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Farming has been important part of Connecticut’s history, long before it became a state. Native Americans worked the land, cultivating maize, beans, squash, sunflowers and Jerusalem artichokes,” accor...

Residents of southeast Connecticut enjoy the legacy of family farms and locally sourced foods

Sugar kelp, a sustainable CT product, finds its way to restaurant plates - and local beer FacebookTwitterEmail 1of6 Kelp farmers Suzie Flores of Stonington Kelp Co., pictured, and Jonathan McGee of New England Sea Farms in Guilford formed the Sugar Kelp Collective.Courtesy of Elizabeth EllenwoodShow MoreShow Less 2of6 Oyster Club’s dish of kelp bucatini with sugar kelp aioli and grated soy-cured halibut.Courtesy of Idlewild Photo Co.Show MoreShow Less 3of6 4of6 At The Essex in Centerbrook, ch...