Events, 10% Partners, Season Top 10 & Food Facts
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January		Year:
2014		Issue:
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Did you know that January is National Soup Month? 
Can't find a local ingredient?    Find it on www.buyctgrown.com. 
Upcoming Events

January 30
Location: Storrs The Eastern Connecticut Beekeepers Association announces our 2014 Bee School!  We will focus on the basics of Beekeeping and take you from selecting and assembling the necessary equipment to managing your hive as the season progresses.

February 02
Location: Bridgeport
The SOUPer Bowl for Foodies! Love food? Then don't miss Chowdafest, CT's premier culinary competition where YOU get to be the judge. Sample over 30 different chowders, soups and bisque from some of the states best chefs & restaurants! Then vote on your favorites.

Location: Ambler Farm in Wilton
Wilton Sign up for Ambler Farms immensely popular, Maple Syrup Tap-a-Tree program. Sign up quickly...these classes fill up fast.  Learn the science and history of maple syruping by being a hands-on part of the process.
 
February 20 - 23
Location: Hartford
The 33rd annual Connecticut Flower & Garden Show covers almost 3 acres with the 2014 theme "Backyard Paradise," featuring many ideas for homeowners and apartment and condo dwellers alike.

Location: Lyman Orchards
Celebrate the Fun side of winter!  Cure your cabin fever! Go snow tubing! Hug a Husky! Watch your child learn to drive a team of trained sled dogs!  Come watch an exciting ice carving demonstration and competition featuring New England's best carvers.

March 01
Location: Danbury
The 2014 Winter Conference brings into focus the challenges of the next generation of farmers and how they affect all of us.  Join us to discuss the future of sustainable farming and celebrate local food.  Early registration ends February 8th.

 
 Our list of 10% Partners is GROWING!
Check out the businesses that have taken the CT 10% Pledge!

Restaurants and Dining HallsFarms and Farmers
Markets		Non-Profits and Membership Organizations
Max's Oyster Bar 
Salisbury School 
Bistro 7
UConn Dining
Garden Fresh Baby 
Zinc 
Cavey's 
Botticello Farms, LLC
Secchiaroli Farm 
Sub Edge Farm 
Sport Hill Farm LLC 
Palmer Family Farm 
Ragland Farm 
Good Bug Gardens 
Pakulis Farm, LLC 
Anderson Farms 
Full Heart Farm 
Freund's Farm Market 
South Windsor Farmers 
Market 
Hydeville Sugar Shack 
Hollandia Nurseries 
Abington Grown at We-Li-Kit 
Farm
Bright Acres Farm Sugar 
House
Scantic Valley Farm
Ecology Center 
Connecticut Farm Bureau Association 
Thames Valley Sustainable 
Connections, Inc. 
CitySeed 
Sustainable Food Systems, 
LLC 
    
Do you have a favorite farm, restaurant or business that is serving local? 
Encourage them to become a Partner of the CT 10% Campaign!
 
Did you know...?

 

By buying 'local' dairy products you are supporting the dairy farms in Connecticut and helping to maintain our state's farmland and beautiful landscape. 

 

In 2009, 72,000 acres of farmland was dedicated to dairy farming! Help to keep those acres for farming by sourcing CT dairy products.

 

Not sure where your milk is processed? Check out this site to find out:  www.whereismymilkfrom.com 

 

Looking for local dairy products?

 

 
Five of our Winter's Top Ten:

1. Attend a workshop at the CT NOFA Winter Conference and learn about vegetable gardening from Lee Riech, how to grow your own Shitakees, raise chickens, make wine, grow beans and more.    

 

2. Visit Logee's Green House in Danielson, CT.   

 

3. Tour the Litchfield Winter Wine Trail or the CT Coast & Country Winter Wine Trail!    

4. Go snow tubing or watch an ice carving demonstration at Lyman's Orchards Winter Fest!     

 

5. Plan your garden!  Take a trip to Comstock and Ferre, Co. in Wethersfield and grab lunch at Firebox in Hartford. 
10% Spotlight!  -  Why was it important for you to take the Pledge?

 

We are very excited that folks all over Connecticut are taking the pledge and supporting the CT 10% Campaign! We interviewed Patrick Leahy of New Haven County, one of our 10% Heroes who has consistently reported his progress. 

 

Why was it important for you to take the Pledge?

My wife Cathy and I are members of two CSAs, Boulder Knoll in Cheshire and Eve's Corner Garden in Bethany.  We also frequent the farmers markets in New Haven at Edgewood Park and Wooster Square.  We also regularly frequent Lyman Orchards for Pick your own.  Lyman is my 3 year old granddaughter's favorite trip.  She loves apples and we have spoiled her with nothing but the best, right off the tree. 

 

I think the pledge is important because it supports an environment where we learn to care for the land and enjoy its bounty.  We need to encourage local production of food.  The quality is better because the food cannot be fresher. 

 

What is your favorite restaurant serving locally grown?

My favorite restaurant specializing in utilizing local produced food is The Stone Hearth in Westville, New Haven.  We have taken friends there and everyone raves about the quality of the food. 

 

I am happy to encourage others to shop for local produced food.

 

 

Hats off to Patrick, Cathy and their granddaughter!

 
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