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Join us for Ask the Experts, three informal virtual sessions in November, 6-7 p.m. 🌱 Nov. 10 | Soil Health on the Small Scale No-Till Organic FarmAsk Yoko Takemura and Alex Carpenter of Assawaga Farm about: mulching, permanent beds, cover crops, compost production, and more.🚜 Nov. 16 | Soil Health on the Tractor Scale Vegetable FarmAsk Will Dellacamera of Cecarellis Harrison Hill Farm about: cutting tillage and tractor passes, equipment hacks for tillage reduction, and dealing with compaction on heavy clay soils.🐄 Nov. 19 | Soil Health on Livestock FarmsAsk Jennie Kapszukiewicz and Max Breiteneicher, New England Livestock and Grazing Specialists about: managing pasture, manure, and winter feeding areas for soil health. These are open-format conversations without presentations, and they aren't recorded, so ask freely. Come to one session or all three, and stay for the whole hour or pop in with one question. While the sessions focus on Connecticut farming conditions, farmers from any state are welcome.Register here: forms.cloud.microsoft/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=9DZ9usq8W0ODzin3qwZEyFKCEU6jaSFEkH76n7jd88BUNEVQ... . A Zoom link will be sent after you register.Presented by American Farmland Trust - New England and Connecticut Resource Conservation & Development - CT RC&D, with support from Connecticut USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service NRCS.#asktheexperts #soilhealth #NoTill #ReducedTillage #grazing #connecticutfarms #ctsoilhealth #ctsoilhealthinitiative
What if your farm could help nourish the next generation while growing your business?The Ready-to-Sell Farm to School Cohort is designed for Connecticut farms interested in accessing school markets and building long-term buyer relationships. With technical assistance, financial support, and direct connections to school food programs, participating farms gain the tools they need to succeed.Schools are actively seeking Connecticut-grown products through the state's Buy Local Program, which provides a 50% reimbursement incentive for eligible local purchases.Grow your market. Strengthen your community. Feed Connecticut students.Apply by October 10: s.uconn.edu/ready-to-sell
Earlier this week, Yaw, Vanessa, and Avery from CLCC visited Wesleyan University to present to its Food Security & Environmental Justice students about barriers to farmland access for farmers of color. Next, the students will work on making the 2024 Farmland Access Report that we produced along with the Connecticut Department of Agriculture more accessible to wider audiences. Interested in learning more about farmland access? Here's a link to the full report, "Farmland Access & Ownership: An Overview of Barriers, Models, and Actions to Increase Land Access for Connecticut’s BIPOC Farmers":ctconservation.org/resources/farmland-access-ownership-an-overview-of-barriers-models-and-actions...
The forecast does not look promising. We have resources that can help as you finish your preparations, mitigate any damage, and recover. Visit: s.uconn.edu/noreaster
This Wednesday!! Our CT Local Work Groups are a public forum to gather information from residents about important natural resource concerns in their area. Please join us!