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
Center Edge Project: Building a coalition of urban, suburban, and rural people to learn and educate about the consequences of sprawl in CT. Led by the Office of Urban Affairs of the Archdiocese of Hartford. Has become of the “1,000 Friends of CT” group, www.oua-adh.org/centerEdge_project.htm
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/
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
Growing New Farmers
http://www.growingnewfarmers.org/
Cooperative Extension System Centers
http://www.extension.uconn.edu
First Pioneer Farm Credit http://firstpioneer.com/
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 Connecticut Bar Association
http://www.ctbar.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/
Working Lands Alliance
http://www.workinglandsalliance.org/
