendors this season. One cannot help but be excited to try their products, as they exude nothing but passion and enthusiasm for their venture into urban farming. Hartford residents for many years, the married couple started questioning our complex food system…
Doug Crane greets you with a twinkle in his eye when you visit his table at the farmers’ market. He is one of the most positive, energetic and friendly people one could ever meet. Most Saturdays he is dressed in his signature short-sleeved button-down shirt, slightly too large, adorned with brightly colored shapes and sizes…
Meet the Vendors Featured Blog Series Ellington resident Marie Bedor, owner of Toes to Nose Soaps, is a true artisan –“one who produces something in limited quantity, often using traditional methods.” She blends ingredients like lye, herbs, oils and spices to create specialty soaps for holidays with names like angel, pumpkin spice and holly berry…
Moser Dairy has been an icon in Ellington Connecticut since 1900, and all who grew up in town can surely remember warm summer evenings lined up waiting for ice-cream while petting the baby animals in their mini-farm in the 1960s and 1970s. This is a story that spans four generations, and of remarkable achievement through hard work and the willingness to take chances and embrace change.
The Cohen family has been farming in Ellington for 99 years. I recently had the pleasure of meeting and talking with Sanford (Sandy) Cohen about the history of the Cohen family and farm. I was amazed at the details that Sandy could remember; names and dates came easily to him as he told his family’s…
The Edward Luginbuhl farm featured in this post is one dear to me as it is the farm on which Adele Trueb, my mother-in-law, grew up with her seven brothers and three sisters. I have spent many hours over the years enjoying from Adele and her siblings the often humorous, sometimes frightening and always entertaining…
As part of our continuing effort to promote local farms and introduce our market vendors, we are pleased to feature Smyth’s Trinity Farm located in Enfield, Connecticut, which has been a mainstay of the Ellington Farmers’ Market for many years. It’s a story of hard work, determination, and entrepreneurship. Enjoy! Smyth’s Trinity Farm History The Smyth Family has…
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