Make this holiday Extra-Local! 
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CT Grown Gift Guide


Looking for something a little more personal and local for your friends and family this holiday season? 

Check out this awesome list of gift ideas that come right from your own backyard! Whether you're shopping for a friend, a relative hosting a holiday party, your pet or a secret santa, this list has a little something for everyone and it's all made right here in Connecticut!

This list will make it a little easier to make your holiday Extra-local!


 
Winter's Top 10 To Do
What are your favorite winter activities to do?

Here is our list of events, activities, projects and ideas to do around CT this season.


If you haven't yet, check out our list of CT Christmas tree farms on buyCTgrown.com

1. Buy a CSA Share for your family for the 2015 growing season. Most CSAs begin accepting members in January. Check out a list of CT CSAs here.

2. Attend the 2015 Bee School; taking place on Thursdays during the month of February at UConn Storrs, click here for more information and to register.
 
3. Thinking about growing your own veggies next year? Consider attending the  'Getting Started in Organic Farming Conference' on January 24th. Click here for details.
 
4. Once you've gotten inspiration from the Organic Farming Conference, visit some of CT's seed companies and get a head start on seed starting ideas: Hart's, Comstock, Ferre and New England Seed Co.
 
5. Visit the alpacas at Stone Bridge Farm as they host Open Farm Weekends during the month of December. While you're in the area, stop by Geer's Family Tree Farm for a CT Christmas tree and visit the Geer's Gift Shop.
 
 
 

 

 
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Can you help us reach $2 Million tracked with the 10% Campaign by 2015?

Is your Christmas tree from a CT tree farm? Are you getting in the holiday spirit with egg nog from one of CT's dairy farms? Keeping warm with a CT wool blanket or wool socks? Making appetizers with CT preserves?

Make it count by tracking your purchases on locally grown/raised/caught products in your weekly progress reports. Click the green button below to log into your 10% account and report your 10% progress!

CT sourced products filling up this gift basket; from garlic to ornamental corn, maple syrup, sheep skin and eggs!

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Featured Farm - Sepe Farm in Newtown, CT

Three generations of Sepes have raised sheep, but they've gone about it a little differently than most families!  Farmer Pete started raising lambs as a 4-H project in 1960.  When he went off to college, his father took over the flock and developed a business selling sheepskin products.  

 
 
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