Brooklyn FM

Brooklyn FM is part of the Northeast Connecticut Farmers’ Market Association, the group that hosts markets in Brooklyn, Danielson, Plainfield, and Putnam. In Brooklyn, that puts this market in a wider network of town-based stops built around direct sales from member farms and food producers. The market meets at the Job Lot parking lot on Route 6, giving it a practical shopping-center setting for a short midweek pickup of produce, flowers, prepared foods, and farm goods. The association also describes local farms serving northeast communities since 1980, which gives this Brooklyn date a clear place in a longer regional farm-market effort.

Why it matters locally

The Northeast Connecticut Farmers’ Market Association runs Brooklyn FM as one of several markets across the northeast corner, linking Brooklyn shoppers to the same regional farm network that also appears in Danielson, Plainfield, and Putnam. That matters here because the vendor mix is rooted in named farms and producers rather than anonymous resellers: Barton Farms is run by Julie and Todd Barton, Rachel’s Veggies and Berries is operated by Rachel, and BZB Farm is owned and operated by Amy and Andy Burroughs.

The association frames its work around products coming “right from our farms,” and says local farms have been serving northeast communities since 1980 with produce, meats, baked items, preserves, and soaps. One vendor quoted by the group describes market participation as a way to serve the community and build relationships within the northeast corner.

What you'll find there

The lineup at Brooklyn FM leans toward practical weekly shopping with a noticeable mix of produce, proteins, flowers, prepared foods, and body-care goods from association members. Instead of a single specialty, the market brings together farms and small producers that cover both dinner ingredients and household extras.

• -Find Serendipity Flower Farm for fresh cut flowers, dried florals, pressed floral items, and special orders.
• -Shop Barton Farms for fresh vegetables, herbs, cut flowers, eggs, and a CSA offering.
• -Pick up vegetables plus blueberries, strawberries, and raspberries from Rachel’s Veggies and Berries.
• -Look for Country Comfort Cooking LLC for freshly made prepared meals and bakery items.
• -Browse Double Trouble Acres for soaps, lotions, shampoo bars, bath bombs, and baskets.
• -Choose fresh produce and USDA inspected beef from Betsy’s Stand, with beef described as naturally grown on family farms.
• -Expect livestock-based products from BZB Farm, which raises cows, sheep, goats, pigs, chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese, pheasants, and rabbits.
• -Stock up on assorted vegetables, greenhouse tomatoes, strawberries, and herbs from Woodstock Farms.

The association’s event calendar identifies a Brooklyn market at Brooklyn Commons Shopping Center on Wednesday, June 17 from 4 to 6pm, matching the town’s summer market pattern.

Know before you go

No dogs are allowed, and there are no restrooms listed for the market, two details that can change how long you plan to stay at the Job Lot parking lot on Route 6. Parking is straightforward because the market uses that same Job Lot lot as its site. The market runs on Wednesdays from 4 to 6pm during a June-to-August season, so this is more of a focused midweek stop than an extended morning market. Payment methods are not clearly specified, and SNAP/EBT is not listed here. For market questions, the listed contact email is doubletroubleacres@gmail.com.