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Chicks Ahoy Farm is a not-for-profit working to promote pathways to sustainable farming and increase the number of women and BILPOC farmers in the State of Connecticut. Chicks Ahoy Farm Chicks Ahoy Farm, Inc is a Bloomfield-based nonprofit organization that aims to increase the number of underrepresented farmers in Connecticut, increase youth and families’ access to FACES (Farming, Agriculture, Conservation, and Environmental Stewardship), and organize to fix the state’s broken social safety net. Our organization has built a network of youth, families, seniors, and directly-impacted members across Hartford County and beyond. We are cultivating systemic change and community resilience. Our programs and organizing projects are deeply committed to fostering systemic change, driving impactful local direct action, and providing robust public education across Connecticut. Lorenzo and Vii fishing Kevin Campbell, CAF Treasurer C2K Deep Sea Fishing May 29, 2026 FREE CT tabling at New Britain library Oct 2025 Lorenzo and Vii fishing 1/20 FREE CT We are fighting to reform the probation and parole system by eliminating incarceration for noncriminal technical violations, Farm Committee The Farm Committee's integrates our agribusiness and community organizing training to facillitte commnity learning about Farming Agricutlture, Conservation, Enviorment, and Stewardship. S.H.O.P. Seniors in Hartford Organizing for Power organizes to improve the quality of life for older adults across the state. Pathways2Agriculture Pathways to Agriculture is a year-long internship to support high school students in their learning about agriculture & community organizing. CoOp2Kitchen Co-op2Kitchen is our farmer-supported mutual aid project helping people meet immediate food and basic human needs Cultivating Justice Cultivating Justice is our member group of emerging young activists, farmers, social workers, and allies across Connecticut. Help Us Cultivate Justice ‏0 ‏$ $ 0 Your donations will go to assist local agribusiness development and youth workforce development in Connecticut . בחירה View Our Members Forum Sign Up Here

​Our newly established FACES program will be combined with the long-standing Farmers and Leaders of Color (FLOC,) agribusiness coaching initiative. F.A.C.E.S F.A.C.E.S F.A.C.E.S F.A.C.E.S Farming, Agriculture, Conservation, & Environmental Stewardship Goals!!! Increase the number of BILPOC Farmers in Connecticut. Promote Farming and Conservation and outdoors actvity for families. Increase people's access to nutritious food and basic human needs Elminate barriers to land use in urban abd suburban areas Farming: Community action, and increasing public education on housing, health, and food security. Promote the history of farming and agriculture in Bloomfield, and build people’s farming skills. Agriculture: Farmer training, Agribusiness development to increase the number of BILPOC farmers in Bloomfield for public/private partnerships that facilitate aggressive economic growth for cities and towns. Conservation: Reviewing land maps, conservation and protection plans for land and open spaces like the Great Drain, wetlands, trails, forestry, and parks. Environmental: Produce educational materials, surveys, and land plans to protect natural resources, addresing priorities for conservation planning, and increasing local advocacy opportunities that address problems caused by Climate Change. Stewardship: Create Agricultural Commissions with the Town Councils that prioritize urban farming and food security. Farming Farm skill building Agriculture Conservation Enviornmental Stewards

Cultivating Justice meets monthly with people who want to practice farming in urban comminties. Cultivating Justice Cultivating Justice Cultivating Justice Cultivating Justice Cultivating Justice is our member-led community organizing group at Chicks Ahoy Farm, which focuses on developing community organizing skills within neighborhoods and communities throughout Connecticut. Our primary objectives are to promote liberation and decriminalization within our communities through justice reform that positively impacts low-income and marginalized populations, while also working cooperatively to nourish our communities by prioritizing the advancement of Black, Indigenous, Latinx, and other farmers of color in Connecticut. Statewide Criminal Justice Reform Call Statewide Criminal Justice Reform Call Statewide Criminal Justice Reform Call Statewide Criminal Justice Reform Call Once a month, every month, we hold the Connecticut Statewide Criminal Justice Reform Call, where directly impacted individuals, organizers, advocates, and lobbyists present on current issues affecting communities and update the audience on developments from the Capitol. The statewide criminal justice reform call is held on the Second Tuesday of the month at 11 am on Zoom. Register for the monthly call. If you would like to present on a future call, please contact Diana at diana@chicksahoyfarm.org Join FREECT Meetings Cultivating Justice continues to bring together emerging young activists, farmers, social workers, and supportive allies across Connecticut in efforts to strengthen our social safety net.