🌱 How a Colchester farmstand turned sourdough into a serious side hustle
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In today's newsletter:
- How a Colchester farmstand turned sourdough into a serious side hustle
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- Monday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, temps: high: 79, low: 68.
- Tuesday: Cloudy, a thunderstorm; humid, with a high of 84 and low of 65 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Kale Yeah! (mariashriversundaypaper.com) — A Colchester baker’s Black Market Farm CT stand shows how a small, home-based bread and pastry operation can grow into a thriving community hub, with customers lining up weekly and often selling it out by Friday. Her experience, alongside another farmstand owner in Idaho, offers practical tips on cottage food laws, pricing, consistency, and using social media for anyone here considering a similar roadside side hustle. 
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It was so nice to see the sun today after this rain. I took a break from baking this week but there is still a lot of jam, sugar scrubs, I added… (Nextdoor New London Rd)
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🗞 Nearby News
Norwich
- Back-to-school countdown begins for Norwich-area students (norwichbulletin.com)
- From Mystic to Norwich, 5 ways to savor summer's final weeks (norwichbulletin.com)
- Norwich Police to host National Night Out for families (norwichbulletin.com)
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