Broad Brook Beef (Herb Holden) 47 Broad Brook Rd., Broad Brook, CT 06106 broadbrookbeef.com New to the market this year is Herb Holden of Broad Brook Beef, Broad Brook.  Since 1978, the Holden’s have been dedicated to raising cattle with a high regard for animal health and welfare. To improve feed efficiency and meat quality Broad Brook Beef prohibits the use of hormones and medications.

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Cupola Hollow Farm (Kathleen and Donna Dunai), 1510 North Stone Street, West Suffield, 860 668-0859. Kathy and Donna continue to operate the family farm started by their grandfather. Over the past 25 years they have operated a retail location on North Stone Street generally on weekends beginning late summer and running through December. Donna and Kathy are now joined by Kathy’s two daughters to grow a wide variety of fresh herbs and vegetables they dry to make a variety of herb dip mixes.  Seasonally the two make their farm fresh jams, jellies, pickles, relish, fudge, grow popcorn and other value added products from the farm.  During the summer Donna is busy baking pies and fresh bread for the various farmers markets they attend. “Locally Grown” and “Connecticut Farm Fresh” is the basic focus and understanding that drives the farm.  In late fall Cupola Hollow transforms into a winter wonderland that focuses on Christmas wreaths of all sizes, cemetery logs, kissing balls and their signature Connecticut Grown gift baskets that make the perfect gift for the holiday.

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Easy Pickin's (Brian Kelliher), 46 Bailey Road, Enfield, 860 763-3276, www.easypickinsorchard.com Brian's pick-your-own has been in operation since 1990. He sells fruit, vegetables, herbs and flowers at his Enfield farm Monday through Thursday 9 a.m.-12 p.m. and Friday through Sunday 9 a.m.-5 p.m. July through October.

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Griffin Farmstead (Becky Clark), 30 Copperhill Road, East Granby, 860 413-9733, griffinfarmstead.com
(Store hours: 10am-5pm Tuesday-Sunday) Our goats are raised on pasture, hay, and grain. We are not an organic farm but practice “All Natural/Sustainable” farming. We grow our own hay and know what goes into our goats. They enjoy the outdoors and are only penned up during kidding season as they need to bond with their kids for a few days.

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Jen's Bouquets (Jennifer Syme), 121 East Road, Broad Brook, 860 623-5925. Jen's Bouquets offers potted herbs as well as potted annuals and perennials. Jen grows cut flowers, primarily annuals, and sells them as mixed bouquets and also sells sunflowers by the stem. The flowers are available early July thru late September. Besides the Suffield Farmers Market, customers can also purchase the flowers at two self service locations, at her home in Broad Brook and also at Collins Creamery, Powder Hill Road, Enfield. Jen and her husband also grow fall mums that are available late August through early October and are available at both locations listed above. Jen sells both mums and cut flower bouquets at other area farmers markets.

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Maplewoods Farm (Randy Johnson and Ann Hudson) 107 East Street South, Suffield, 860 668-0735. We specialize in strawberries, raspberries and rhubarb in June and July, and a  variety of vegetables grown without chemical sprays in July and August, and fall mums in September. Our stand at the farm is open 7 days a week on a self-serve basis. Call or email us at Maplewoodsfarm@sbcglobal.net  for information on “What’s Picking”.

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Merry Mite Gardens (Marjorie Rollet Begin), 1066 Paper Street, Suffield, 860 668-2772. Marjorie has been in the shrub and landscaping business for over thirty years. They raise and sell evergreen and flowering shrubs (primarily in containers), as well as, perennials. They are open for business Spring through Fall on Paper Street.

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Waterman Farms ( Earl Waterman, Jr.) East Granby.  He brings a wide assortment of fresh vegetables including juicy melons, fresh beets and free range eggs.

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