Locally Grown: Connecticut

• Aleia's Gluten Free Bakery

  Old Saybrook, CT

  Hand-made cookies, macaroons, croutons and breads combining old-fashioned quality with international style.

• Bear Pond Pestos

  Glastonbury, CT

  Pecorino Romano cheese from sheep's milk and an extra virgin olive oil blended with herbs, rare oreganos, lemon verbena, garden sorrel and heirloom Egyptian onion make up these flavor packed pestos from Glastonbury. Bear Pond Farm began as Sweet Pea Organics, a small, certified organic family farm offering heirloom vegetables. Their farm-made pestos were "discovered" by The New York Times and now Bear Pond offers a variety of flavors including Premium Basil, Rich Cilantro and Robust Arugula. Enjoy the sun-drenched taste of summer year-round.

• Griffin Farmstead

  East Granby, CT

  Creamy goat's milk cheese and butter from Allen and Becky Clark who have over 20 years combined experience in veterinary medicine and dairy farming.

• Ironwood Farms

  Canton, CT

  A small family farm, producing premium eggs from free-range chickens with access to artesian waters.

• Liuzzi Cheeses

  North Haven, CT

  The Liuzzi family brought their knowledge of Italian style cheese making to New England, resulting in fresh local mozzarella, ricotta, Caccioricotta and Caciocavallo.

• Old Maids Farm

  South Glastonbury, CT

  A family owned organic farm featuring fresh tomato and basil pasta sauce made with heirloom and vintage variety tomatoes.

• Rose's Berry Farm

  South Glastonbury, CT

  Picked at the peak of ripeness, Rose's blueberries, and pears make a great filling for a homemade pie. Try a slice with a glass of Rose's fresh apple cider.

• Sheldon Farm

  Eastford, CT

  Sheldon Farm has been in the business of growing herbs and vegetables longer than we have been a country. Started in 1628 as a family farm, it has remained a family farm ever since. Mark Sheldon, a descendant of the original founders carries on the tradition by bringing farm fresh herbs such as chives, dill, mint, sage, wheat grass and chervil from his farm to your table.

• The Farmer's Cow

  Lebanon, CT

  A group of Connecticut family-owned dairy farms make up the Farmer's Cow and they work together to produce fresh milk and tasty lemonade mixes.

• Thomas Hooker Brewery

  Bloomfield, CT

  Thomas Hooker makes beer the way it's meant to be made: hand-crafted from the finest malts, and hops. They believe that local products create local pride, and tastes best because it's fresh from the source.

• Tokeneke Fine Foods

  Black Rock, CT

  Flavorful nuts, hors d'oeuvres, shortbreads and specialty cookies for delighting your guests.

• Wave Hill Breads

  Wilton, Connecticut

  Wave Hill Breads in Wilton, Connecticut, was started by Mitchell Rapoport and Margaret Sapir. They left their corporate jobs to start Wave Hill Breads, so they could make one type of bread — their three-grain Pain de Campagne.