Edible Nutmeg Summer 2007

DEPARTMENTS

5	FROM THE PUBLISHERS
6	CONTRIBUTORS
8	NOTABLE EDIBLES
16	CELEBRATION OF CONNECTICUT FARMS
24	COOKING FRESH
30	FARMERS' MARKETS
37	TAKING THE INITIATIVE Plow to Plate™ Litchfield Hills Food Systems, Inc.
40	ROADSIDE DIARIES Good things from the garden.
42	WORKING LANDS ALLIANCE Working the land, working the Capitol.
48	ARTISAN GROWERS Lovely lavender .
52	EDIBLE EVENTS
54	DIRECTORY
	COVER by Ellen Hoverkamp Scanner photography of vegetables and flowers grown by Michael Russo and Raymond Lenox at Trout Lily Farm in Guilford. To taste the flavor of what your eyes are savoring, visit them at the Dudley Farmers’ Market in North Guilford each Saturday morning through October. Ellen will have a portfolio of images in our fall issue.

FEATURES

11	AT TABLE The Marriage of a Farm and Restaurant A chef, a vegetable grower and their field of dreams.
18	TO YOUR HEALTH A Toast to Herbal Healers Tasty ingredients charm more than our palates.
21	THE ROADSIDE DIARIES Painter Ridge Farm Farmer and friends meet on a ridge with a view.
27	WORKING THE LAND Kent Land Trust at Work 'It's not farmland without farmers.'
33	EARLY FARMER EDUCATION Bumper Crop Kids reap knowledge while getting their hands dirty.
44	A LOCAL VIEW - ABROAD Mozzarella di Bufala from Tenuta Vannulo 900 pounds made, sold and (almost all) consumed, every day.