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CT NOFA is proud to announce Michael Nadeau as the winner of the 5th annual Bill Duesing Organic Living on the Earth Award, to be presented during the 41st Winter…

CT NOFA is excited to announce that we’ll once again be joined by Leah Penniman, author of Farming While Black and co-founder of Soul Fire Farm. Her keynote speech will…

CT NOFA is excited to announce that Dr. Kimberly Stoner will be joining our team as our new Director of Advocacy. Dr. Stoner recently retired as an Agricultural Scientist from…

CT NOFA is pleased to welcome Jennifer Shaffer as the new Director for the Organic Land Care Program. In her role, Jennifer will be developing new educational programming, managing the…

The Natural Farmer (TNF), the newspaper of the Northeast Organic Farming Association, is now accepting articles for our upcoming issues! Share your story with other farmers, gardeners, and homesteaders across…

Kick off conference season with this free webinar! The seven chapters of the Northeast Organic Farming Association have been working to develop food security programs and learning opportunities throughout our…

After a successful pilot program year in 2022, CT NOFA is happy to announce that we will continue to work collaboratively and region-wide in the Northeast to renew our community food…

Thanks to the philanthropic efforts of the MFUNd, CT NOFA is able to match all donations, up to $5,000! Any gifts pledged will go directly towards funding CT NOFA’s Farm Share…

Thirty years ago, in 1991, our founder Bill Duesing already identified the need for adaptation and local self-reliance in his book, Living on the Earth., With the lack of urgency…

The 2023 Farm Bill will be the primary agriculture and food policy legislation of the federal government for the next 5 years. This bill determines policy and funding for agriculture,…

In 1971, as Vietnam, Racial Discrimination and Nuclear protests raged, a group of Back to the Land counter-culturists gathered with a few ecological growers to form what is now called the Northeast Organic Farming Association - NOFA. Farmers, gardeners and conscious eaters from northeast states, discovered this growing movement.

The Northeast Organic Farming Association of Connecticut (CT NOFA) is pleased to launch a new initiative; Farm Share, a community food security program. This program will provide limited-income residents in…