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PHOTOS: 2nd Annual Last Taste of Summer Basks in Sun, Supports Sustainability

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The second annual Last Taste of Summer craft beer festival benefited from warm temps and sunshine on Saturday following a week of very heavy rain. The festival featured live music and numerous food trucks, with samplings from over 30 of Connecticut’s finest craft breweries and distilleries. Proceeds of the festival went to Live Green CT! ’s Start In Your Own Front Yard Program that helps to prevent plastic from getting into the ocean. Continue Reading →

Filed under: Around Town, Asylum Distillery, Bad Son’s Brewery, Bridget Schulten, Carrie Greenwald, Charter Oak, Charter Oak Brewing Company, Chris Kimball

Heading to Tanzania, Yvonne Vogt Brushes up on Her Swahili

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This GHS graduate from the class of 2010 majored in Sustainable Development at Columbia. She heads off in August for a year in Tanzania where she’ll speak Swahili and lend her expertise to remote farmers. The land is fertile in Bombo Majimoto, she said, but the farms are isolated and need access to other markets. Continue Reading →

Filed under: Giving, Volunteering, 2Seeds Network, sustainable development, Yvonne Vogt