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This year’s annual farm-to-table gala will be held as a virtual event. The farm will partner with chefs from Olmo, Small Kitchen Big Taste, Seasonal Catering,The Farm Belly and Zinc to bring you an exquisitely prepared meal using only the freshest ingredients. Your take home meal will include five courses including an appetizer and dessert, as well as elderberry syrup to make your own cocktail or ‘mocktail.’ Participants will purchase meals in advance to be picked up on Friday, September 4.

The farm invites guests to join us for a virtual program on Saturday, September 5 at 6:30pm for a program including live interviews with board chair, Jon Gorham, and executive director, Caty Poole, chef interviews, a virtual farm tour with Farmer Steve and farm highlights across the seasons. All of these will be set to music provided by Paul Winter and Theresa Thomason. Tickets may also be purchased separately for a raffle.

This is our last live beekeeping session of the year from the farm’s apiary. Brought to you virtually, this interactive webinar is for all experience levels. We’ll visit the bee yard with Ted Jones of Jones Apiaries and go thru what to do and not to do as you prepare your bees for the coming winter. These classes are part of a series brought to you by the Connecticut Beekeepers Association, hosted live from Massaro Community Farm.

Once you are registered, a link to join the zoom conference will be sent to you via email the evening before the class. Due to our large class size, participants will be muted upon entry, but questions and comments via the zoom chat function are encouraged

Part of the typical American Dream is to have that beautiful green lawn. But that dream needs to change, and it doesn’t have to be difficult! Lawns use a ton of water, can leach pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers into our water systems, and are completely inert for the surrounding environment. Instead, why not slowly replace that lawn (or part of it) with perennials that benefit the local pollinators, annuals that benefit your family (and the grocery bill) or trees that can create habitat for local wildlife.

Join us for a lively discussion and how-to for replacing that lawn with a beautiful oasis for your family and for a bio-diverse set of pollinators and birds.