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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…
Read More 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…
Read More 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…
Read More 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…
Read More Pollinator Habitat Restoration at Massaro Community Farm
NOFA Pollinator Habitat at Massaro Community Farm
Read More 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…
Read More 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…
Read More 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 …
Read More 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…
Read More 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…
Read More 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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