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heartCTgrown is a fun messaging campaign to build consumer awareness of local food and farms. Use our hashtag: #heartctgrown #spreadthelove

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@amy_coval @NorthwesternU @MedillSchool @hearstcmg @Hearst Saw your recent article re farmers markets & but it didn't include the eastern side of CT. Don't know if that intentional but the title seemed to indicate all of CT. If you're looking to include NECT try https://t.co/d7FOOBZYbU & you can visit our website for New London county🙂

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Did you know cheese could be seasonal? This #weekendread features our own CT cheese maker extraordinaire Brian Civitello, of Mystic Cheese Co sharing the details about how cheese can be seasonal!
Read the whole article here: https://t.co/9O3qg68FFe
📸 by Mystic Cheese Co

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Going into Farm to School week we wanted to share an article showing how important Farm to school can be. Though not talked about in the article, it gives a look at how fragile our supply chain is...imagine if we sourced more food from local farms though? https://t.co/sPZjV0yT1i

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American Farmland Trust & the Farmers Market Coalition announced winners for the 13th Farmers Market Celebration. Guess who was one of the winners? One of our- Monroe Farmer Market! It just goes to show we have some awesome farmers markets & farmers
📸 by Monroe Farmers Market

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You know what these farmers are doing? Not just growing food for CSA shares, but also for schools. This upcoming week is #CTgrownforCTkidsweek & we're celebrating by focusing on farmers who grow for schools! Follow us & get excited about Farm to School in CT!
📸 by Massaro Farm

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Each small farm in CT is a small business. And you know what's great about small businesses? They often try to support each other. For example these CT small businesses that are farming, working with farms, or supported by farms to get good food to your door.

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Our @UConnExtension team and friends had a great time this past weekend @FarmAid connecting people with Connecticut farms so that our farmers could be known and supported! Thanks to all that came to visit!!

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#weekendread At the beginning of each season we put together plenty of CT farm info to help you explore farms in the state & send it to your inbox. Read that email here: https://t.co/m8tJhKqRMw. If you want these emails in your inbox, sign up here: https://t.co/Wz7lfWVN9h

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Don't think about the rain today. Think about the wonderful farmers markets you're going to visit this weekend to get yourselves excited about Fall crops, Fall weather, and Fall fun! We promise the sun will come out. Promise.
Photo by Stamford Downtown of the Spring Street Market

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Lucky you! It's time for another Farm highlight! Today we're talking about the Incubator Farmer Program at Gifts of Love Farm in Simsbury.
Check these farmers out here: https://t.co/1PnSiQTjcn

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Did you see that Harvest Moon last night? A welcome sign for farmers as the weather begins to cool and crops are brought in from the fields showing the fruits of their labor. Green Village Initiative has a great post explaining more that you should definitely check out
📸 by GVI

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Figs in Connecticut. There is season, delicious, and perhaps unexpected for some folks. But we have such cool, ingenuitive farmers in the state that find a way to grow all sorts of cool things.
Photo and figs by Hidden Blossom Farm

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You know who likes this slightly cooler weather? Greens. They'll be coming back to market in full force alongside all the long season winter squash! Oh. And the pumpkins. Get all your pumpkins because, you know, Fall.
📷 by Chester Farmers Market

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Time for a farm highlight! Meet Daigle Farm in Brooklyn- a diversified farm in Brooklyn CT that uses organic practices to raise veggies, poultry, and pork to help feed their community in a healthier way! Read more here: https://t.co/SEd1J4a3rG

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Alright friends, the fresh ginger, grown right here in CT, is starting to roll in and we might be in love. The delicate pink at the top, the tender paper skin only fresh ginger has, & don't get me started on the taste, because you'll be here for days.
photo by Marble Valley Farm

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Though we do love ALL of CT, we got some special grant funding to do a little project in Northeastern CT, and we're excited to share it with all of you...on October 13th. More info coming soon, but save the date and get excited!!!

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That feeling when your first shiitakes of the season come in and you can't wait to add them to your farm fresh veggies in a stir fry! Also, this farm kid is just too dang cute not to share :-)
Photo by Fox Box Farm

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Growing hops.This #weekendread goes into the details of hops that are grown, how they're used by craft breweries & how it's an American tradition! So cheers to you & all the CT Farms helping brew our beer! Read the article here: https://t.co/5arlAj9QcT
📸 by Quiet Corner Hops

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Line up! It's farmers market time! A the mornings have a little chill in them when we wake up we're reminded that the bounty of farmers markets won't be lasting long. WE got to get all the things before the cold sets in!

Photo by Northwest Park Farmers Market

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Too beautiful not to post. 2 generations of wool lovers and the products they make from the beautiful #CTgrown wool. This is just another reason that our farmers farm-to share with others.

Photo by Iris Creek Farm