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Join Us in the Garden! 🌱 Volunteer with RFCT This Spring!

April 18, 2025 / Impact Organizations, Uncategorized

At RFCT, every seed we plant and every harvest we gather helps bring fresh, locally grown produce to those who need it most—and we couldn’t do it without volunteers like you! We’re excited to announce our spring volunteer hours as we begin planting key crops like carrots, potatoes, onions, and lettuces across our two Newtown farm sites: 🌾 Volunteer […]

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Part Two: From Federal Cuts to Local Solutions

April 14, 2025 / Food Systems, Uncategorized

How the Loss of LFPA Funding Impacts Our Food System — And What We Can Do Next In early 2024, the USDA announced it would not be renewing funding for the Local Food Purchase Assistance (LFPA) program beyond its current cycle. For many farms, food hubs, and food access organizations across the country, this isn’t

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📊 Part One: The State of Food Insecurity in Connecticut: What the Numbers Tell Us

April 14, 2025 / Food Systems, Uncategorized

As Real Food CT works to connect fresh, locally grown produce with food-insecure communities across our state, we know we are only one part of a much larger—and growing—challenge. Recent reports confirm what we see on the ground every day: food insecurity is widespread, and rising costs continue to push more families into crisis. 🧾

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Real Food CT Welcomes New Board Members

March 20, 2023 / Press Releases

PRESS RELEASE. March 19, 2023. Real Food CT, a Newtown, CT based nonprofit organization working to end food insecurity in Connecticut, has started their 2023 growing season with exciting news to share with the community. Now in its fifth growing season, the crew began planting in their new, grant-funded, 70’ x 30’ greenhouse. The greenhouse

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Sustainable CT Matching Grant! Let’s Get this Greenhouse!

September 5, 2022 / Food Systems, Local Food

Sustainable CT is matching donations to help us build a greenhouse for food donations.

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Connecticut Department of Agriculture Announces Farm Viability Grant Recipients

July 26, 2022 / Food Systems

Real Food CT is awarded a Farm Viability grant from the Connecticut Department of Agriculture for its Small Farm Model.

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Real Food Share Announces Name Change to Real Food CT

May 19, 2022 / Food Systems

Real Food Share, Inc. announced that it has changed its name to Real Food CT.

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Healthy Food For Everyone: Giving Gardens

February 8, 2022 / Local Food, Regenerative Farming

Growing your own food is magic. The transformational journey from a tiny seed to a delicious meal is something to experience. In 2019, we just started. We didn’t need 100 acres of land or big time degrees in agriculture. We simply did what our ancestors have been doing for hundreds of years and planted some

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UnFed: Creating Equality in our Food System

February 28, 2021 / Food Systems, Webinars

THE TRAILER How do we get as much fresh, local food to as many people as possible? Sean Fitzpatrick of Real Food Share and Annmarie Gianni of Moss Creek Farm dive into the grass-root action steps to make a lasting impact on our local food system and ensure that everybody has access to healthy food.

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