Dondero's Orchard...A close up and a great recipe....

My column in Neighbor's Paper for September featured Dondero's Orchard from Glastonbury, CT....

From The Ground Up - Buying Local In Connecticut

By Dennis Pierce

            Farmers have a hard life. You can see it in their faces, in their hands and their intense attention to the weather. It’s not just about the wear and tear on the body, or the back breaking labor, it’s about the basic struggle in life… man (or women) vs. nature. To me, this choice of lifestyle, fostered by the farmers of Connecticut, is a deeply respected, almost religious, commitment to the basic elements.
             Tucked into the rolling green hills of South Glastonbury, Connecticut there resides a farm that has seen the dedication of years of harvests, some good, and some bad. In 1911 Joseph and Mary Dondero, arriving from Genoa, Italy, after spending a short time in New York, began to carve out of the rocky landscape of Connecticut, into a haven now known as Dondero Orchards. Currently, Joe Dondero, who is the fourth generation, and his family continue to harvest a vast cornucopia of locally grown offerings.
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