Request for Workshop Proposals for CT NOFA’s 2025 Winter Conference
September 10, 2024
Our workshop roster for the 2025 Winter Conference is full. However, if you would like to submit a proposal to be added to our waiting list (in the event a currently slated presenter is unable to keep their commitment), you may do so here.
The CT NOFA Winter Conference educational slate of workshops is made possible thanks to the interest and enthusiasm of our knowledgeable community members. Are you an expert on a topic that would be of interest to conference attendees? We’d love to hear from you. Our workshop proposal window is open until January 10.
Workshop slots are available for our in-person conference on March 1, as well as the conference’s virtual workshop series from February 25-27. Presenters are provided with free admission to the conference, as well as a $150 honorarium.
We welcome all submissions for workshops that capture CT NOFA’s mission of fostering organic and regenerative agriculture. Particular topics of interest for our 2025 conference are:
- Food Equity and Access
- Seed Saving
- Urban Agriculture
- Regenerative Agriculture and Ecological Restoration
- Farm Improvement and Innovation
- Black and Indigenous Farming Practices and Resources
- LGBTQ+ Farming Resources and Support
- Homesteading Topics
- Mental Health and Well-Being for Farmers
- Beginning Farmer Funding and Resources
- Organic Certification Resources
- Organic Land Care
- Soil Health and Permaculture
- Policy and Advocacy Issues
Click here to submit a workshop proposal.
Click here to learn more about the 2025 Winter Conference.
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Advocacy News: May 2026
The Good News: CT Senator Chris Murphy has introduced a bill (bipartisan and bicameral) to increase funding for Agricultural Management Assistance to $30 million and to expand the eligible uses for these funds to include “soil health improvements, composting, implementing organic farming, and food safety certification in addition to existing authorized uses such as water management structure and soil erosion control.” Let’s thank Senator Murphy for introducing this bill!
The Bad News: The Farm Bill passed the House of Representatives on April 30, despite 320 food, farm, and conservation organizations, including CT NOFA, voicing our opposition to a bill that does not fix SNAP, does not support new and beginning farmers, and does not adequately support conservation programs or organic agriculture. Now it goes to the Senate and we need to urge both of Connecticut’s Senators to reject this Farm Bill.
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In concluding its annual retreat, the Northeast Organic Farming Association Interstate Council (NOFA IC) reaffirms the values that have grounded our work for 55 years.
Our vision is that every person is able to live their life with healthy food, clean water and air, community, livelihood, dignity, and purpose within the means of our life-giving planet. We seek that vision on every level, from our households and farms to our communities, states, bioregions, nation, and world. For that vision to be fulfilled, every person, no matter their origin or circumstances, must have all their basic human needs met without degrading the air, water, soil, ecosystems, and climate which we have been given and on which we depend for our lives.