CT NOFA Winter Conference 2024, Willimantic, CT
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MarCT NOFA Winter Conference 2024, March 23, Willimantic, CT
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Assist New Milford in protecting and preserving our surviving farmlands
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JanCT DoAg Food System Capacity Building Grant Due March 6, 2024
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CT DoAg Food System Capacity Building Grant Due March 6, 2024
CT DoAg Announces CT Food System Capacity Building Grant due March 6, 2024. Funding Opportunities to Increase Food Access and Address Food Insecurity
The Connecticut Department of Agriculture (CT DoAg), on behalf of the CT Food Policy Council, announces the competitive solicitation process to award funds to Connecticut organizations and groups involved in food system policy or creating innovative, localized, programming in their respective communities to increase food access and address food insecurity through the Food System Capacity Building Grant. Applicants must submit a completed application by March 6, 2024, at 4:00 p.m. using Cognito Forms.
A grant webinar will be held on Thursday, February 8, 2024, from 2-3 p.m. Applicants can register below or on the grant webpage. The webinar will be recorded and posted. Questions regarding the Food System Capacity Building Grant can be directed to Hannah Carty at Hannah.Carty@ct.gov or 860-471-1620 or Cyrena Thibodeau at Cyrena.Thibodeau@ct.gov or 860-895-3094.
Funding for the Food System Capacity Building Grant is provided through the Connecticut Food Policy Council under C.G.S. Sec. 22-456. There is no minimum funding request and the maximum amount of funds that can be requested for one project is limited to $20,000.00. There is no match requirement for this grant. For more information on the Food System Capacity Building Grant Program, including grant guidance, application link, and project profile template, please visit the website, https://portal.ct.gov/…/Food-System-Capacity-Building….
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MarSolid Ground Getting to the Root Short Video and Panel Discussions
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Solid Ground Getting to the Root Short Video and Panel Discussions
A series exploring the entrepreneurial of new CT farmers.
March 9: Ethnic and Specialty Crops
Video Premier featuring Juliet Muhenga. Farmer Panelists; Tacina Walcott Thompson, Natty Roots Gardens, Uloma Onuma
Thursday March 9th, 2023 , 12-1:30pm , virtual event
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March 11: Added-Value Farm Products
Saturday, March 11, 2023, 9:45-11:00am. In person at Wesleyan University. Presented at CT NOFA’s 2023 Winter Conference.
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JanNortheast Grazing and Livestock Conference (Virtual) Jan 20-21, 2023
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Northeast Grazing and Livestock Conference (Virtual) Jan 20-21, 2023
The New England Grazing Network, Maine Grass Farmers Network, Granite State Grazers, The Livestock Institute, Vermont Grass Farmers Association, University of Vermont Center for Sustainable Agriculture, and Cornell Cooperative Extension Capital Area Ag & Hort Program present a region wide virtual grazing conference from January 20-21, 2023.
The conference is the largest of its kind in New England, gathering over 300 participants from the northeast for two days of networking and educational workshops. This conference brings together new and experienced farmers alike as well as service providers, and non-farmers seeking to learn more ways to align with and support well managed pasture-based livestock production across our region.
For more information or to register, click here.
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OctCT Grown for Kids Grant- Application due Nov. 15, 2022
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AugCT NOFA Online Learning: Loving and Cooking with your CSA
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Sept 9, 2021, 6-7:15 PM. Cost $15: CT NOFA Online Learning: Loving and Cooking with your CSA, from Cherry Grove Farm
NOFA-NJ, The Suppers Program, and Jammin’ Crepes are working together to offer a Cooking class which celebrates the NJ Organic CSA and seven NJ farms who have a CSA program. Every second Thursday of the month, Tony Kennette will introduce you to another NJ Organic farm, and Kim Rizk of Jammin’ Crepes will cook from the farms CSA box. The charge for this event is $15 for one class or $60 for the whole series.
Click here to register.
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MayMore Pain Ahead for Dairy Farmers, May 24, 2016
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More Pain Ahead for Dairy Farmers, May 24, 2016
Farmers across the country have been operating below the cost of production for quite some time. Unfortunately, the pain is likely to continue, according University of Wisconsin’s Bob Cropp. He says Class III milk prices are on their way to levels not seen since the 2009 dairy crisis. Cropp is forecasting the May Class III price to be $12.75/cwt. In 2015 the May Class III price was $16.00/cwt. Cropp says exports aren’t currently significant enough to make up for the increasing supplies.
To learn more watch video in link below
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MayDOAG: Connecticut Weekly Agriculture Report 5/10/2016
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Inside this edition:
NEW POLLINATOR LAW BRINGS CHANGES IN USE OF PESTICIDES, CREATION OF HABITAT
http://www.ct.gov/doag/lib/doag/ag%20report/CT_WEEKLY_AG_REPORT_MAY_10.pdf
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MayNortheast 2015 Dairy Farm Discussion & Current Situation -5/9/2016
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Northeast 2015 Dairy Farm Discussion & Current Situation -5/9/2016
Webinar from 5/9/2016
Northeast dairy farmers are facing challenging times. In this webinar, Chris Laughton, Farm Credit East’s Director of Knowledge Exchange, presented the results of the 2015 Northeast Dairy Farm Summary. A panel discussion about the current economic situation facing Northeast dairy producers and some strategies for working through it followed in the second half of the webinar.
To view Chris Laughton’s presentation, click here.
To view the 2015 Northeast Dairy Farm Summary, click here.
For more information, contact chris.laughton@farmcrediteast.com
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AprNortheast Agriculture Insights & Perspectives 2016 Report
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Northeast Agriculture Insights & Perspectives 2016 Report
Recently released report from Farm Credit East. The report includes outlooks on several farming industries and provides economic outlooks from Chris Laughton, Farm Credit East Director of Knowledge, insights from Bill Lipinski, Farm Credit East CEO, and several industry.
The report can be viewed here.