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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 not for profit working to increase the number of BILPOC farmers in Connecticut. Chicks Ahoy Farm turns 3 years old צפייה בסרטון פייסבוק טוויטר פינטרסט טאמבלר העתקת הקישור הקישור הועתק CoOp2Kitchen Co-op2Kitchen is our farmer-supported mutual aid project helping people meet immediate needs around food and basic human needs by providing fresh produce, chicken eggs, and other items. Farm Committee The Farm Committee's program, FACES integrates our FLOC agribusiness onboarding and BLOC training to increase local support for Farming Agricutlture, Conservation, Enviorment, and Stewardship. Pathways2Agriculture Chicks Ahoy Farm's Pathways to Agriculture is a year-long internship to support high school students in their learning about agriculture & community organizing. Cultivating Justice 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. F.R.E.E. CT December 17th Public Meeting 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

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Co-op2Kitchen (C2K) is a farmer-supported mutual aid project helping individuals and families in Bloomfield, Hartford, and Middletown meet immediate needs around food security, health, and hygiene by providing them with fresh produce, chicken eggs, and other essential items. #CoOp2kitchen Our Mission Co-op2Kitchen (C2K) is a farmer-supported mutual aid project helping individuals and families in Bloomfield, Hartford, and Middletown meet immediate needs around food security, health, and hygiene by providing them with fresh produce, chicken eggs, and other essential items. Our People! Who We Are Initiated in 2023, Co-op2Kitchen has expanded its offerings and reach. Our growth is the direct result of the increase in the number of locally based BILPOC farmers, and our relationships with rural producers, growers, artisans, florists, beekeepers, anglers, and service providers. Get Involved! Members & Volunteers Our members receive support from C2K, and alongside volunteers, they: Build partnerships with local vendors and acquire supplies weekly; Hold weekly door-to-door outreach to share food and information with people; Hold weekly distribution times that accommodate work and school schedules; and Host weekly volunteering opportunities for phone banking and to help clip coupons for our Coop-On Book, which are shared with C2K members to aid in their shopping Become a Member or Volunteer Farmers & Vendors We source our products and services from CT farmers, vendors, and professionals in our network. We especially value relationships with people whose identities are historically underrepresented in agriculture: BILPOC (Black, Indigenous, Latine, People of Color), LGBTQIA+, and women-identified people. The farmers and vendors we support through our coaching and leadership development cohort, FLOC (Farmers and Leaders of Color), are prioritized C2K vendors. We supplement their offerings with other CT farmers and vendors Become A Vendor Here A #Coop2kitchen Steward is a member of C2K. C2K Stewards are individuals and entities that may make an annual contribution to Coop2kitchen in furtherance of our mission to facilitate a community-based and farmer-supported mutual aid project in Bloomfield, Connecticut. Your contribution is considered a membership and will go to pay for food and basic human needs supplies we will distribute at no charge to people in Hartford, Middlesex, and New Haven counties. Becoming a C2K Steward will specifically enable us to secure: Non-perishable items like laundry sheets, harm reduction supplies, and hygiene products. Agricultural Agreements with BILPOC farmers and socially disadvantaged farmers for local products. Obtain clinical services to provide informal case management to people. Become a Coop2kitchen Steward C2K Pop Ups and Distribution C2K Contact Location/Form Service/Meeting Distribution Date Time Advisory Committee Register Here! Meets on the 2nd Monday 2:00 PM Sarah Demasi Register Here! Mutual Aid & Food 08/06/2025 1:00 PM Diana Martinez Register Here! Mutual Aid & Food 09/10/2025 1:00 PM Diana Martinez Vendor Form Become A Vendor 09/11/2025 1:00 PM Lorenzo Jones Member/Volunteer Form Join Us! 09/11/2025 1:00 PM Diana Martinez Register Here! Mutual Aid & Food 09/27/2025 11:30 AM Vii Martinez Harvesting Change Mutual Aid & Food 10/30/2025 5:00 PM C2K Benefits C2K Vendors & Suppliers Olivia Walker Editor in Chief Dan Mitchell Assistant Manager Noah Patterson Programming Editor Tess Anderson Art Director Co-op2Kitchen (C2K) is a farmer-supported mutual aid project helping individuals and families in Bloomfield, Hartford, and Middletown meet immediate needs around food security, health, and hygiene by providing them with fresh produce, chicken eggs, and other essential items.

