Connecticut FarmLink Associates

As the Department works to sustain Connecticut working farm land, we appreciate and applaud our associate organizations. Without these partners, our program efforts do not move forward.   Please take the time to visit their sites to learn more about their programs and how they can help you begin or stay in farming:

American Farmland Trust –Connecticut Office

http://www.farmland.org/programs/states/CT/default.asp

The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
http://www.caes.state.ct.us

CT Dept of Agriculture Farmland Preservation Program www.ct.gov/doag/cwp/view.asp?a=1368&q=259136

CT Dept of Agriculture Risk Management Program
http://www.canr.uconn.edu/ces/frm/

The Connecticut Bar Association
http://www.ctbar.org/

Connecticut Farm Bureau Association, Inc.  
http://www.cfba.org

Connecticut Farmland Trust
http://www.ctfarmland.org/

Connecticut Nature Conservancy
http://nature.org/wherewework/northamerica/states/connecticut/

The Connecticut Department of Agriculture’s Risk Management Program
http://www.ct.gov/doag/cwp/view.asp?a=1368&q=270004

The Connecticut Women’s Agricultural Network (WAgN)

http://www.cag.uconn.edu/ces/frm/pages/index.php

Growing New Farmers
http://www.growingnewfarmers.org/

Cooperative Extension System Centers
http://www.extension.uconn.edu

Farm Credit East https://www.farmcrediteast.com

              CT branch information https://www.farmcrediteast.com/about-us/inside-farm-credit-east/branch-locations.aspx

Land for Good http://www.landforgood.org

NEW!!! New England Farmland Finder http://newenglandfarmlandfinder.org

New  England Land Link is a division of the Small Farm Institute
http://www.smallfarm.org/nell/index.htm

Northeast Organic Farming Association of CT: 
www.ctnofa.org

The Trust for Public Land
http://www.tpl.org/

USDA-CT Natural Resources Conservation Service

http://www.ct.nrcs.usda.gov/

USDA-CT Farm Service Agency

http://www.fsa.usda.gov/ct/

University of Vermont - A Legal Guide to the Business of Farming in Vermont

http://www.uvm.edu/~farmtran/LegalGuide.pdf

 

Working Lands Alliance
http://www.workinglandsalliance.org/

 

The CT Dept of Agriculture is currently reviewing the FarmLink Program . You are welcome to continue to submit applications, however, at this time the program is holding all applications until the review is completed. Please check our website periodically for updates.  The Dept. appreciates your patience and understanding.

Send in your signed application:

Farm Seeker application
Farm Owner application

After your application has been received, we will give you a case number. This allows you to  call any time to receive complete copies of the current opportunities available in the CT FarmLink Program.

These listings are updated when new information is received. Please make sure to check your own listing for accuracy and report any inaccuracies.

Farm Seeker List   
Farm Owner List