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	<title>CT Environmental Headlines &#187; Farm</title>
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		<title>Farm boom is great, if we can keep enough land in agriculture</title>
		<link>http://environmentalheadlines.com/ct/2012/09/05/farm-boom-is-great-if-we-can-keep-enough-land-in-agriculture/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2012 01:37:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Rocky Hill, a developer has proposed a 35-lot subdivision on what was a family farm. At the same time, the town council has put a referendum question on the November ballot that would allow officials to borrow up to $10 million to acquire open space and preserve farmland.]]></description>
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		<title>The Rise of &#8216;Phoenix Pharm&#8217; in New Haven &#124; Melissa Waldron, via LCI</title>
		<link>http://environmentalheadlines.com/ct/2012/07/27/the-rise-of-phoenix-pharm-in-new-haven-melissa-waldron-via-lci/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jul 2012 13:07:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[To the average observer, the site in the photo might look like an uninhabitable, barren moon-scape vacant lot but to us at New Haven Farms, it’s a gorgeous, mouth-watering, hunka-hunka piece o’ land that is due to become the next New Haven Farms site! Melissa Waldron reports for New Haven's Liveable Cities Initiative.]]></description>
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		<title>Organic farmers hope for boost with rivals&#8217; labels</title>
		<link>http://environmentalheadlines.com/ct/2012/04/22/organic-farmers-hope-for-boost-with-rivals-labels/</link>
		<comments>http://environmentalheadlines.com/ct/2012/04/22/organic-farmers-hope-for-boost-with-rivals-labels/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Apr 2012 22:43:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Robert Burns, an organic farmer in eastern Connecticut, is candid in describing his business interest in state legislation requiring that genetically modified food be labeled. "If you're an organic producer now, you should get ready for an increase in sales," said the grower of lettuce, mung beans, red winter wheat berries and other vegetables. Click on this environmental headline for more on this story from Stephen Singer of The Associated Press in Hartford, Conn.]]></description>
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		<title>CT Agriculture Commissioner Announces New Farmland Restoration Program</title>
		<link>http://environmentalheadlines.com/ct/2012/02/03/ct-agriculture-commissioner-announces-new-farmland-restoration-program/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:52:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Agriculture Commissioner Steven K. Reviczky has announced that the State Bond Commission approved $5,000,000 in funding on Monday for the Connecticut Department of Agriculture's new Farmland Restoration Program. Authorized by Public Act 11-1, this voluntary program provides matching grants of up to $20,000 for restoration activities that increase the state's farmland resource base for agriculture, with an emphasis on prime and important farmland soils and on human and livestock food production.  It is expected that the program will be able to work with over 250 farms. Click on this environmental headline for more on this story.]]></description>
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		<title>Legislators Call For Creation Of Agricultural Committee</title>
		<link>http://environmentalheadlines.com/ct/2012/02/03/legislators-call-for-creation-of-agricultural-committee/</link>
		<comments>http://environmentalheadlines.com/ct/2012/02/03/legislators-call-for-creation-of-agricultural-committee/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:43:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two north central Connecticut legislators are pushing for the creation of a select committee that would focus solely on agricultural issues — an area that they say deserves heightened awareness right now. The Hartford Courant reports.]]></description>
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		<title>Sullivan family proud to preserve farm</title>
		<link>http://environmentalheadlines.com/ct/2012/01/22/sullivan-family-proud-to-preserve-farm/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 02:35:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A dean of New Milford's farmers and his wife, Beth, 88, to whom he has been married 65 years, still live in the home they built in 1953 alongside the original farm homestead that dates back to the 1840s.Nanci G. Hutson of the Danbury News-Times reports.]]></description>
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		<title>260-acre Tulmeadow Farm in Simsbury protected</title>
		<link>http://environmentalheadlines.com/ct/2011/12/27/260-acre-tulmeadow-farm-in-simsbury-protected/</link>
		<comments>http://environmentalheadlines.com/ct/2011/12/27/260-acre-tulmeadow-farm-in-simsbury-protected/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 15:47:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP), the U.S. Forest Service, the Simsbury Land Trust (SLT) and Town of Simsbury have announced completion of a Forest Legacy Conservation Easement on 73-acres of Tulmeadow Farm, Simsbury. The easement, acquired for $2.8 million, is the final phase of an effort to protect 260 acres of<br /><span class="excerpt_more"><a href="http://environmentalheadlines.com/ct/2011/12/27/260-acre-tulmeadow-farm-in-simsbury-protected/">[continue reading...]</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>New and transitioning organic farming conference Jan. 28, Middletown, CT</title>