The space online to meet new and beginning Farmers in CT. כדי לראות את זה בזמן עבודה, עברו לאתר הפעיל שלכם. קטגוריות כל הפוסטים הפוסטים שלי התחבר / הירשם Share your farming. General Discussion subcategory-list-item.views subcategory-list-item.posts 11 עקוב How to Become a Farmer in CT! subcategory-list-item.views subcategory-list-item.posts 1 עקוב Cultivating Justice subcategory-list-item.views subcategory-list-item.posts 14 עקוב EggUcation subcategory-list-item.views subcategory-list-item.posts 7 עקוב BILPOC Farming subcategory-list-item.views subcategory-list-item.posts 7 עקוב Community Organizing subcategory-list-item.views subcategory-list-item.posts 2 עקוב פוסטים חדשים Lorenzo Jones EggUcator מקף · 08 באוק׳ Fannie Lou Hamer's Freedom Farms Cooperative: Where Farming Meets Social Justice BILPOC Farming https://www.agrariacenter.org/blog/2022/1/13/je2zic0x0dotnw1tpjbdtg7pd8hn5s-r3rkc Fannie Lou Hamer's America | Full Film | America ReFramed America ReFramed brings to life compelling stories, personal voices and experiences that illuminate the contours of our ever-changing country. Since 2012, the anthology series has premiered 170 films from more than 370 filmmakers - more than half were helmed by female filmmakers and a third are credited to BIPOC filmmakers. The series has centered the stories of the LGBTQ community, people with disabilities, the incarcerated and formerly incarcerated, veterans, seniors, immigrants and people from a myriad of backgrounds. Major funding for America ReFramed provided by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Wyncote Foundation, and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Additional funding provided by Open Society Foundations, Acton Family Giving, Park Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and The Reva & David Logan Foundation. WORLD shares the best of public media in news, documentaries and programming. WORLD’s original series examine the issues and amplify the voices of those often ignored by mainstream media. The multicast 24/7 channel helps audiences understand conflicts, movements and cultures from around the globe. Its original work has won a Peabody Award, an Alfred I. duPont-Columbia Award, a National News and Documentary Emmy Award, two Webby Awards, and many others honoring diversity of content and makers. WORLD is carried by 195 member stations in markets representing over 75.1% of US TV households. Funding for WORLD Channel is provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Wyncote Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts and Artworks. WORLD is produced by GBH in partnership with WNET and is distributed by American Public Television (APT). לייק 0 Lorenzo Jones EggUcator מקף · 26 בספט׳ Saturday, 9/27: Coop2Kitchen Middletown Mutual Aid Pop Up BILPOC Farming Thank you for signing up to attend our next Coop2Kitchen Pop-Up in Middletown this Saturday, September 27th at 11:30am. We'll be meeting at the Universal Healthcare Foundation offices at 425 Main Street, 2nd floor in Middletown. If you're not sure where this building is, it's located between Esca Restaurant and Fujiya Ramen on Main Street. We'll have a table set up out front, too. You can park on the street or behind the building. The entrance to the parking lot is on the Washington Street side of the building next to Wells Fargo Bank. Here's an idea of our schedule for Saturday: 11:30am- Pop-Up Begins 12pm- Sofrito Demonstration and Lunch 1pm- Policy 101 Workshop Begins! You can come for one or all-- the pop-up, the demonstration, and the workshop. Visit here for more information on the Policy 101 Workshop. Hope to see you there! Vii Martinez C2K Coordinator --------- Gracias por inscribirse para asistir a nuestro próximo evento de ayuda mutua Coop2Kitchen en Middletown este sábado 27 de septiembre a las 11:30 a. m. Nos reuniremos en las oficinas de Universal Healthcare Foundation, ubicadas en 425 Main Street, segundo piso, en Middletown. Si no sabe dónde está este edificio, se encuentra entre el restaurante Esca y Fujiya Ramen en Main Street. También tendremos una mesa afuera. Puede estacionarse en la calle o detrás del edificio. La entrada al estacionamiento está en el lado de Washington Street, junto al Wells Fargo Bank. Aquí tiene un ejemplo de nuestro horario para el sábado: 11:30 a. m. - Comienza el evento de ayuda mutua 12 p. m. - Demostración de sofrito y almuerzo 1 p. m. - ¡Comienza el taller de Política 101! Puede asistir a uno o a todos los eventos: el evento de ayuda mutua, la demostración, y el taller. Visite aquí para obtener más información sobre el taller de Política 101. ¡Esperamos verte allí! Vii Martínez Coordinadora de C2K לייק 0 Lorenzo Jones EggUcator מקף · 24 בספט׳ The USDA and Trump Administration Are Hurting Our Food Security General Discussion 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. If you are a farmer, provider, producer, or grower of something helpful to people, please consider working with CoOp2kitchen. Vendors can sign up here! We offer a variety of products, including homemade bar soaps, laundry sheets, coupons, hygiene products, and harm reduction supplies, as well as informal case management and human services. Additionally, we provide community organizing training and support to help you self-advocate for these issues in your community. Here are some articles and data on the problem we are facing: USDA Terminates Redundant Food Insecurity Survey (Washington, D.C., September 20, 2025) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced the termination of future Household Food Security Reports. These redundant, costly, politicized, and extraneous studies do nothing more than fuel fear. For 30 years, this study—initially created by the Clinton administration as a means to support the increase of SNAP eligibility and benefit allotments—failed to present anything more than subjective, liberal fodder. Trends in the prevalence of food insecurity have remained virtually unchanged, despite an over 87% increase in SNAP spending between 2019 and 2023. USDA will continue to prioritize statutory requirements and, where necessary, use the bevy of more timely and accurate data sets available to it. https://www.npr.org/2025/09/22/nx-s1-5549115/usda-food-insecurity-survey-hunger "SNAP benefits, and the resulting rise in food insecurity, is the likely motive behind the Trump administration scrapping the report. "This will substantially increase food insecurity, and unfortunately, that will make itself clear in the data of food insecurity reports in the next couple of years," Ross said. The USDA did not respond to questions from NPR about the reasons behind the report's cancellation." Household Food Security in the United States in 2023 An estimated 86.5 percent of U.S. households were food secure throughout the entire year in 2023, with access at all times to enough food for an active, healthy life for all household members. The remaining households (13.5 percent, statistically significantly higher than the 12.8 percent in 2022) were food insecure at least some time during the year. Very low food security is the more severe range of food insecurity where one or more household members experience reduced food intake and disrupted eating patterns at times during the year because of limited money or other resources for food. In 2023, 5.1 percent of households were very low food secure, an estimate that is statistically similar to the 5.1 percent in 2022. Commission on Women, Children, Seniors, Equity, and Opportunity 2024 Food Security Annual Report (CWCSEO), it is our pleasure to present our 2024 report on the state of food insecurity in Connecticut, reflecting our commitment as mandated by Public Act 23-204. This report comes at the conclusion of the Commission’s first year with a Food & Nutrition Policy Analyst on staff, and is the product of publicly available data and academic research. Additionally, we endeavored to incorporate lived experience and community feedback through 107 individual and small group meetings, a survey of food organizations that collected 162 responses, and presentations to local food collaboratives across the state. #CoOp2kitchen is a mutual aid project collaborating with CT Farmers and vendors to provide food, necessities, and informal case management to those in need. Chicks Ahoy Farm's cohort of youth, women and BILPOC farmers, FLOC (Farmers & Leaders of Color) and residents in Hartford, Middletown, Bloomfield, Portland, and Cromwell have come together to create an Advisory Committee for c2k to review potential agreements for supplies and items. Complete the C2K Vendor Sign Up Form to become a vendor for CoOp2kitchen. Contact us at C2K@chiksahoyfarm.org if you would like to volunteer or make a donation to the program. לייק 1 0 Forum - Frameless Become A Member

