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Local & Regional Organic & Sustainable Event Listings
CT NOFA/NOFA Events |
NOFA Organic Land Care Events |
Other events |
| Date | Event | Location | Time | ||
| May 9, 2012 |
Beyond The Basics: An Introduction to the Principles of Market Gardening Marketing: Restaurants, Farm Stands, and CSA Basics |
Common Ground High School 358 Springside Ave. New Haven, CT |
5:00 to 7:00 pm | ||
| May 12, 2012 | Sheep & Wool Gathering Bring the whole family to watch a border collie herding sheep. Learn about shearing and raising your own backyard woolen mill. Try your hand at carding, felting, spinning, crocheting and knitting. Share in a potluck lunch. This is one of Motherhouse's Old Style Life-Skills workshops which occur on the second Saturday of every month. Others include: Raising and Harvesting Chickens on June 9, Making Jams & Jellies on July 14, and Canning on August 11. |
Local Farm Cornwall Bridge, CT |
10:30 am to 1:30 pm | ||
| May 19, 2012 | Massaro Community Farm Celebrate Spring Event | Massaro Community Farm 41 Ford Road, Woodbridge, CT |
10:00 am to 3:00 pm | ||
| May 19, 2012 | Seedling Sale and Spring Farm Festival | Common Ground High School 358 Springside Ave. New Haven, CT |
10:00 am to 3:00 pm | ||
| May 19, 2012 | FRESH New London Plant Sale | FRESH Community Garden corner of Williams and Mercer Streets New London, CT |
9:00 am to 3:00 pm | ||
| May 19, 2012 | Girl Scouts 100th Jubilee Girl Scouts of the USA has developed a new curriculum of “Journeys” one of which is the unit “It’s Your Planet, Love It” focusing on the critical issue of protecting our planet. Within this unit are “Sow What” relating to global hunger, land use and buying local, and “Wonders of Water” addressing the importance of guarding our water supplies. |
Durham Fair Grounds Durham, CT |
10:00 am to 7:00 pm | ||
| May 20, 2012 | Comstock Ferre Gardening Talk Series Dr. Wade Elmer, from the Connecticut Agricultrural Experimental Station, will discuss how to manage plant disease in the vegetable garden, with an emphasis on organic and sustainable control methods. |
Comstock Ferre & Co. 263 Main Street Wethersfield, CT |
11:00 am | ||
| May 25, 2012 | New Morning Grand Opening | New Morning Market 129 Main St North Woodbury, CT |
11:00 am | ||
| June 2 - 22, 2012 | Art of the Earth Series - a call for artwork Sponsored by Flanders Nature Center and Blue Horse Arts Entry deadline May 4, 2012 |
Flanders Nature Center & Land Trust 5 Church Hill Road Woodbury, CT |
see website | ||
| June 2, 2012 | HerbFest Country Fair 2012 |
Holcomb Farms |
9:00 am to 4:00 pm | ||
| June 9, 2012 | Raising and Harvesting Chickens | Local Farm Cornwall Bridge, CT |
10:30 am to 1:30 pm | ||
| July 11, 2012 |
Beyond The Basics: An Introduction to the Principles of Market Gardening Common Pests, Disease and Management Strategies |
Common Ground High School 358 Springside Ave. New Haven, CT |
5:00 to 7:00 pm | ||
| July 14, 2012 | Making Jams & Jellies | Local Farm Cornwall Bridge, CT |
10:30 am to 1:30 pm | ||
| July 13-15, 2012 | 2012 Northeastern Permaculture Convergence | TBA - Eastern Mass. | See website | ||
| August 10-12, 2012 | NOFA Summer Conference | UMass Amherst, MA |
See website | ||
| August 11, 2012 | Yes, We Can Can | Local Farm Cornwall Bridge, CT |
10:30 am to 1:30 pm | ||
| August 18, 2012 | Beyond The Basics: An Introduction to the Principles of Market Gardening Planning the fall and Winter garden & Fall Seedling Sale |
Common Ground High School 358 Springside Ave. New Haven, CT |
10:00 am to 12:00 pm | ||
If you have any events to add here, send to: ctnofa@ctnofa.org
PO Box 164 • Stevenson, CT 06491
phone: (203) 888-5146 • fax: (203) 888-9280