		<link>http://environmentalheadlines.com/ct/2011/12/20/new-and-transitioning-organic-farming-conference-jan-28-middletown-ct/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 15:09:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Register today for our Getting Started in Organic Farming Conference to be held Saturday, January 28, 2012 at the CT Forests and Parks Association in Middletown, CT.  The Getting Started in Organic Farming Conference draws both beginning farmers who choose to farm organically and established farmers who are converting their operations to organic.]]></description>
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		<title>164 Acres Of Suffield Farmland Preserved</title>
		<link>http://environmentalheadlines.com/ct/2011/12/03/164-acres-of-suffield-farmland-preserved/</link>
		<comments>http://environmentalheadlines.com/ct/2011/12/03/164-acres-of-suffield-farmland-preserved/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Dec 2011 05:23:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The town and the Connecticut Department of Agriculture have purchased development rights for 164 acres of farmland, preserving two adjoining properties on Phelps and Quarry Roads.]]></description>
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		<title>Connecticut Farmland Trust seeks national accreditation</title>
		<link>http://environmentalheadlines.com/ct/2011/11/10/connecticut-farmland-trust-seeks-national-accreditation/</link>
		<comments>http://environmentalheadlines.com/ct/2011/11/10/connecticut-farmland-trust-seeks-national-accreditation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 16:12:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Land Trust Accreditation Commission is now accepting public comment on the Connecticut Farmland Trust's (CFT) application for Accreditation. With an office in Hartford, CFT is Connecticut's only statewide land trust and the only land trust dedicated to the protection of agricultural lands.]]></description>
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		<title>Competition grows for year-round farmers&#8217; market in Shelton</title>
		<link>http://environmentalheadlines.com/ct/2011/11/06/competition-grows-for-year-round-farmers-market-in-shelton/</link>
		<comments>http://environmentalheadlines.com/ct/2011/11/06/competition-grows-for-year-round-farmers-market-in-shelton/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Nov 2011 14:58:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There's a plan in the works for a year-round farmers' market in downtown Shelton. Question is: Who will run it?]]></description>
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		<title>Fresh produce, straight from the factory</title>
		<link>http://environmentalheadlines.com/ct/2011/09/23/fresh-produce-straight-from-the-factory/</link>
		<comments>http://environmentalheadlines.com/ct/2011/09/23/fresh-produce-straight-from-the-factory/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Sep 2011 02:07:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The first thing to know is that this is real. Turning abandoned factories into indoor farms is not only feasible, but already getting started around the world. And it could happen here.]]></description>
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		<title>Jim Gooch named Connecticut Farmland Trust executive director</title>
		<link>http://environmentalheadlines.com/ct/2011/09/14/jim-gooch-named-connecticut-farmland-trust-executive-director/</link>
		<comments>http://environmentalheadlines.com/ct/2011/09/14/jim-gooch-named-connecticut-farmland-trust-executive-director/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 13:02:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new voice will be fighting to preserve Connecticut’s farmland. The Connecticut Farmland Trust has named Jim Gooch as its new Executive Director. Gooch comes to CFT from the Portland, Maine, office of The Trust for Public Land where as Program Director he was instrumental in funding new conservation projects and building diverse partnerships.]]></description>
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		<title>Malloy stop focuses on farms</title>
		<link>http://environmentalheadlines.com/ct/2011/08/26/malloy-stop-focuses-on-farms/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2011 14:42:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[State agencies need to find ways to work with Connecticut farmers to bolster their profits and promote the importance of buying locally grown goods to ensure the future health of the industry, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy said Wednesday. The Norwich Bulletin reports.]]></description>
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		<title>No farmland, no farmers&#8217; markets</title>
		<link>http://environmentalheadlines.com/ct/2011/07/31/no-farmland-no-farmers-markets/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 00:18:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With increasing interest in fresher, more healthful foods, it's no surprise that farmers markets are sprouting across the state faster than asparagus on a warm spring day. Connecticut now has well over 100 markets, from the gantlet of vendors along the sidewalk fronting New Haven City Hall to the circle of booths on New Hartford's bucolic Pine Meadow Green.]]></description>
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		<title>365 years later, North Branford farm still going strong (video)</title>