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FREE CT is the name of Cultivating Justice's campaign to reform Connecticut's probation system. CONNECTICUT PROBATION REFORM CONNECTICUT PROBATION REFORM CONNECTICUT PROBATION REFORM CONNECTICUT PROBATION REFORM We are fighting to reform the probation system by eliminating incarceration for noncriminal technical violations, introducing earned time credit and removing burdensome supervision fees in order to incentivize success, reduce caseloads and reduce the trauma of arrest. JOIN THE FIGHT JOIN THE FIGHT JOIN THE FIGHT JOIN THE FIGHT F.R.E.E. CT December 17th Public Meeting Probation Reform Sign On Letter Probation Reform Sign On Letter Probation Reform Sign On Letter Probation Reform Sign On Letter Probation was designed to be an alternative to incarceration. Instead, it has become a direct pathway into the prison system, creating an endless cycle of supervision and incarceration, while also acting as a barrier to resources and support that would effectively target some of the root causes of crime, such as food insecurity. Instead of following its vision to act as a leader in progressive reforms with reentry initiatives as a primary focus, Connecticut DOC chooses to uphold targeted, biased, and unjust systems. As of June 1st 2025, more than 32,000 people are on probation in Connecticut – three times the number of those incarcerated. What do we already know? As of July 2025, there were 32,464 individuals on probation in Connecticut. In Connecticut, probation violations are the leading cause of incarcerations, with 1 in 10 incarcerations a non-criminal technical violation. There are two types of probation: 1) Serving time in jail and then being put on probation after completing a short jail time, aka 'shock probation 2) Going on probation instead of going to jail. Probation begins immediately after release. Connecticut currently has 17 conditions, the 17 being to ‘satisfy any other conditions reasonably related to the defendant's rehabilitation,’ which essentially means more conditions or opportunities to violate. Justice-impacted individuals are twice as likely to be impacted by food insecurity, and 90% of justice-impacted individuals were reported to have experienced food insecurity. Supervision fees disproportionately impact underserved and low-income communities, taking what we don’t have. Connecticut requires both a $200 supervision fee and for those on probation to pay for random drug tests, regardless of whether drugs were involved in the crime. Access to food resources such as SNAP has been shown to reduce recidivism by 10% within the first year of getting benefits. For questions or more information, contact the apprentice community organizer, Jaymiah, at cultivatingjustice@chicksahoyfarm.org Follow us on Socials

