We have a free table at the Neighborhood Network Organic Turf Show, Tuesday, February 16th, from 8am - 4pm. It's located in Farmingdale, NY at Farmingdale State College (Long Island) and we could use 1 to 2 volunteers to table and talk about the Organic Land Care program. Please contact Clara or call the office at 203-888-5146.

Stop by the CT NOFA booth (#355) at Hartford Flower Show, Feb 18-21.  If you'd like to
staff the booth for a few hours and talk to people about CT NOFA and Organic Land Care,
let us know. 

Views from the Barn:  K. Roselli-Rothenberg

By Judith Rothenberg

She managed to get into more trouble in the space of a month than all the other goats combined - and they'd had eighteen years. She did it effortlessly.  In all the years we have been keeping goats, or they have been keeping us, from Maxine and Szlotnick all the way to little Ella Bella from last summer, we'd never had a beast so bent and determined to get into anything and everything she shouldn't, and with such delight .  Her name is Kalamity.  A more aptly named creature we'd never met, let alone lived with.

Of course we didn't breed this little demon all by ourselves; we're just not that good.  We got her from Carla.  A fine caprine specimen, a goat's goat, more guts than brains, we should have known we were in for it when we saw the 007 on her ear tag. Read more>

Farmer Wanted - Iroquois Farm, a NOFANY certified Organic Garden and Crop farm, is in need of a family to manage and operate the farm located on 250 acres on the banks of the St. Lawrence River near Ogdensburg, NY. Contact M. Clements, 315-323-1905 

Montgomery Gardens, the CT and NY Manufacturer's Representative of Right Dress Licorice Root Mulch, joined CT NOFA this past October. Owner Peter Montgomery 38 year interest in perennial gardening led him to work in the potting barn at White Flower Farms and later with local landscapers.

What Is The Experiment Station Associates?

Many of you are familiar with The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station (CAES), a state-supported research institution, which has been solving problems and improving the quality of life of state residents and the nation using state-of-the-art scientific procedures since 1875. 

In 1990, a group known as The Experiment Station Associates (ESA) was founded by supporters of the CAES.  This non-profit group assists the CAES in delivering new scientific findings to Connecticut residents, thereby expanding visibility for the CAES and facilitating outreach to its stakeholders. 

ESA members benefit from a number of activities that include:

o   Station events, including Plant Science Day and Spring Open House;

o   Field trips to interesting sites in Connecticut that include speakers from CAES staff;

o   Annual meetings where CAES scientists report on their latest discoveries;

o   Bulletins.

You are invited to join the ESA and help support the important work of the CAES.  More information about the CAES and the ESA can be found at here. Once at the CAES homepage, click on "Experiment Station Associates" for a membership form. Inquiries about the ESA can also be addressed by calling 1.877.855.2237 or sent to ESA, P. O. Box 3560, Amity Station, New Haven, CT  06525.

--Contributed by Dr. Sharon M. Douglas, CAES

2010 Speciality Crop Block Grant-FB Program - grant from the Department of Agriculture to promote the production and sale of specialty crops. Application deadline is March 1, 2010. Details>