		<link>http://environmentalheadlines.com/ct/2011/07/24/365-years-later-north-branford-farm-still-going-strong-video/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jul 2011 14:36:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Rose Farm, which Robert Rose established in North Branford in 1646, is still going strong — though he’d probably wonder where his outhouse went and assume the farm’s website was some kind of spider exhibit.]]></description>
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		<title>Eastern Connecticut farmers tell Courtney how Congress can help &#124; The Bulletin</title>
		<link>http://environmentalheadlines.com/ct/2011/06/28/eastern-connecticut-farmers-tell-courtney-how-congress-can-help-the-bulletin/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 17:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[U.S. Rep. Joe Courtney toured four agriculture-based businesses in Waterford, Preston, Pomfret and North Grosvenordale on Monday to gather information for the soon-to-start congressional hearings on the farm bill re-authorization.]]></description>
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		<title>Assembly session was nice harvest, farmers say</title>
		<link>http://environmentalheadlines.com/ct/2011/06/14/assembly-session-was-nice-harvest-farmers-say/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2011 05:47:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[While the biggest group representing Connecticut’s industrial sector was down about the recently concluded General Assembly session, the agricultural sector took a decidely different view.]]></description>
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		<title>Futtner&#8217;s Family Farm Honored At State Capitol</title>
		<link>http://environmentalheadlines.com/ct/2011/04/28/futtners-family-farm-honored-at-state-capitol/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2011 15:53:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Futtner's Family Farm was recently featured as part of an exhibition at the state's Legislative Office Building celebrating the successes of Connecticut's Community Investment Act.]]></description>
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		<title>Easton farmer says controversial cell tower would save the farm</title>
		<link>http://environmentalheadlines.com/ct/2011/02/15/easton-farmer-says-controversial-cell-tower-would-save-the-farm/</link>
		<comments>http://environmentalheadlines.com/ct/2011/02/15/easton-farmer-says-controversial-cell-tower-would-save-the-farm/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2011 16:12:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The owner of a farm in Easton says in order to stay in business he needs the revenue a cell tower would bring.]]></description>
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		<title>Monroe man wants town to welcome farmers</title>
		<link>http://environmentalheadlines.com/ct/2011/01/15/monroe-man-wants-town-to-welcome-farmers/</link>
		<comments>http://environmentalheadlines.com/ct/2011/01/15/monroe-man-wants-town-to-welcome-farmers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Jan 2011 06:05:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Monroe farmer is pushing the town to adopt a "right to farm" ordinance that would protect farmers from neighbors who might deem them a nuisance.]]></description>
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		<title>In Hard Times, States Still Spend To Protect Farms : NPR</title>
		<link>http://environmentalheadlines.com/ct/2011/01/11/in-hard-times-states-still-spend-to-protect-farms-npr/</link>
		<comments>http://environmentalheadlines.com/ct/2011/01/11/in-hard-times-states-still-spend-to-protect-farms-npr/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2011 04:12:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;From a New England perspective, I would say Connecticut has been the most aggressive in the last couple of years in terms of the farmland perspective, which has been wonderful,&#8221; said Cris Coffin, New England director of the American Farmland Trust. The money spent represents a tiny fraction of Connecticut&#8217;s budget, which is $19 billion<br /><span class="excerpt_more"><a href="http://environmentalheadlines.com/ct/2011/01/11/in-hard-times-states-still-spend-to-protect-farms-npr/">[continue reading...]</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>State Preserving Sharon Farm and Others</title>
		<link>http://environmentalheadlines.com/ct/2011/01/04/state-preserving-sharon-farm-and-others/</link>
		<comments>http://environmentalheadlines.com/ct/2011/01/04/state-preserving-sharon-farm-and-others/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jan 2011 16:26:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gov. M. Jodi Rell has announced that the state is investing nearly $9 million to buy the development rights of 10 working farms.]]></description>
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		<title>Malloy names Steven Reviczky to lead Ag Dept.</title>
		<link>http://environmentalheadlines.com/ct/2011/01/03/malloy-names-steven-reviczky-to-lead-ag-dept/</link>
		<comments>http://environmentalheadlines.com/ct/2011/01/03/malloy-names-steven-reviczky-to-lead-ag-dept/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jan 2011 22:10:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The appointment of Steven Reviczky as state agriculture commissioner is good news for farmers and for those who believe in protecting Connecticut's dwindling farmland from further development, The Day reports. Farm Bureau president "cannot think of a better person" for the new Governor’s staff.
