Learn about the farm’s efforts to enhance their farmland for agriculture, the many conservation practices put in place, and plans to make the farm an educational community‐based resource to engage families and children. After a brief business meeting and conservation awards ceremony, we welcome you to stay for refreshments, conversation, and the Fall Harvest Day activities. There will be a variety of family‐friendly activities taking place, including walking tours led by Gabe Russo (see flyer below). For more information about our annual meeting, including our award winners, see our flyer. RSVP to Kathy King at 860.346.3282 or ctrivercoastal@conservect.org.
Forest City Farms is a small organic farm on City-owned land along the Connecticut River in Middletown, focused on contributing to the local sustainable food community. The farm is owned and managed by Gabe Russo with support from many of his family members. A wide variety of heirloom produce and culinary herbs is grown at the farm, and sold at farmers markets and to restaurants, distributed in local farm shares, and donated to the local soup kitchen and food pantry.
The Fall Harvest Day is part of a Connecticut River Coastal Conservation District project to enhance urban agriculture in Middletown, funded by a grant from the National Association of Conservation Districts. Funding for a pilot program to plan and hold two on-farm educational events at Forest City Farms, the secondof which is the Fall Harvest Day, was provided in part by a generous grant from The Rockfall Foundation, Middletown, CT.
The Connecticut River Coastal Conservation District Inc., a nonprofit organization based in Middletown, CT, works to conserve the natural resources of towns in the lower Connecticut River watershed and coastal areas. For more information about District technical and educational programs and services, visit us at www.conservect.org/ctrivercoastal, or www.facebook.com/ctrivercoastalcd/.
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