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Deadline is January 22nd for nominations for the 2nd Annual Bill Duesing Organic Living on the Earth Awards

This award is for a recipient who has demonstrated the advancement of organic living on our earth with a project, innovation, action or lifestyle that supports the continuation of the…
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2020 Winter Conference Request for Proposals

CT NOFA’s 38th annual conference will be held on March 7th, 2020 at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut.  This new location will allow easier access to this event for people…
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Organic No-Till Farming Research Initiative: An Update

From NOFA’s technical consultant and “embedded” reporter, Monique Bosch Under the Microscope at Assawaga Farm We visited Assawaga Farm in late September to take a peak at how microbes are…
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Journey Person Program Relaunches in 2019

CT NOFA Invites Beginning Farmers and Land Care Professionals to Apply for the Journeyperson Program. Applications Due on October 15th. APPLY HERE The Journeyperson Program strives to provide committed beginning…
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Pollinator Habitat Restoration at Massaro Community Farm

NOFA Pollinator Habitat at Massaro Community Farm
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NOFA Accreditation Courses in Aug and Nov Offered Free in 2019: Spanish Translation Offered in November

Landscaping professionals transitioning to organic practices and those already using chemical-free options and want to learn more are invited to attend the NOFA (Northeast Organic Farming Association) Accreditation Course in…
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Creating “The Ecotype Project”

 Pollinator Health & Habitat under Threat The news of the “insect apocalypse” has made it into main-stream media, and an article in the New York Times last November shook many of…
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June 17-23 is POLLINATOR WEEK

From the Connecticut Council on Soil and Water Conservation Press Contact: Lilian Ruiz, Executive Director 33 Mead Ave., Cos Cob, CT 06807 203-424-8469 ctcoucilswc@gmail.com PRESS RELEASE        …
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2019 Farm and Food Guide

Click here for a pdf copy CT NOFA’s Farm and Food Guide is about our nourishment, body and spirit, from Connecticut’s abundant and diverse farmland. Each spring, we pour over…
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Vandana Shiva visit to The Hickories

[av_video src=’https://vimeo.com/338329510′ mobile_image=” attachment=” attachment_size=” format=’16-9′ width=’16’ height=’9′ conditional_play=” av_uid=’av-4dngbf’] [av_textblock size=” font_color=” color=” av-medium-font-size=” av-small-font-size=” av-mini-font-size=” av_uid=’av-k5fjeg0s’ admin_preview_bg=”] A visit from Dr. Vandana Shiva to CT NOFA in May…
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HB 7346, An Act Prohibiting the Use of Certain Organophosphates

We have until June 5th to get the bill through the House and Senate! A bill to ban Chlorpyrifos is being considered by the CT state legislature. The US Environmental…
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