WATERBURY, Conn. (AP) _ Connecticut’s traditional farmers markets are closing up shop after a successful summer season, but a select few are extending their seasons by moving indoors to provide fresh, local produce through the winter. Susan Pronovost of Waterbury’s Brass City Harvest said it takes dedication to operate a year-round market. Pronovost said Brass City’s access to greenhouse-grown and long-storage crops, combined with her willingness to drive anywhere in the state to procure them, allows the organization to provide quality products to customers no matter what month it is. Brass City Harvest operates a year-round farmers market in Waterbury, and also runs a mobile market that sells produce around Greater Waterbury. Pronovost drives as many as 100 miles every day, trekking across the state to restock on Connecticut-grown products such as coffee from Old Lyme and apples from Glastonbury. “We go where I know the produce is superb,” Pronovost said. “We’ve fostered relationships state-wide that few people could say they have.” Still, market masters like Pronovost said one of the greatest struggles of operating winter markets is helping customers understand the differences in each growing season; many customers are used to the wide array of summer produce, such as […]
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