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		<title>Vote on Johnson Farm In Branford on Way Jan. 12</title>
		<link>http://environmentalheadlines.com/ct/2011/01/03/vote-on-johnson-farm-in-branford-on-way-jan-12/</link>
		<comments>http://environmentalheadlines.com/ct/2011/01/03/vote-on-johnson-farm-in-branford-on-way-jan-12/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jan 2011 17:14:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Branford may begin the new year with a salute to its agricultural past on Jan. 12 if the RTM approves a proposal to preserve 34 acres of farmland on Queach Road.]]></description>
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		<title>Sign-up period for NRCS conservation programs announced</title>
		<link>http://environmentalheadlines.com/ct/2011/01/03/sign-up-period-for-nrcs-conservation-programs-announced/</link>
		<comments>http://environmentalheadlines.com/ct/2011/01/03/sign-up-period-for-nrcs-conservation-programs-announced/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jan 2011 15:05:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Connecticut State Conservationist has announced the sign-up period for the Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program, the Wetlands Reserve Program, and the Grassland Reserve Program.]]></description>
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		<title>Conn. State Grange, started by farmers, celebrates 125 years</title>
		<link>http://environmentalheadlines.com/ct/2010/12/05/conn-state-grange-started-by-farmers-celebrates-125-years/</link>
		<comments>http://environmentalheadlines.com/ct/2010/12/05/conn-state-grange-started-by-farmers-celebrates-125-years/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Dec 2010 04:18:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Farmland may be dwindling in Connecticut, but the state Grange — a fraternal organization originally started for farmers — is celebrating its 125th anniversary this year, with an eye toward expansion.]]></description>
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		<title>Robert Miller: Earth Matters For a small state, we sure grow a lot</title>
		<link>http://environmentalheadlines.com/ct/2010/12/05/robert-miller-earth-matters-for-a-small-state-we-sure-grow-a-lot/</link>
		<comments>http://environmentalheadlines.com/ct/2010/12/05/robert-miller-earth-matters-for-a-small-state-we-sure-grow-a-lot/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Dec 2010 03:29:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The state's agricultural sector generates $3.5 billion a year. That's far more than anyone had reckoned.]]></description>
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		<title>Grants From The State&#8217;s Preservation Program Keep Farmers Going And Growing</title>
		<link>http://environmentalheadlines.com/ct/2010/11/23/grants-from-the-states-preservation-program-keep-farmers-going-and-growing/</link>
		<comments>http://environmentalheadlines.com/ct/2010/11/23/grants-from-the-states-preservation-program-keep-farmers-going-and-growing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Nov 2010 17:03:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since 1978, when Connecticut began its Farmland Preservation Program, the state has purchased the development rights on 280 farms, which means that farmers can continue to farm the land or sell it someday, but never for development.]]></description>
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		<title>CT NOFA launching New Connecticut Farmer program</title>
		<link>http://environmentalheadlines.com/ct/2010/11/21/ct-nofa-launching-new-connecticut-farmer-program/</link>
		<comments>http://environmentalheadlines.com/ct/2010/11/21/ct-nofa-launching-new-connecticut-farmer-program/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Nov 2010 03:53:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[To help bring new farmers to the fields, CT NOFA is launching its New Connecticut Farmer program, supported in part by a USDA Beginning Farmer grant in collaboration with NOFA NY and other NOFA chapters. Read more about this initiative from Bill Deusing inside.]]></description>
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		<title>Food-safety bill worries some small farms</title>
		<link>http://environmentalheadlines.com/ct/2010/11/16/food-safety-bill-worries-some-small-farms/</link>
