Market Watch
New Business Sprouts Up in Verona
Stop by Caldwell Farmers' Market to meet Sprout Food and Farms.
“The business is multi-faceted,” said Dave Chalek, the man behind Sprout Food and Farm’s mission to bring fresh, local, sustainable produce to the area—not just in the summertime but year-round. This soon-to-be Verona resident plans to operate a produce market in the retail space in the front of the property located at 82 Pine St. while maintaining a greenhouse in back. He'll also be running his current landscape design and organic garden care business out of the location, and he’ll do it all seven days a week, 365 days a year. For local residents and restaurants this means access to fresh, flavorful natural produce all year long. And Chalek’s garden is anything but garden variety. He grows plants with such tantalizing names as long …
Bonnie
2:17 pm on Monday, July 2, 2012
This is the type of business we all need to support...year round. So good to see that wonderful greenhouse full of life again! more ›