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By Analiese Paik

Grab your reusable shopping bags, stop off at the ATM for some cash, and call a friend to meet you at the indoor winter farmers’ market at the Greenfield Hill Grange in Fairfield. The market opens on Saturday, January 15, and runs every Saturday through the spring from 10 am – 1pm. Located at 1873 Hillside Road, The Greenfield Hill Grange dates back to 1897 and contains an assembly room, dining hall and second floor theater. The market will be limited to the first floor only, and to protect this Colonial Revival-style building, guests are asked to please not enter with any pets. Due to Fairfield Health Department regulations, no prepared food will be served and no farm animals will be on display.

Nancy Moore and son Richard of Moorefield Herb Farm co-manage this market with Lise Agee of Goatboy Soaps. Thank you for organizing and running this market. We’re certainly happy to be able to shop in a heated space this season!

Market Vendors

• Moorefield Herb Farm (organically grown herbs)
• Goatboy Soaps (fine, handmade goat’s milk soaps)
• Riverbank Farm (organic vegetables, pickles and tomato sauce)
• Beltane Farm (fresh and aged goat’s milk cheeses beginning in February, when the goat’s milk is available again)
• Keed’s Farm (greenhouse microgreens plus eggs)
• Daffodil Hill Growers (flower bulbs, maple syrup and fruit preserves)
• Wave Hill Breads (French artisan breads)
• Black Bird Pies (farm fresh pies)
• Eagle Wood Farms (sustainably raised pork and meat products)
• Newgate Farms (conventionally grown vegetables)
• Sankow’s Beaver Brook Farm (cheese, lamb, eggs)

Beltane Farm will have cheeses beginning in February.  Local eggs, especially organic, sell out fast, so come early if you want eggs.

Yes, you can eat locally even in the winter. And it’s not all root vegetables either! There’s cheese, meat, poultry, eggs, organic greens grown hydroponically, teas, sustainably grown seafood, baked goods, goat’s milk soaps and more. The indoor winter farmer’s market that was held at the Fairfield Theater Company on Sanford Street in downtown Fairfield last year has returned to the same venue this year on Saturday, December 5  from 10-2 and will be open every Saturday until mid April.

So far 15 vendors have signed up to participate in the market and they are working to see if more can be accommodated. You’ll recognize these vendors as participants in the Westport farmers’ market, which ends on November 19.

FTC Vendors

Beltane Farm, Cheese

Blackbird Baked Goods

Moorefield Herb Farms

Starlight Gardens

Two Guys from Woodbridge

Goatboy Soaps

Ox Hollow

Whistle Stop Bakery

Daffodil Hill Growers

Newgate Farm

Sankows Beaver Brook Farm

Riverbank Farm

Westport Aquaculture

Arogya Tea

Yes, you can eat locally even in the winter. And it’s not all root vegetables either! There’s cheese, meat, poultry, eggs, organic greens grown hydroponically, teas, sustainably grown seafood, baked goods, goat’s milk soaps and more. The indoor winter farmer’s market that was held at the Fairfield Theater Company last year will return to the same venue this year on Saturday, December 5  from 10-2 and will be open every Saturday until mid April.

So far 15 vendors have signed up to participate in the market and they are working to see if more can be accommodated. You’ll recognize these vendors as participants in the Westport farmers’ market, which ends on November 19.

FTC Vendors

Beltane Farm, Cheese

Blackbird Baked Goods

Moorefield Herb Farms

Starlight Gardens

Two Guys from Woodbridge

Goatboy Soaps

Ox Hollow

Whistle Stop Bakery

Daffodil Hill Growers

Newgate Farm

Sankows Beaver Brook Farm

Riverbank Farm

Westport Aquaculture

Arogya Tea