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  • Wilton’s Ambler Farm: Preserving History and Quietly Espousing Sustainability

    Wilton’s Ambler Farm: Preserving History and Quietly Espousing Sustainability

    Sep 29, 2009 13:42

    The Big Red Barn at Ambler Farm, Wilton Ambler Farm’s red barn immediately reminded me of Margaret Wise Brown’s...

     
  • Lunch at the Farm

    Lunch at the Farm

    Sep 21, 2009 18:53

    Sunflowers at Sport Hill Farm in Easton, planted by the children who attended the summer farm camp It was the most beautiful...

     
  • The Real Costs of Cheap Food

    The Real Costs of Cheap Food

    Aug 29, 2009 12:40

    Time magazine ran and excellent article on August 21 entitiled “Getting Real About the High Price of Cheap Food”...

     
  • Southport Has a New Farm: The Double L

    You may have heard that The Double L Farmstand located at 3611 Post Road, Southport, just off the Westport border, was closed...

     
  • FRESH Panelists and Exhibitors

    FRESH Panelists and Exhibitors

    Aug 14, 2009 18:01

    From left to right, guest Michelle McCabe, Hostess Analiese Paik, and Bill Duesing of CT NOFA Guests panelists Annelise McCay,...

     
  • Eat Local Challenge: 10 Ways to Eat FRESH

    Eat Local Challenge: 10 Ways to Eat FRESH

    Aug 14, 2009 16:27

    Nick Mancini's organic vegetables at the FRESH screening I announced an Eat Local Challenge at the FRESH screening on...

     
  • Take the CT Grown Challenge

    Take the CT Grown Challenge

    Aug 1, 2009 19:40

    In celebration of National Farmers’ Market Week, August 2-8, Connecticut’s Commissioner of Agriculture has challenged...

     
  • Green Food Movement Fueled by Films and Resolutions

    Green Food Movement Fueled by Films and Resolutions

    Jul 28, 2009 11:21

    Our nation’s awareness of the need for healthy, sustainable food is growing and the documentary food films Food, Inc....

     
  • Drowned Tomatoes and Exploding Cabbages

    Drowned Tomatoes and Exploding Cabbages

    Jul 28, 2009 8:27

    Slow Food Connecticut's Tomato Tasting 2008, Courtesy Urban Oaks Organic Farm Extreme weather is wreaking havoc with...

     
  • FRESH is Coming to CT!

    FRESH is Coming to CT!

    Jul 24, 2009 15:31

    The First FRESH Screening in Connecticut Was Held on August 12, 2009! Read Full Story: FRESH: Getting Back to Basics, by...

     
  • If You Give a Friend Some Rhubarb

    If You Give a Friend Some Rhubarb

    Jul 18, 2009 20:14

    A delicious, local strawberry-rhubarb pie You might make some pie or tarts or compote together and have a great time eating...

     
  • Fairfield County Farmer’s Market Update

    Fairfield County Farmer’s Market Update

    Jul 10, 2009 12:49

    Maybe you already know this, but there’s a Love Your Farmers’ Market Contest under way sponsored by Care2 and...

     
  • Organic Black Bean Veggie Burgers

    Organic Black Bean Veggie Burgers

    Jul 10, 2009 9:05

    Organic Black Bean Veggie Burgers I finally got around to cooking up a big pot of organic black beans I bought at Whole Food...

     
  • A Gem of a Farm

    Close your eyes and imagine the quintessential New England farm you’ve read about in books. Picture the rolling fields...