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High Hill Orchard, Meriden, CT
photo by Deb
Legge
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CT
NOFA eNewsletter
Cultivating an Organic Connecticut
Since
1982
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| Notes
from the office |
From the staff
at CT NOFA:
Thank you to all our readers for
participation and support in the past year and we look
forward to the same in 2010.
left to right: Clara Buitrago, Ashley
Kremser, Teresa Mucci, Deb Legge, Marion Griswold, Bill
Duesing, Carol Hannon
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| Upcoming
CT NOFA & NOFA Events |
10th
Annual NOFA Course in Organic Land Care
SPACES
STILL AVAILABLE - Become an Accredited Organic Land Care
Professional this year!
January 13, 14, 15, 19, 20,
2010 (Snow Date: Jan. 21), Newburyport, MA
January
21, 22, 25, 26, 27, 2010 (Snow Date: Jan. 29), New
Haven, CT
Feb. 10, 11, 12, 15, 16, 2010 (Snow Date:
Feb. 17), Elmsford, NY
Feb. 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 2010
(Snow Date: Feb. 27) Providence, RI
NOFA/MASS 23RD ANNUAL WINTER CONFERENCE
"Food From Farms For Families"
January 16, 2010,
Worcester Technical High School, Worcester, MA
CT
NOFA Getting Started in Organic Farming
Saturday,
January 30, 2010 - New Haven, CT. Join us if you're a
new organic farmer, thinking of transitioning to organic
or just need to get out of the house and hear a great
bunch of speakers.
CT
NOFA's 28th Annual Conference ~ Sustaining Connecticut:
Growing Local,Eating Healthier, Living
Smarter
March 6, 2009. Manchester Community
College, Manchester, CT
Registration is now open.
Check out the website for the latest
details!
Bulk
order - Information about the Tri-State Spring
Bulk Order is now available online: http://www.nofamass.org/programs/bulkorder/index.php.
Postmark deadline is 1/31, but orders will be accepted
in person at the NOFA/Mass Winter Conference, 1/16,
& the Paul Dettloff Seminar, 2/2-3. Taxable
items, compost, amendments, & fertilizers can be
picked up Saturday, March 13. Allium & potato
seeds will be available for pick-up Saturday, April 10.
Pick-up both days is at High Hill Orchard in Meriden,
CT, from 8AM to Noon.
We are
also offering to our CT members only, Right Dress
Licorice Root Mulch. Quantities are available by
pallet, 1/2 ton & full ton loads. Deliveries will be
made in full truck loads only, so the CT order total
will need to be 22 pallets. For more information &
pricing options contact Cathleen O'Keefe, bulkorder@nofamass.org or (413)
584-6786.
Homeowners
Workshops on Organic Lawn Care
*Thursday,
March 4th, at the Wallingford Senior
Center, 6:30pm-8:00pm
*Saturday,
March 6th, at the Southington Library
& Museum, 10:00am-11:30am
*Saturday,
March 20th, at the Milford Library,
10:30am-12:00pm
*Monday,
March 22nd, at the Case Memorial
Library, Orange, 7:00pm-8:30pm
*Friday,
April 9th, at the Ansonia Nature
Center, 7:00pm-8:30pm
*Saturday,
April 17th, at the Ives Memorial Library, New Haven,
1:00 -2:30pm
*Wednesday,
April 21st, at the Cheshire Public
Library, 7:00pm-8:30pm
Offered
by the Northeast Organic Farming Assoc. Organic Land
Care Program
For
more information: 203-888-5146
www.organiclandcare.net
Free
of charge - no preregistration
needed
NOFA
Summer Conference ~ Save the Date - August
13-15, 2010 - Keynote Speaker - Sally
Fallon
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| Recent
CT NOFA & NOFA Events Recap |
The
2009 Environmental Summit was held on December 2, 2009. Board and staff members
Janet Heller and Deb Legge were in attendance. For
details and additional resources, click here.
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Other
Upcoming Events
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Local and regional events are now maintained on our
website. If you have an event you'd
like to add, send it along to the office.
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| Community
Board |
Millstone Farm: University
Internship Program. Details>
Organic hay available -
1st and 2nd cutting Certified Organic hay. Contact:
860-651-8928
Southern Maine Farm for
sale - Located in Kennebunk. 60 +/- acres,
30 in woods, 30 in fields and cultivation. 5 acres
certified organic, 130-share CSA operation from
2006-2009. Additional details>
FRESH Farm Assistant
Farm Manager - FRESH
New London is a community non-profit based in New
London, CT working towards a food-secure and food-just
New London. More>
CSA Information
workshop - Monday, January 11, 2010, 7pm-8:30pm
at Ambler Farm in Wilton, CT.
More>
Bids
Wanted for the Installation of an Organic Orchard
- A 250 - 500 tree dwarf Asian Pear organic orchard is
planned for a private property in Litchfield County.
The installation is anticipated for April - May
2010. For more details, contact Peter at
Montgomery Gardens ~ petersgardens@optonline.net
~ (860) 619 - 8028
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| Members
In the News |
Recent new CT NOFA
board member Bernard
Brennan attended last summer's Gardener Education
workshops and tried instructor Bettylou Sandy's
suggestion of starting an indoor greens
garden:
New Milford Hospital's
Plow to Plate(r) Program and author/illustrator Billy
Steers are proud to introduce Tractor Mac - Farmer's
Market- special edition book. Proceeds from sales
benefit the Plow to Plate(r) Youth Chefs Program.
More>
A new CSA with good news - The
Massaro Farm CSA in Woodbridge, CT(which will grow the
food) has hired a farmer! And the IRS has awarded
tax-exempt, 501(c)3 status to the Massaro Community
Farm. More about the CSA and Community
Farm.
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If you
have any stories, articles, notices or suggestions for
this newsletter, please let us
know!
203-888-5146
ctnofa@ctnofa.org
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