		<comments>http://environmentalheadlines.com/ct/2010/11/16/food-safety-bill-worries-some-small-farms/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Nov 2010 14:10:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some are trying to influence attempts by Congress to sharpen safety controls on the nation's food supply so that small farms don't suffer. CT NOFA, with 800 members, shares some of their concerns.]]></description>
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		<title>Editorial: Farmers’ markets help land, locals</title>
		<link>http://environmentalheadlines.com/ct/2010/10/27/editorial-farmers%e2%80%99-markets-help-land-locals/</link>
		<comments>http://environmentalheadlines.com/ct/2010/10/27/editorial-farmers%e2%80%99-markets-help-land-locals/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Oct 2010 15:49:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Saturday afternoons, passersby E.O. Smith High School will discover a convenient opportunity to support and enjoy locally-grown agriculture: the Storrs' Farmers' Market.]]></description>
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		<title>New State Law Will Help Grow Jobs on Connecticut Farms</title>
		<link>http://environmentalheadlines.com/ct/2010/10/19/new-state-law-will-help-grow-jobs-on-connecticut-farms/</link>
		<comments>http://environmentalheadlines.com/ct/2010/10/19/new-state-law-will-help-grow-jobs-on-connecticut-farms/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Oct 2010 13:52:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Small poultry farmers in Connecticut who are looking to expand their business and grow jobs will now be able to do so thanks to a new law approved by the General Assembly, according to a news release from state Sen. Edith Prague.]]></description>
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		<title>Dairy Farmers Sound Alarm Bells</title>
		<link>http://environmentalheadlines.com/ct/2010/10/04/dairy-farmers-sound-alarm-bells/</link>
		<comments>http://environmentalheadlines.com/ct/2010/10/04/dairy-farmers-sound-alarm-bells/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Oct 2010 03:45:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Even with the $14 million they’ve received under the Community Investment Act legislation passed in 2009, dairy farmers are still struggling to pay the bills. ]]></description>
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		<title>CFB seminars to address PA 490 beginning Oct. 12</title>
		<link>http://environmentalheadlines.com/ct/2010/09/28/cfb-seminars-to-address-pa-490-beginning-oct-12/</link>
		<comments>http://environmentalheadlines.com/ct/2010/09/28/cfb-seminars-to-address-pa-490-beginning-oct-12/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Sep 2010 17:42:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The CFB is holding a series of free seminars statewide to help explain PA 490 and to distribute the Bureau’s latest PA 490 guide to landowners, government officials and anyone interested in how the law is applied.]]></description>
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		<title>Dairy farms seeking support</title>
		<link>http://environmentalheadlines.com/ct/2010/09/28/dairy-farms-seeking-support/</link>
		<comments>http://environmentalheadlines.com/ct/2010/09/28/dairy-farms-seeking-support/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Sep 2010 17:38:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dairy farmers are lamenting a reduction in a state government aid program and are calling for changes in federal milk pricing. ]]></description>
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		<title>Jane Goodall to inspire adult leaders</title>
		<link>http://environmentalheadlines.com/ct/2010/09/18/jane-goodall-to-inspire-adult-leaders/</link>
		<comments>http://environmentalheadlines.com/ct/2010/09/18/jane-goodall-to-inspire-adult-leaders/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Sep 2010 12:29:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every day, fifth-graders at Western Connecticut Academy for International Studies, a magnet school in Danbury, push a barrel full of food scraps from the lunch room to a compost pile, where it rots into dirt for the school garden.]]></description>
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		<title>The Eating Local Movement Helps Keep Farms Afloat</title>
		<link>http://environmentalheadlines.com/ct/2010/09/17/the-eating-local-movement-helps-keep-farms-afloat/</link>
