Around Town

‘A Saturday Morning Tradition’: New Canaan Farmers Market To Open April 11

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Municipal officials on Tuesday approved the 2026 season for what has rapidly grown into a downtown tradition in New Canaan. The New Canaan Farmers Market will run 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturdays in the Lumberyard Lot next to the train station from April 11 to Dec. 19, following a unanimous vote by the Board of Selectmen. “The Farmers Market has been a nice addition,” Selectman Steve Karl said during the elected body’s regular meeting, held at Town Hall and via videoconference. 

He continued: “It’s become a Saturday morning tradition in town and it attracts a lot of folks over there. Traffic has been flowing in and out of  there fine.

Government

New Canaan Farmers Market Approved for April 20 Opening

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The Board of Selectmen at its most recent meeting approved use of the Lumberyard Lot downtown for the New Canaan Farmers Market for the upcoming season. The Farmers Market will be held 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturdays from April 20 to Dec. 21, following a 3-0 vote by First Selectman Dionna Carlson and Selectmen Steve Karl and Amy Murphy Carroll at their Feb. 20 meeting. “The farmers and the vendors are actually anxiously getting ready to get out there and be back to the community,” Market Master Lexi Gazy of Oxford-based Gazy Brothers Farm said at the meeting, held at Town Hall and via videoconference.

Around Town

Podcast: Second Annual ‘Farm-To-Barn Brunch’ Set for March 3

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This week on 0684-Radi0, our free podcast (subscribe here in the iTunes Store), we talk to Janet Dinger, program and events manager at the Carriage Barn Arts Center, and Lexi Gazy, market master of the New Canaan Farmers Market, about the second annual Farm-To-Barn Brunch. Launched last year to celebrate 25 years of the Farmers Market, it’s scheduled for March 3. Here are recent episodes of 0684-Radi0:

Business

New Canaan Farmers’ Market Set To Kick Off in April

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The Board of Selectmen on Tuesday approved use of a parking lot near the train station downtown for the New Canaan Farmers’ Market’s 2023 season. The Farmers’ Market will operate 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturdays from April to November in the Lumberyard Lot following the selectmen’s 3-0 vote at their regular meeting. “The farmers and vendors are excited to get back to the market and we’ll be starting in just 61 days, so it’s coming along fast,” Market Master Lexi Gazy said during the meeting, held at Town Hall and via videoconference. 

Relocated two years ago from its longtime home at the Center School Lot, the Farmers’ Market had a successful season in 2022, Gazy said. “People are finding us more at the railroad station,” she said. “They’re actually hopping off the train to buy from us, so that is wonderful.”

First Selectman Kevin Moynihan and Selectmen Kathleen Corbet and Nick Williams voted 3-0 in favor of Gazy’s request to use the Lumberyard Lot.

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New Canaan Farmers Market To Launch April 23 in Lumberyard Lot

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The popular New Canaan Farmers Market is on track to open April 23 in the Lumberyard Lot downtown. The Board of Selectmen during its regular meeting last week approved the Farmers Market for an Earth Day celebration at launch through November. Market Master Lexi Gazy told the selectmen “the farmers are ready to come back,” and that offerings will include fresh organic produce as well as vendors offering pies, beef, pork, oysters, clams, orchids, preserves, jams, jellies, honey, raviolis and pickles. “We are looking forward to a great season,” Gazy said during the March 8 meeting, held at Town Hall and via videoconference. “The new location worked out really well for traffic and parking.