SAY HELLO to Chester Sunday Market’s 2013 vendor line-up. We couldn’t ask for a more well-rounded, connected, hard-working and delightful group of people who so passionately bring us their amazing products, helpful expertise and friendly smiles every Sunday.

 

Alforno Bread  (B)

Known for its from-scratch kitchen and Tuscan-inspired menu, Alforno Tratoria (Old Saybrook) brings their artisan bread to Chester Sunday Market. We dare you not to start pulling one of their breads apart before you get home. www.alforno.net

 

Beckett Farms  (V)

Website: www.beckettfarms.com

Beltane Farm  (C)

Beltane Farm is a small farmstead and artisan cheese producer making a variety of fine goat milk cheeses. Although their award winning fresh Chevre is the most popular cheese at Beltane, they also make a number of fine French style ripened cheeses as well as Feta. Their Oberhasli and La Mancha goats are milked twice daily and provide the milk for their cheese  There is no use of pesticides, hormones or prophylactic antibiotics in the feed or raising of their goats. All of their cheeses are made with vegetable rennet. Beltane Farm is owned by Paul Truby and is located in Lebanon, CT. Jackie Reynolds of Oak Leaf Dairy, also in Lebanon, creates 100% natural goats milk soap, fragrances, and essential oils, as well as unscented soaps. Paul and Jackie combine their resources in making their exceptional cheeses and soaps which they offer at the market each week.    Website: www.beltanefarm.com

Cato Corner Farm Cheese (C)

Cato Corner Farm is a small family farm in Colchester, Connecticut, where the mother-son team of Elizabeth MacAlister and Mark Gillman raise 40 free-range Jersey cows without the use of hormones or sub-therapeutic antibiotics. Mark and Elizabeth hand-make a dozen styles of aged farmhouse cheeses ranging from mild and milky to runny and pungent to sharp and firm. Taste Cato’s award-winning cheeses. You’re in for a special treat.    Website: www.catocornerfarm.com

Chatfield Hollow Farm (V)

Chatfield Hollow Farm is a forest farm nestled between two ponds in Killingworth, CT. We produce high quality log cultured shiitake mushrooms. Our delicious shiitakes are naturally grown without the use of herbicides or pesticides utilizing sustainably harvested trees from the property.

Deep Hollow Farm

Dondero Orchards  (V, F)

Joe and Sandy Dondero of South Glastonbury offer lettuce, peas, radishes, rhubarb, squash, cherries, asparagus, cucumbers, tomatoes and raspberries as well as seasonal fall and summer vegetables. Also, a variety of fresh baked goods, jams and pickles to die for.    Website: www.donderoorchards.com

Frank Andrews Mobile Kitchen LLC

Frank Andrews Mobile Kitchen LLC offers high-quality locally grown and prepared foods. Our handmade, tossed Napolitano-style pizzas are baked in our artisan wood-fired oven. As a mobile food vendor, we have the unique ability to travel throughout Connecticut to serve customers wherever they may be located.    Website: http://franksmobilekitchen.com

Four Mile River Farm  (M, FR, HF)

Four Mile River Farm is a family run farm in Old Lyme, CT owned by Nunzio and Irene Corsino. They raise all natural angus steers with no added hormones, antibiotics or growth stimulants where they graze on natural, local pasture, corn silage and grain. They will also be offering pork and fresh eggs. Their motto: family farming not factory farming.    Website: www.fourmileriverfarm.com

 

Gourmavian Farms  (M, FR, HF)

Gourmavian Farms is a small family business, headquartered in Bolton, CT. They grow their own heritage colored-feather chickens. The birds are grown slowly over a 9-12 week period, in order to achieve superior taste and texture. These hardy birds are bred from “Old World” chickens originating in France and Italy.

We seek to honor the tradition of foods that are locally grown, and prepared and enjoyed with time and care. Growing emphasis on “know your farmer, know your food,” the locavore and slow-food movements are all increasing demand for Connecticut Grown poultry.

As a poultry grower, we are committed to responsible animal care and environmental protection. We also seek to engage the community while producing a safe, wholesome, high-quality Connecticut Grown product. Our mission includes connecting people to agriculture, through farmer's markets, agricultural fairs, the Ag in the Classroom Initiative, 4-H and other educational venues.    Website: http://gourmavian.com

The Hay House  (FL)

David Brown offers gorgeous, organic cut flowers, vegetables, eggs and jam. The Hay House farm, located in Old Saybrook, CT, is a multi-faceted operation, including the farm, an art studio and stupa. The farm is “off the grid” and operates according to ecologically sound principles. David is a fine artist of growing flowers and paintbrush alike.    Online: hayhouseonline.blogspot.com

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Hidden Brook Gardens, LLC  (O)

Hidden Brook Gardens, LLC, is a certified organic farm located

in Ledyard, CT. They specialize in fruit, vegetables and herbs and focus on heirloom varieties to encourage bio-diversity as well as excellent flavors. Bill Sokol and Anita Kopchinski are guided by their philosophy which is to maintain the farm in balance with nature by enriching and continuously building the farm’s soil with organic compost and amendments.  Website: www.hiddenbrookgardens.com

Howard’s Bread LLC  (B)

Howard Kaplan of Chester CT, creates the most irresistible variety of artisian breads. Be sure to get to his booth early to get your favorite loaf.

 

Hunts Brook Farm  (V, FL)

Hunts Brook Farm is a small family farm in Quaker Hill, CT. We grow vegetables, cut flowers, herbs, fruit, and berries and are continuing to grow every year! We use organic practices, although we are not certified. We have a CSA, a farm stand, and also go to local farmers markets. huntsbrookfarm.wordpress.com

The Local Catch  (SF)

Captain Rich Cook has been a full-time commercial fisherman since 1980. The Local Catch is a local seafood processor and wholesaler that markets local seafood to local consumers. They will be bringing to Chester a wide variety of seafood, as well as one pound bags of clams, oysters and mussels. When you purchase seafood from The Local Catch, you help your local commercial fishermen stay in business, reduce the carbon footprint of the seafood you consume while obtaining the highest quality seafood available and you’ll enjoy one of the biggest perks of being a New Englander: the world-famous seafood off our shores!   

Website: http://thelocalcatch.com/default.aspx

McLean Farms

Mayflower Soaps  (S)

Mayflower is a small hobby farm located in Southeastern Connecticut where a small herd of Oberhasli and LaMancha dairy goats spend their days grazing. Mayflower just happens to be one of their beautiful goats from which they get their rich creamy goat milk. Their soaps are handmade in small batches with the finest ingredients to ensure a high quality bar of soap.    Website:  www.mayflowersoaps.net/

   

Stonewall Apiary  (S, H)

Founded in 1998, Stonewall Apiary is a 3 acre farm in Hanover, CT, run by Stuart Woronecki. Stuart will be joining the market this year bringing to Chester his gloriously rich, dark honey and honey based products.  Website: www.ct-honey.com 

Sweetwater Farm  (MS, E)

John Shail and Donna Barnes offer their wonderful and amazing maple syrup and fresh greens. Like no syrup you’ve ever tasted. John taps maple trees all through Chester and surrounding towns to find the gallons and gallons of sap he needs. Long, intricate lines of tubing winding through woods and around trees allow sap to drip into buckets in early spring. Sweetwater Farm is a jewel of a farm right here in Chester. Find Donna and John at their booth on Water St. directly in front of The Willow Tree, Donna’s eclectic vintage clothing shop.