		<comments>http://environmentalheadlines.com/ct/2010/09/17/the-eating-local-movement-helps-keep-farms-afloat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Sep 2010 13:49:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Helping to sustain the number of independent farms is the growing popularity of community-supported agriculture.]]></description>
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		<title>Kent Land Trust celebrates its good fortune in two ways &#8211; New Milford Spectrum</title>
		<link>http://environmentalheadlines.com/ct/2010/09/13/kent-land-trust-celebrates-its-good-fortune-in-two-ways-new-milford-spectrum/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Sep 2010 15:19:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Detlev Vagts, a Cambridge University professor emeritus, whose family for many years owned the South Kent farm leased to the Arno family, has donated 28 acres of that property to the Kent Land Trust. via Kent Land Trust celebrates its good fortune in two ways &#8211; New Milford Spectrum.]]></description>
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		<title>Bus tour to highlight historic barns, farms</title>
		<link>http://environmentalheadlines.com/ct/2010/09/10/bus-tour-to-highlight-historic-barns-farms/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Sep 2010 21:29:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Historic Sites of Connecticut’s Farmington Valley announces Historic Barns/Working Farms: A Bus Tour, taking place on Saturday, Oct. 16, from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Participants can visit five historic barns dotted throughout the scenic Farmington Valley, journeying back in time to the farming communities of the area. They will hear descriptions and anecdotes on<br /><span class="excerpt_more"><a href="http://environmentalheadlines.com/ct/2010/09/10/bus-tour-to-highlight-historic-barns-farms/">[continue reading...]</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Farm dinner foundation hosts moveable feast at Millstone</title>
		<link>http://environmentalheadlines.com/ct/2010/09/05/farm-dinner-foundation-hosts-moveable-feast-at-millstone/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Sep 2010 14:17:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The long table set with white linen, china and wine glasses stretched across a cow pasture in the middle of Millstone Farm, ready for 150 diners. The moveable feast was created by Outstanding in the Field, (OITF), an international farm dinner adventure that made its first and only stop in Connecticut last Wednesday at the<br /><span class="excerpt_more"><a href="http://environmentalheadlines.com/ct/2010/09/05/farm-dinner-foundation-hosts-moveable-feast-at-millstone/">[continue reading...]</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Farm-To-Chef Harvest Celebration Week Puts Focus on the State’s Bounty</title>
		<link>http://environmentalheadlines.com/ct/2010/09/05/farm-to-chef-harvest-celebration-week-puts-focus-on-the-state%e2%80%99s-bounty/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Sep 2010 14:03:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Connecticut's Farm-to-Chef Harvest Celebration Week, starting Sept. 26, came about when Kevin Cottle, a longtime practitioner of cooking with locally produced foods, told others at a Farm-to-Chef planning session "We need to do more." ]]></description>
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		<title>Easton selectmen vote to form ag committee</title>
		<link>http://environmentalheadlines.com/ct/2010/09/03/easton-selectmen-vote-to-form-ag-committee/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 16:44:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Easton Board of Selectmen (BOS) voted unanimously Thursday night to create a town Agricultural Committee. The three selectmen had been debating whether to form a committee or a commission to promote agriculture in town.]]></description>
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		<title>Bridgeport Community Land Trust Annual Garden Contest 2010</title>
		<link>http://environmentalheadlines.com/ct/2010/08/30/bridgeport-community-land-trust-annual-garden-contest-2010/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 17:18:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Judging to take place 9 am-11 am on Thursday, Sept. 2, by members of the Greater Bridgeport Men's Garden Club. Please have a representative available to open your garden gate and to give a presentation.

Awards Ceremony at 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 18, at the picnic grove opposite the main bathhouse at Seaside Park. 
