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Local food initiatives have always been about more than just growing healthy food. “There are very few things that people connect with more than food,” says Peter Novajosky, Farm Manager at Stamford’s Fairgate Farm. “Food…

Dozens of restaurants are getting ready to make new connections as Stamford Restaurant Weeks kicks off with a special twist this year. This year, several of the restaurants participating during Restaurant Weeks are adding the…

The AARP has awarded Stamford’s Fairgate Farm a $9,800 “Community Challenge” grant for the development of an ADA-compliant walkway through the farm. The work will also include a bicycle rack, benches, picnic tables and elevated…

Marysol Castro of Connecticut Public tours Fairgate Farm and interviews Farm Manager Pete Novajosky. She asks how the farm has had to adjust during the COVID-19 pandemic. Photo from Summer 2019

Your treasured community resource, Fairgate Farm, has adapted to operation during the pandemic and our dedicated team is excited to receive patrons back to our Farmers Market to share life-affirming benefits of healthy, locally grown,…

AARP Connecticut has awarded Stamford’s Fairgate Farm a $2,500 “Livable Communities Grant Program,” a local expansion of the national AARP Community Challenge, initiative for the development of an ADA-compliant walkway through the Farm. Fairgate Farm,…

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded Stamford’s Fairgate Farm a $25,000 “Heaps for Health” Community Composting grant to continue and build upon the farm’s food waste diversion program. The EPA funds will enable…

Fairgate Farm’s capacity for compost is about to get much larger just in time for the post-Halloween pumpkin drop thanks to a new grant from the Environmental Protection Agency. “Heaps for Health,” as the $25,000…

If you happened upon Fairgate Farm on a Wednesday morning this summer, you’d likely find six teenage girls chatting while harvesting the one-acre community garden. “We’re always talking to someone,” said Diana Kolaj, describing the…

The Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation has awarded Stamford’s Fairgate Farm a $22,640 Healthy Food Fund grant to assist it in building volunteer participation and increasing access to healthy, locally-grown organic produce. Fairgate Farm, located…