General Discussion

The Hartford Foundation for Public Giving held an Information Session on Tuesday, February 4, 2025 to share some of the grant opportunities that will be available to Greater Hartford nonprofits in 2025.

What are we doing about this at Chicks Ahoy Farm?!?

1. Expand access to affordable, fresh food, such as poultry eggs, during the winter for underserved families.

2. Keeping Basic Human Needs and Harm Reduction supplies on hand for families and retail store staff

3. Organizing a broad base of people to protect us all and work towards solutions to these problems in Connecticut

Our CoOp2kitchen program provides real food purchased from Connecticut Farmers located in Manchester, Hartford, Middletown, and Meriden. C2K provides food and harm reduction supplies to families, seniors, and community members throughout Hartford, Middlesex, and New Haven Counties through our Pop Ups.

Beyond Business As Usual 2024: Co-Ops and the Next Economy, a groundbreaking conference bringing together the local and regional cooperative movement. Come to connect, learn, and strategize to build businesses and an economy that prioritizes people and the planet over profit.

This semi-annual conference has historically brought together community members from throughout the state to discuss topics ranging from impact investment to regenerative finance, B Corps and more. This year, we are excited to partner with Cooperate Connecticut, a newly established membership network designed to grow and support our cooperative ecosystem in CT.

On Saturday, October 26 from 10am-5pm, we are hosting the full day conference at the 224 Ecospace, featuring guest speakers and presenters from throughout the region and from right here in CT. The day includes a mix of tactical guidance, co-op basics, examples of cooperative activity locally and beyond, as well as chances to network and…

To think I started my farming journey by accident. All it took was a seed,dirt, and lots of love to grow.