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Weekends in September should include
Corn Mazes and Fresh, Crisp Apples!
Month:
September | Year:
2014 | Issue:
18
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Featured Farm - Scantic Valley Farm and their AWESOME CORN MAZE!
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Farmer Nancy carries Belted Galloway calf
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This week we asked Nancy Barrett from Scantic Valley Farm about what's going on at their farm this Fall! Here's a sneak peak and follow the link below to read the whole feature.
3. What's 'growing' at Scantic Valley Farm and what's in store for the fall season at your farm?
We grow a wonderful array of pumpkin varieties as well as specialty pumpkins and gourds. Our Corn Maze and pick-your-own pumpkin patch opens on September 20th so things are hopping right now getting everything into place for opening day!
Our farm offers a great family oriented fall experience. We have an 8 acre Corn Maze, which is a lot of fun for all ages, with a challenge within the trails of finding 5 hidden posts, and for littler tikes we have a Kiddie Maze. We have scenic hayrides that bring you out to the pumpkin patch and many fun games and activities in our play area, the "OK Corral". We also have some farm animals to see including donkeys, sheep and chickens.
What's really "growing" is the demand for the delicious CT Grown items that we serve at our food booth during the fall. More and more folks are digging our menu and then shopping at our General Store for some of our burgers and steaks to take home and cook themselves!
4. For folks interested in visiting your farm for the corn maze, what else can they do nearby to make a day of it?
A couple of my favorite local spots are the Collins Creamery less than a 10 minute drive to Powder Mill Road in Enfield. They make their own ice cream. Of course, I recommend the "Cow Tracks" and the "Pumpkin" flavors!
I also frequent Johnny Appleseed Farm, a pick your own orchard and farm stand on route 83 in Ellington.
Kim and Kenny Shores just expanded their farm stand; it is a wonderful place to pick fresh fruit or shop for the best in-season items.
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Upcoming Events
featured event
September 27, 2014
Canning & Preserving Tomatoes
Wilton
10am - 1pm, Join Annie Farrell and others at Millstone Farm and learn how to preserve your summer tomatoes so they can last you all winter long. Learn the basics of canning, freezing, and methods of storing tomatoes. Come prepared to chop, cook, can. Read more>>
September 13, 2014
Great Killingly Tomato Festival
Killingly
Contests of all kinds: Salsa Contest - make a homemade salsa including tomatoes and any other ingredients that delight your taste buds. More info...Garden Tomato Contest - We have two groups and three categories in this contest for ugliest, funniest and largest (by weight) tomato. Read more>>
September 13, 2014
Natureworks Fall Wreath Making
Northford
Join Nancy DuBrule-Clemente, as she shows you how to make bright and colorful fall wreaths using all natural dried and preserved flowers, herbs, mosses, pods, curly twigs, and autumn ribbons. Read more>>
Hands-On Cooking, Autumn Memorable Meals @ Jones Family Farms
Shelton The Harvest Kitchen Cooking Studio opened in the spring of 2009 with the goal of inspiring people to eat more joyfully, healthfully, and sustainably. We believe local, seasonal foods are the most delicious, nourishing, and environmentally friendly choices possible. Read more>>
September 14, 2014 Just & Holy Food @ Common GroundNew Haven Recognizing that every faith tradition celebrates food as a key component of their sacred stories, this conference will provide the moral, spiritual, and theological framework for food security, policy, and justice. Just & Holy Food will offer an invigorating keynote speaker, noted panelists... Read more >> September 18, 2014 "The Vegan Table" Max Chef to Farm Dinner @ Rosedale Farms & VineyardSimsbury Our Chef to Farm dinner series is an opportunity for our guests to enjoy the freshest foods and produce in the sublime beauty of Our Farms, the true treasures of the state. Your evening begins with a wine tasting reception with the guest winemaker; then you'll head out for a tour of the farm Read more>>
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Farmland Preservation Celebration
Lebanon
300 Farms and Growing. 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. @ Lebanon Town Green. Since 1978, the Farmland Preservation Program has permanently protected the prime and important farmland soils of 300 farms and nearly 40,000 acres to ensure the future...Read more>>
September 20, 2014
Celebrating Agriculture
Woodstock 14th Annual Celebrating Agriculture @ Woodstock Fairgrounds. A fun, FREE educational day showcasing the benefits agriculture provides to the region, as well as the challenges farms face today. It is held in September every year at the Woodstock Fairgrounds on Route 169.
September 20, 2014
Hands-on Cooking, Autumn Memorable Meals Series: Autumn is A-coming Party
Shelton
The Harvest Kitchen Cooking Studio opened in the spring of 2009 with the goal of inspiring people to eat more joyfully, healthfully, and sustainably. We believe local, seasonal foods are the most delicious, nourishing, and environmentally friendly choices possible. Read more >>
September 20, 2014 to September 21, 2014
Harvest Fest @ Stonington Vineyards
Stonington
Annual Harvest Fest! One of our favorite events of the year! Our Annual Harvest Fest is being held this year September 20th and 21st from 12 to 6pm, rain or shine! Gourmet food vendors, local artisans, wine tastings and more! Live music by Hoolios, Dan Stevens, Wicked Peach and more! Read more >>
Cornucopia @ UConn
Storrs
Come spend a fun and informative day at your College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources! The nineteenth annual Cornucopia Fest will be held Sunday, September 21 at the University of Connecticut, Route 195 and North Eagleville Road in Storrs. Look for us behind the fence this year. Read more>>
September 21, 2014
Farm Tour at Freund's Farm/CowPots
East Canaan
Start the tour in the farm yard and talk about what we grow, what's in season and what's fresh on the farm that day (raspberries, pumpkins, tomatoes, corn). We'll head over the Blackberry River. Read more>>
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ANNOUNCING September Tracking Incentive!
Congratulations to Carol P. of New Haven County. Carol tracked her local purchases all 5 Sundays during the month of August and has won a space at our featured event, Millstone Farm's Tomato Canning Workshop!
We know that growing the movement takes work, so we're providing a little more excitement to help you stay on track with your pledge!
Track your locally produced/caught purchases this month for a chance to win the September
tracking incentive, 2 free tickets to the "Frankenstein" Corn Maze and fall activities at Scantic Valley Farm in Somers, CT!
A campaign participant that has tracked consistently throughout the month of September will be notified the first week of October.
Questions about tracking or activating? Email us
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Apples, Pears and Plums, OH MY!
Don't Forget about Crop Cards!!
Pick your own season is ripe in CT. Peaches and nectarines are towards the end of their season, but apples and pears are bountiful! Make it a family-fun day and visit a farm that's sharing our seasonal crop cards.
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