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West Hartford, CT || 6:30 to 9:30 pm || **P** || Part of Slow Food USA's National Dig In! Day ||  || 360 James Street, directly across from Castle Street New Haven, CT || 9:45 am || **P** || A day filled with agricultural displays, family events, food and entertainment! There is no admission charge. Parking is free too ||  || Woodstock Fairgrounds Rte. 169 Woodstock, CT || 9:00 am to 3:00 pm || **P** || The founding Executive Director of Hartford Food System will discuss his new book. //Food Rebels, Guerrilla Gardeners, and Smart-Cookin' Mamas: Fighting Back in an Age of Industrial Agriculture//. ||  || New Haven Public Library 133 Elm St. New Haven, CT || 6:30 pm || **P** || Free, organic lawn care information. organiclandcare.net ||  || Woodbridge Library 10 Newton Road Woodbridge, CT || 6:30 to 8:00 pm || **P** || The founding Executive Director of Hartford Food System will discuss his new book. //Food Rebels, Guerrilla Gardeners, and Smart-Cookin' Mamas: Fighting Back in an Age of Industrial Agriculture//. ||  || Hartford History Center 500 Main St., 3rd Floor Hartford, CT || 5:00 to 7:45 pm || **P** || 518 Forest Road Northford, CT || 9 am-5pm || **P** || (203) 266-7350 contact@garlicfestct.com ||  || Bethlehem Fairgrounds 384 Main St. North (Route 61) Bethlehem, CT || 10am-5pm daily || **P** || Simsbury, CT || See website || "Challenges and Successes: Working Cooperatively to Manage Invasive Plants" ||  || UConn Storrs, CT || 8:00 am to 4:00 pm || **P** || ]] Sponsored by the Connecticut Coalition for Environmental Justice ||  || UConn School of Business 100 Constitution Plaza Hartford, CT || 9:00 am to 4:30 pm || **P** || With Chef John Turenne ||  || Quinnipiac University Auditorium, North Haven campus || 8:30 am; market 10-2 || **P** || Keynote speaker Sharon Astyk on 10/22. Speakers & workshops on 10/23 Additional details to follow. ||  || Keynote: Center Church on the Green, New Haven, CT Saturday events: Common Ground High School  || Keynote: 7:30 pm; Saturday events: 9:00 am to 5:00 pm || **P** || Hamden, CT || 7:30 pm || **P** || Woodbridge, CT || 1:00 - 4:30pm || **P** || Lead by Robert Thorson ||  || Sticks and Stones Farm 201 Huntingtown Road Newtown, CT || 10:00 am to 3:00 pm ||
 * **Date** ||  || **Event** ||   || **Location** || **Time** || **Key** ||
 * September 24, 2010 ||  || Urban Oaks Celebration and Fundraiser ||   || Elizabeth Park Pond House
 * September 24, 2010 ||  || Urban Oaks Celebration and Fundraiser ||   || Elizabeth Park Pond House
 * September 25, 2010 ||  || [|Garden Celebration]
 * September 25, 2010 ||  || [|Garden Celebration]
 * September 25, 2010 ||  || **Celebrating Agriculture**
 * September 25, 2010 ||  || **Celebrating Agriculture**
 * September 25 to October 2, 2010 ||  || Farm-to-Chef Harvest Week ||   || See website for participants and locations ||   || **P** ||
 * September 27, 2010 ||  || **Mark Winne Lecture**
 * September 27, 2010 ||  || **Mark Winne Lecture**
 * September 27, 2010 ||  || **Mark Winne Lecture**
 * September 29, 2010 ||  || **NOFA Organic Land Care Homeowner's Workshop**
 * September 29, 2010 ||  || **NOFA Organic Land Care Homeowner's Workshop**
 * September 30, 2010 ||  || **Mark Winne Lecture**
 * September 30, 2010 ||  || **Mark Winne Lecture**
 * October 2, 2010 ||  || Bulbs for Breast Cancer  ||   || Natureworks
 * October 2, 2010 ||  || Bulbs for Breast Cancer  ||   || Natureworks
 * October 9th & 10th, 2010 ||  || Garlic & Harvest Festival
 * October 9th & 10th, 2010 ||  || Garlic & Harvest Festival
 * October 11, 2010 ||  || **Community Farm of Simsbury presents..** .[|A Day of Exploration, Learning, and Fun!] ||   || Community Farm of Simsbury
 * October 11, 2010 ||  || **Community Farm of Simsbury presents..** .[|A Day of Exploration, Learning, and Fun!] ||   || Community Farm of Simsbury
 * P** ||
 * October 14, 2010 ||  || Invasive Plant Symposium
 * October 14, 2010 ||  || Invasive Plant Symposium
 * October 16, 2010 ||  || [[@http://environmental-justice.org/|6th Annual Environmental Justice Conference
 * October 16, 2010 ||  || [[@http://environmental-justice.org/|6th Annual Environmental Justice Conference
 * October 20, 2010 ||  || QU Sustainability Lecture & Farmer's Market
 * October 20, 2010 ||  || QU Sustainability Lecture & Farmer's Market
 * October 22-23, 2010 ||  || **Conference: "Adapting in Place" **
 * October 22-23, 2010 ||  || **Conference: "Adapting in Place" **
 * October 26, 2010 ||  || Lecture-Environmental Activist Majora Carter ||   || Quinnipiac University
 * October 26, 2010 ||  || Lecture-Environmental Activist Majora Carter ||   || Quinnipiac University
 * October 30, 2010 ||  || [|**2nd Annual Family Fun Day**] ||   || Massaro Farm
 * October 30, 2010 ||  || [|**2nd Annual Family Fun Day**] ||   || Massaro Farm
 * November 6, 2010 ||  || **Walking Amidst the Bones of the Earth**
 * November 6, 2010 ||  || **Walking Amidst the Bones of the Earth**
 * P** ||