Saturday, December 19, 2009

Connecticut Clan - Your Local Farmers


Here is a "Google Earth" map of CT, showing "placemarks" for your homes, as well as for some of the farms included in the lists you can link to, below.  Once in Google Earth, you can enter the address of any farm or farmers market from these lists, and the program will "Fly" you there.  If you download the placemarks I have already created, you can open them to see address, phone number, and sometimes websites for your local food providers.  DOWNLOAD CT PLACEMARKS.
I love everything about picking APPLES in the Autumn.  America's Northeast Region holds a special allure, with the brilliant colors, sounds and smells of trees draining their leaf energy back to the roots, their leaves drying and falling to the ground.  Find an Apple Orchard near you by clicking CT APPLE ORCHARDS.
How about Farmers Markets for all your fresh local vegetables? Clink on these links for Farms and Markets in MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NEW HAVEN COUNTY, FAIRFIELD COUNTY, HARTFORD COUNTY, and LITCHFIELD COUNTY.
To see MAPS for all these places, you can visit LOCAL HARVEST and put your zip code in the upper right field, to see a map and list of the farmers, farmers markets and subscription farms in your area.  Go ahead and zoom in on the map so you can see the actual locations in detail.
For locally raised, grass fed organic meats and eggs, see EAT WILD - CT for meat growers and vendors in your state.  See their CT-MAP to zoom in and find your closest ranchers.
My favorite COOKING website is ALL-RECIPES - where you can enter a few ingredients you have, and it will give you recipes people have entered, using those ingredients.  You can "scale" each recipe for the number of people you want to serve, or amount of ingredients you have.  You may also search for "articles" offering advice for canning, roasting meat, making jam, chutney, bread, you name it!

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