Down on the farm
Now through Aug. 7 is National Farmers Market Week. Gov. Ned Lamont is urging Connecticut residents to support local farmers by purchasing locally grown products designated with the Connecticut Grown logo and visiting some of the more than 90 certified farmers markets statewide.
In the Greater Waterbury area, Brass City Harvest runs markets Tuesday-Saturday at the Food Hub, Tuesdays at the Waterbury Senior Center, Wednesdays at the Woodbury Senior Center, Thursday on the Green and Saturdays at Bucks Hill Park; the Watertown Farmers Market takes place on Sundays at the Town Garage on Thomaston Road; the Southbury Farmers’ Market is open Thursdays at 501 Main St. South; and the Thomaston-Twin Pines Farm Stand is Wednesday-Sunday at 121 Blakeman Road.