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NEWS & ALERTS
from Working Lands Alliance
12 Dinners At The Farm in August!
This year's Dinners
At The Farm series
kicks off on Aug 5th. Jonathan Rapp and his Dinners At The Farm team will
delight the taste buds of nearly 1800 lucky diners over the span of four
weekends and twelve nights in August. The farm dinners will be hosted
at Barberry Farm in Madison, and White Gate Farm in East Lyme. Working
Lands Alliance is a featured beneficiary of the event, along with CitySeed
and Connecticut Farmland Trust! Tickets.
WLA is seeking volunteers to help serve dinners on these dates:
8/7 - in
Madison
8/26, 8/27, and 8/28 - in East Lyme
Contact jmartin@farmland.org if you are interested in helping!
Litchfield Saltwater Grille - Aug 8 Dinner at March Farm
One of WLA's newest
members, The
Litchfield Saltwater Grille,
is also hosting a new farm-to-table series. The Litchfield Saltwater Farm
to Table Summer Wine Dinner Series next dinner is Sunday August 8th at March
Farm in Bethlehem A five course meal featuring products from March
Farm paired
with four biodynamicaly farmed Benziger wines. The menu will feature March
Farms peaches, plums, tomatoes, broccoli, sweet corn, and nectarines. Call
860.567.4900 for reservations or email swgcorporate@optonline.net
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For more information about the CT Farmland Preservation Program, call 860-713-2511.
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Working
Lands Alliance,
a project of American Farmland Trust, is a coalition dedicated to increasing
the state's commitment to farmland preservation. Our members include farmers,
conservationists, anti-hunger organizations, and local food enthusiasts.
To learn more about AFT go to: www.farmland.org
Working Lands Alliance | 775 Bloomfield Avenue Windsor, CT 06095 | 860-683-4230
Posted 6 August 2010
Dairy Farming Exhibition opens at Roseland Cottage
Woodstock, Connecticut
June 2010
Farmers, Cows and the Land
An exhibition about the modern history of dairy farming in Connecticut, opens at the Roseland Cottage carriage barn on Sunday, June 20. The exhibition is on view June 20–October 15, Wednesday–Sunday, 11:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Admission is free. For more details, see link.
Posted 20 June 2010