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		<title>Dinner At The Farm: Heavenly</title>
		<link>http://environmentalheadlines.com/ct/2010/08/30/dinner-at-the-farm-heavenly/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 13:08:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was the second-to-last of this year&#8217;s Dinners At The Farm, a series of 12 summertime repasts, which chef Jonathan Rapp, at left, owner of River Tavern in Chester, introduced in Connecticut four years ago to celebrate local produce, cheeses, meat and seafood and to benefit local farming interests. via Dinner At The Farm: Heavenly<br /><span class="excerpt_more"><a href="http://environmentalheadlines.com/ct/2010/08/30/dinner-at-the-farm-heavenly/">[continue reading...]</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Tolland Officials Consider Preserving Properties For Farming</title>
		<link>http://environmentalheadlines.com/ct/2010/08/26/tolland-officials-consider-preserving-properties-for-farming/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 14:08:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Officials are considering whether the town should forever reserve certain properties for farming use only. The land acquisition advisory committee recently discussed whether the town should create a &#8220;farmland in perpetuity&#8221; designation. Council Chairman Frederick Daniels said at Tuesday&#8217;s council meeting that he and other members of the committee consider that a policy discussion for<br /><span class="excerpt_more"><a href="http://environmentalheadlines.com/ct/2010/08/26/tolland-officials-consider-preserving-properties-for-farming/">[continue reading...]</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Danbury council members look to preserve Lee Farm</title>
		<link>http://environmentalheadlines.com/ct/2010/08/24/four-danbury-council-members-look-to-preserve-lee-farm-as-open-space/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 16:42:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[DANBURY &#8212; Several City Council members are requesting that the full council explore ways to preserve the Lee Farm property as open space. The issue of preserving the land, which lies near Wooster Heights and Starrs Plain roads, came to the forefront recently when military officials announced that a portion of the Lee Farm property<br /><span class="excerpt_more"><a href="http://environmentalheadlines.com/ct/2010/08/24/four-danbury-council-members-look-to-preserve-lee-farm-as-open-space/">[continue reading...]</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Support the Fairfield Organic Teaching Farm Thursday</title>
		<link>http://environmentalheadlines.com/ct/2010/08/17/support-the-fairfield-organic-teaching-farm-thursday/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 14:51:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With concerns over traffic, wildlife disturbance, and competition with a girls&#8217; softball field, the Fairfield Organic Teaching Farm has had a rough time getting off the ground. Thursday, at 7:30 p.m., the teaching farm is going before the Conservation Commission to request a lease of approximately two acres of the Hoyden&#8217;s Hill open space area<br /><span class="excerpt_more"><a href="http://environmentalheadlines.com/ct/2010/08/17/support-the-fairfield-organic-teaching-farm-thursday/">[continue reading...]</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Ag Dept. seeking state conservationist</title>
		<link>http://environmentalheadlines.com/ct/2010/08/14/ag-dept-seeking-state-conservationist/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Aug 2010 20:11:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Department of Agriculture seems to be looking for a state conservationist.  Since 1935, the Natural Resources Conservation Service (originally called the Soil Conservation Service) has provided leadership in a partnership effort to help America&#8217;s private land owners and managers conserve their soil, water, and other natural resources. NRCS employees provide technical assistance based on<br /><span class="excerpt_more"><a href="http://environmentalheadlines.com/ct/2010/08/14/ag-dept-seeking-state-conservationist/">[continue reading...]</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Bill Gates: Better Farms, Improved Lives</title>
		<link>http://environmentalheadlines.com/ct/2010/08/11/bill-gates-better-farms-improved-lives/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 20:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With support from the Bill &#38; Melinda Gates Foundation, six nonprofit agricultural development organizations are helping hundreds of thousands of poor farmers in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia grow more productive, profitable, and sustainable crops. Three-quarters of the world&#8217;s poorest people rely on farming small plots of land to feed themselves and their families. Helping<br /><span class="excerpt_more"><a href="http://environmentalheadlines.com/ct/2010/08/11/bill-gates-better-farms-improved-lives/">[continue reading...]</a></span>]]></description>
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