Chicks Ahoy Farm was founded in response to gross disparities in the US Dept of Agriculture's police and practices in Connecticut. Equipping Leaders and Organizers with the skills and knowledge is our mission. Building Leadership & Community Organizing Capacity (BLOC) is designed to build community organizing skills for individuals working in neighborhoods and building communities across Connecticut. Building Leadership & Organizing Capacity Building the Leadership and Organizing Capacity includes staffing from Chicks Ahoy Farm directors and community organizers to facilitate training, coaching for field organizers, and support to people who would like to become a farmer in Connecticut. We provide advice, coaching, support, and training to assist aspiring farmers. We help them with identifying veteran Connecticut Farmers for mentorship to teenagers, women, BILPOC, and local people seeking to start farming in urban and underserved municipalities of the state. The goal is to foster a new generation of farmers & leaders of color equipped to drive social change. Coaching will help you Understand the main steps required for becoming a farmer in Connecticut Identify business development support for an agribusiness or farm Understand local land use restrictions, committees, and commissions Researching land to purchase, if applicable Understand scalable farming tips and tactics Find and meet with agricultural agencies, including USDA, FSA, NRCS, and the Department of Agriculture, among others. Support is designed to take on community-identified information that will facilitate more farming in urban and suburban cities in Connecticut. These sessions are held throughout the calendar year to help people build their own farm projects. Learn More We envision a Connecticut with hundreds of organizers who are developing the local leadership of thousands of people in the state. Bi-Weekly training Join Our BLOC BLOC Group Training

Cultivating Justice meets monthly with people who want to practice farming in urban comminties. Cultivating Justice Cultivating Justice Cultivating Justice Cultivating Justice 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. 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. Join our Monthly Meetings 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 Cultivating Justice is organizing to Explain the proposed probation reform: House Bill 6361 . Hold local meetings led by people directly impacted by probation and supervision. Meet people with whom we can build community power for criminal justice reform.

Growing Power is Chicks Ahoy Farm, and the Katal Center's annual workshop conference where we grow skills, community, and power. Now in our third year, we feature workshops led by presenters who are farmers and growers in our FLOC (Farmers & Leaders of Color), our Pathways 2 Agriculture program, and our Cultivating Justice leadership. Growing Power is open to everyone, and centers BILPOC, justice-impacted, and low-income families. Growing Power is our annual workshop series where we grow skills, community, and power. Did you come by? If so, let us know! Join Us At The Monthly Cultivating Justice Meeting Were you not able to make it? Please fill out this form and let us know what kept you from making it so that we can plan an even better Growing Power '26! Want to stay in the loop? Follow us on Insta or Facebook ! Want a deeper connection? Join our growing Whatsapp group chat where we share information, tips, jokes, and more daily! Growing Power 2025 Partners Want to be a partner? Sign up today! Garo Consulting llc Elizabeth Williams, Board Member Morena Farming Richard Hayles, Treasurer

These are pictures and projects Chicks Ahoy Farm Inc is working on this year. Chicken Keeping Avian Embryology Composting Mutual Aid Growing Honeybee Keeping Chicks Ahoy Farm Land For Agriculture & Organizing Tiki's All Natural Youth Leadership & Public Education Chicks Ahoy Farm turns 3 years old Chicks Ahoy Farm's Public Calendar פרויקט אמבריולוגיה של העופות גידול פנים/חוץ דבורי דבש שמירה על עוף קומפוסט בריאות צמחים

This is the public calendar for Chicks Ahoy Farm work. We share our monthly meetings and events here so you can save them to your calendars if you wish. Chicks Ahoy Farm Inc Public Calendar Chicks Ahoy Farm Inc Public Calendar Chicks Ahoy Farm Inc Public Calendar Chicks Ahoy Farm Inc Public Calendar Miller Street Community Farm and Leadership Team 2024 Miller Street Community Farm and Leadership Team 2024 MIller Street Chicken coop Child smiling Miller Street Chicken coop Luka smiling and checking the new chicks Harvesting Change 2025 Harvesting Change 2025 Miller Street Community Farm and Leadership Team 2024 Miller Street Community Farm and Leadership Team 2024 1/9 See More Events Here

Growing Power Partners promote this annual free workshop series that includes people of all ages. Sorry, but this form is now closed. You can join us for the monthly Cultivating Justice meetings throughout the year. Growing Power 2025 Partner Sign Up First name Last name Business Email Company Website Upload your logo* Upload Logo Provide your logo for the GP 25' Partner page. No donation is required to be added. Thank you! Donation ‏10 ‏$ ‏20 ‏$ ‏30 ‏$ Support GP 2025