Celebrate the Harvest at the
10th Annual Taste! Organic Connecticut

Sunday, September 19, 2010 
Manchester Community College
from 10 am to 4 pm

Experience the only LOCAL & ORGANIC festival in Connecticut
offering a farmer's market, fresh prepared food, live music, sustainable vendors, artisans, free workshops and free kids activities!

$7 Admission for non-members
$5 Admission for members
FREE Admission for kids under 12
MCC Students and Faculty enter at the Member price!

CT NOFA has been promoting local, organic agriculture through education and advocacy since 1982.
And don't miss Bridie the backyard Devon cow! (left)

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Scroll down for details and descriptions of events

Farmers and Vendors ~  Prepared Food ~  Music ~  Workshops ~   Kids Events

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Sponsors

Silver Level Sponsor

Supporting sponsors
Farm Credit East - Enfield, CT

Underwriting sponsor
New England Seed Company - Hartford, CT

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Farmer & Vendors

Another Real Treasure - Cobolt, CT
Bethany Homecrafts - Bristol, CT
Farm to Hearth, LLC - Colchester, CT
Forest Spirit Healing, LLC - East Hartford, CT
Gold Star Honeybees - Bath, ME
Go Organic, LLC - Thompson, CT
Lori Spielman Landscaping, Inc. - Ellington, CT
Meadow Point Studio - East Killingly, CT
Nate's Naturals - New Haven, CT
Nature’s Edge Herb Farm - Canterbury, CT
Northfordy Farm - Northford, CT
Progressive Asset Management - Wellesley, MA
Rainbow Kids - Wales, MA
Shayna B’s & The Pickle - Ashford, CT
Star Light Gardens, LLC - Durham, CT
Three Sisters Farms - Essex, CT
Thyme Traveler Herbals & Creations - Willimantic, CT
Winterbrook Farm - Stafford Springs, CT

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Prepared Foods

Our Celebrity Chefs, John Turenne & Seen Lippert, are cooking up a storm to wow you. They are planning individual beef, mushroom and lamb sliders on brioche buns with assorted toppings, all sourced from local farms.

There will be custom made smoothies using local fruit and dairy products at the CT NOFA booth.

Indulge in a tasting of FARMERS COW's new ice cream flavors.

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Live Music

The Whiskey Boys
Train Wreck Jerry & Deborah Simmons ~ accoustic guitar/singers
Adam Matlock, strolling accordion

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Workshops

Sushi Making and Sake Tasting - Bun Lai
Pickling Offbeat Veggies - Jane Maher
Home Wine Making - Jack Kittredge
Home Beer Making - Mike Stefanowicz & John Kennedy
Bread Making - Jiff Martin
Beneficial Weed Walks - Pam Brundage
Foraging  - Bryan Connolly
How to use the abundance of your summer garden - Chef Seen Lipert
Extended Season Gardening- MCC's own Bettylou Sandy
Composting - Nick Mancini
Top bar beehives  - Christy Hemenway of Gold Star Honeybees
Greenhorns - Severine Von Tscharner Fleming
Meet Your Farmer Market walk - Bill Duesing
Raising a Small flock of Home Chickens - Allen Gorkin
Eating from your Backyard - Wyatt Whiteman

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Kids' Events

Corn Husk Dolls, spoon egg race, ice cream making, bean & seed musical instruments, peanut in haystack, butter dance, pony rides, animal viewing, story telling, hula hoop dancing, tractor rides.


Hale Hill Biofuels tractor ride & pony rides

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Bring your refillable water bottle to save $ and cups!

Directions to Manchester Community College

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CT NOFA
PO Box 164 • Stevenson, CT 06491

phone: (203) 888-5146 • fax: (203) 888-9280

ctnofa@ctnofa.org