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In photos: Danbury Farmers Market returns for the summer season

June 29, 2022 by Danbury Farmers' Market

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Karen Tensa, June 26, 2022

Maria and Julio Romero shop for fresh vegetables at the Danbury Farmers Market on the CityCenter Green, Saturday, June 25, 2022.
Carol Kaliff / For Hearst Connecticut Media

The Danbury Farmers Market celebrated on Saturday as it opened for the season in a new location on the CityCenter Green.

DANBURY — The Danbury Farmers Market celebrated on Saturday as it opened for the season in a new location on the CityCenter Green.

Shoppers enjoyed a selection of fresh fruits and vegetables from area farms, as well as arts and crafts, lawn games, coffee and shaved ice.

On hand to ring in the opening day were Shay Nagarsheth, Danbury’s director of economic development; attorney Neil Marcus, with Fairfield County’s Community Foundation; and state Rep. Bob Godfrey.

The outdoor market will continue on Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. through October.

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Neapolitan Bean Soup

January 19, 2022 by Danbury Farmers' Market

Neapolitan Bean Soup

This recipe has been shared by one of our wonderful weekly shoppers. It's her mom's recipe from Italy.
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Course Soup
Cuisine Italian
Servings 3

Ingredients
  

  • 3 cups shelled fresh cranberry beans
  • 6 cups cold water more if needed
  • 1 clove unpeeled garlic use 1-2 depending on your taste
  • 6 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
  • 3 tbsp tomato paste
  • 1 stalk celery with leaves chopped
  • 1 tsp kosher salt or more to taste
  • 3 slices crusty bread toasted and cut in strips
  • fresh thyme leaves (optional)

Instructions
 

  • Rinse shelled beans and place in cold water along with unpeeled garlic.  Bring to a boil and gently simmer for 30 minutes uncovered. Add oil, tomato paste, celery and salt.  Stir and simmer uncovered for another 30 minutes (beans are done when they start to split).  When beans are done, remove garlic and add fresh thyme leaves and more salt if needed. Serve and top with a few drops of olive oil and strips of toasted bread.

Notes


Please note:
  For thicker soup, blend 1/3 of the beans in a blender and mix together with the remaining beans.  If desired, add 2/3 cups of uncooked tubettini or tiny shell pasta during the last ten minutes of cooking time, stirring often to prevent the soup from sticking to the bottom of the pot.  Keep a little saucepan with simmering water on top of the stove and add a small amount of water as needed.  Soup will scorch easily when thick.
 
I will tell my mom, who is 95 years old and still lives in Naples, that you are posting it.  I love cooking traditional dishes my mother taught me when I was growing up in Italy.  Cranberry beans (fagioli borlotti in iIalian) are only available a few months of the year in Italy as well.  We generally use dried cannellini beans or red beans that Italy imports from Holland when we make “pasta e fagioli” with dried beans. The cooking method is the same, the only difference is that you soak the beans in cold water with a teaspoon of baking soda overnight and drain and rinse the beans in cold water, then add fresh cold water and cook the beans the same way as in per instructions below.  You can add pasta or even white Arborio rice to the beans (but one or the other not together).  Or at times, my mother added escarole instead of pasta and cooked the beans and escarole together until the escarole was cooked well.
 
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Market Opens June 2022

June 1, 2021 by Peggy Zamore

2022 Danbury Farmers' Market

Danbury Farmers’ Market
opening end of June

Complimentary Parking will be available

The Danbury Farmers’ Market, now in its 12th year, is coordinated by the Danbury Farmers’ Market Community Collaborative, a 30-member group representing a wide variety of community agencies, in partnership with CityCenter Danbury. It will continue to be a great place to purchase local produce in downtown Danbury.

The Market accepts EBT/SNAP and Debit/Credit cards! SNAP benefits will be matched for any dollar amount for SNAP recipients using their EBT cards. Special incentives are available for Veterans, Seniors, and WIC recipients.

There’s no better way to strengthen our local community than to shop and eat locally! By shopping the Danbury Farmers’ Market, you support our local farmers, businesses and community members.

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Double your WIC & SNAP benefits

May 21, 2021 by Danbury Farmers' Market

Put more food on your table with double SNAP & WIC benefits

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Thanks to all for our 2022 season success!

November 3, 2020 by Danbury Farmers' Market

Huge THANKS to all who made the 2022 season huge success- our shoppers, our vendors, our volunteers and our staff! We were thrilled to be be back on the Green to offer all the fabulous local, fresh, delicious food and to have all the pre-COVID events and live music each week.

Look for our survey in our next email blast. If you aren’t signed up-sign up now @ www.danburyfarmersmarket.org. We take your input both positive and negative, very seriously.

Check out our YouTube channel for new food and fitness videos and our recipe postings. We will be posting a few more.

Looking forward to seeing everyone again in 2023!

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