Emily Brooks, Higganum Village Farmers Market

Emily Brooks, author of Connecticut Farmer & Feast: Harvesting Local Bounty, chef and founder of the “Edibles Advocate Alliance,” will be at the Higganum Village Farmers' Market on Friday, Oct. 21.

Enjoy live music and stroll at the market (there are only two left in the season). Pick up pumpkins, gourds, fresh cider, or other seasonal delights. Local goods include honey, soaps, sweet treats.

Vendors: June’s Knitwear, Auntie Arwen’s spices and Shoreline Roasters - and others.

For more about the market visit www.higganumvillagemarket.org or find them on Facebook. 

                                  

Hike, Eat, See at Higganum Farm Market

Emily Brooks, chef and author, will meet and greet and sign her book Connecticut Farmer & Feast on Friday, June 17 at the Higganum Village Farmers’ Market. The book published by Globe Pequot Press features 40 farmers and producers and the items they produce from fruits and vegetables to meats, cheeses, and other food items at farm stands, farm markets, and top restaurants.

Or just take a walk with Higganum Vision Group’s Hiking Club, stepping off at 6:30 p.m. Meet in the parking lot in front of Haddam Elementary School for exploring the trail behind the school. Bring along bug spray, water, comfortable shoes and a working whistle. Free.

For more information visit www.higganumvillagefarmersmarket.org or stop by the town green this Friday, rain or shine.

"A State of Farming - Fresh Take" Event

To kick-off the 2011 market season The Higganum Village Farmers' Market organizers will host "A State of Farming - A Fresh Take on Local Food, Local Sustainability, and Farming in Connecticut" on Saturday, April 30. Held at the UConn Cooperative Extension Center, 1066 Saybrook Rd. (Route 154), in Haddam, doors open at 6:30 p.m.

(In Connecticut, Haddam is made up of three main smaller villages; Higganum, Tylerville, and Haddam Neck - which everyone knows, is across the river - not a part of East Haddam for the record, points out Deb Umba, a market organizer.)


Guest speakers include people from Quintessential Gardens at Fort Hill Farm in Thompson; Farmer's Cow; Haddam Conservation Commission. Music from Tom Callinan, Connecticut State Troubadour, and author and writer Steve Grant.

The movie "Fresh" will follow. The film gives voice to the " . . . incredible creativity of individuals who are devoting their lives to producing food differently,"as quoted in EcoSalon. The movie depicts a very hopeful future regarding food production in our country.

Tickets are $10; $8 with a non-perishable food item for the Haddam Food Bank.