Sean Fitzpatrick

Real Food Share's Founder, Sean Fitzpatrick, has 20 years of experience as a nutrition, health, and fitness coach. His career has been based on passionate belief that access to nutrient-dense food is an absolute necessity for the health of this and future generations. Sean’s business experience, along with his observation that growing numbers of people are experiencing food insecurity, combined to make Real Food Share his life work.

A Board Leadership Opportunity at a Pivotal Moment for Real Food CT

/ Food Systems

Helping guide the next phase of food system infrastructure, farm viability, and community access in Connecticut Real Food CT is a Connecticut-based nonprofit strengthening regional food systems by connecting farms to food access partners, reducing on-farm waste, and expanding access to fresh, locally grown food for communities facing food insecurity. Over the past several years, […]

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Building the Future of Real Food CT: Strategic Planning for 2026 and Beyond

/ Food Systems, Impact Organizations, Local Food

How do we make local farm to pantry donations permanent in CT? As Real Food CT enters its next chapter, we are stepping back to look forward. Over the past six years, our team, partners, and volunteers have transformed an idea into a working regional network that connects small farms with food access organizations across

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Master Gardeners: Help Us Harvest for Food Access This Fall

/ Food Systems, Uncategorized

Let’s get as much available healthy food as possible to neighbors in need. This fall, Real Food CT is inviting Master Gardeners to join our gleaning and farm surplus program—transforming unharvested produce into healthy meals for local families. What is gleaning? Gleaning harvests produce that would otherwise remain in the field—often because of timing, labor

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Extra Plants for Home Gardeners! Come and Get ‘Em!

/ Growing Food at Home, Local Food, Uncategorized

Free Tomato Plants, Fresh Produce, and a Chance to Give Back! We’ve been lucky to receive hundreds of beautiful tomato plant starts from an amazing group of community partners this season. After getting many of them in the ground at our farms, we still have a handful left—and we want to get them into your gardens! 🌱 Come

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We’re Hiring! Farm to Food Pantry Delivery Driver (part-time)

/ Uncategorized

JOB POSTING – SEASONAL DELIVERY DRIVERPart-Time | $22.50/hour | Monday–Friday Mornings | Based in Newtown, CT ABOUT REAL FOOD CTReal Food CT is a nonprofit working to improve food access across Connecticut by rescuing surplus produce, growing food at our community farms, and partnering with local farms to deliver fresh, nutritious food to food-insecure families.

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Upcoming community celebration at annual Seed-to-Plate event

/ Events, Local Food

Tickets for Local Harvest Celebration Seed-to-Plate SOLD OUT We are so excited to be joining everyone for our annual Seed to Plate fundraising event this Friday, August 9th, and delighted to announce tickets have officially sold out! Real Food CT’s local harvest celebration will bring together the community to enjoy a bountiful evening at NewSylum

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Mid Summer Milestones

/ Impact Organizations, Local Food

A Heartfelt Thank You to Our Amazing Community! We are overjoyed and deeply grateful to share the incredible success of our 2024 Food Systems Engagement crowdfunding campaign! Thanks to the far reaching support from our community members, local businesses, and generous sponsors, we’ve raised a remarkable $16,677 in funds to advance our mission supporting access

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Food Systems Collaboration with the Real Food Hub

/ Impact Organizations, Local Food

🌽 Join the Real Food Hub for sourcing and distributing local food 🌽 This summer 2024, Real Food CT established the Real Food Hub, collaborating with local farmers and community food purchasers of Fairfield, Litchfield, and New Haven counties. We provide aggregation, distribution and direct delivery services through the Real Food Hub, coordinating with a

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