As Four Root Farm rolls into its 11th growing season in East Haddam, there’s lots for us farmers to feel grateful for - bountiful beds of lettuce, loads of green tomatoes waiting to ripen, our joyful and hard-working crew, and the fact that a week of 100 degree temperatures is behind us.
We also remain ever grateful for our amazing customers, without whom we wouldn’t have one growing season, let alone 11! It’s because so many of you appreciate local, thoughtfully produced food and flowers that we’re able to continue this work that we find so valuable.
There are two particular people that we’d like to celebrate this year - Joy Burns and Jessica Feinleib, both of whom are in their 10th year as Market Share members of the farm! Thank you for being part of the Four Root Farm Market Share for the past decade!
Thank you, Joy! We’re overJOYed to have known you for over a decade now, and it’s truly a delight to see you week-to-week in Wooster Square. Joy shared the following with us, “Initially my commitment was to eat local and in season, which was something I had seen my grandmother do. I met Rachel Berg and knew that farms were vanishing in CT, so to support the farm, I purchased a share. Eating fresh vegetables and being introduced to new foods has been a wonderful experience! Congratulations Four Root Farm and may you flourish for many more years to come!” Aww, shucks, we’re blushing! Thank you, Joy! And thanks for always appreciating our squash blossoms!
Thank you, Jessica! You always have such excellent ideas for what to cook with our produce in every season. So much so that some of your recipes are featured on our website and in our newsletters! We feel like we’ve been part of your family for so long. We love seeing you, Ingrid, Finn, and Michael at just about every market! Not only have you all been part of our Market Share for a decade - you’ve also participated in our Flower Share for years. Thanks for your always enthusiastic appreciation of both our food and flowers! (And for consistently encouraging us to make the switch to electric vehicles!)
We acknowledge and appreciate the vote of confidence in the farm that participation in our Market Share program represents. Imagine our appreciation when members choose to participate again and again for years! Thank you, Joy and Jessica, for your decade of partnering with Four Root Farm. It’s a pleasure and a privilege to grow food and flowers for you - and for our Connecticut community, whether you’ve been shopping with us for 10 years, one week, or anywhere in between!
-Your FRFarmers