Newsletters and Annual Reports


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Spring 2024 Gratitude Report – Protecting Farmland is Personal; Preserving the Past, Cultivating the Future

Fall 2023 Gratitude Report – Farm Dreams Fulfilled; Farmland Protected; CFT Earns National Accreditation

Spring 2023 Gratitude Report – Notes from the Field, 2023 Edition; Protecting Farmland is Personal, 2022 Edition; Ask an Expert Series on YouTube, Farm Tours Coming!

Fall 2022 Gratitude Report – Finding the Next Generation of Farmers; Good News Updates, Protected Farms in 2022, and more.

Spring 2022 Gratitude Report – Protecting Farmland is Personal; You Protected Lakeview Orchards; Ask An Expert Series is Back; Good News by the Numbers

Fall 2021 Donor Impact Report – Prospect Farm: You did it!; CT Farmlink Connects Farms with Farmers; A Sunday of Sundaes and Sunflowers

Spring 2021 Newsletter – Castle Hill Farm: Fairfield County Gem Preserved; CFT-Protected Farms Give Back; Community Update; Webinar Series.

Fall 2020 Newsletter – Love of the Land, Hope for the Future; The Evolution of Long Table Farm; Double Your Impact.

Summer 2020 Newsletter – The Future of Farming Begins Now; Farmland After Preservation; More Ways You Can Support CFT; COVID-19 Resources.

Annual Report 2019 -Highlights and gratitude from the previous financial year. Posted June 2020.

Fall 2019 Newsletter -Strong Family Farm; Protection a Decade Later. Posted October 2019.

Annual Report 2018 -Highlights and gratitude from the previous financial year. Posted September 2019.

Spring 2019 Newsletter – CFT Celebrates 50 Protected Farms; Couple Honors Farm’s 300-year Legacy; CT Farmlink; Guidas Golf Invitational

Annual Report 2017 – Highlights from the previous financial year. Posted July 2018.

Fall 2018 Newsletter – Farming on the Farmington River; Q & A with Board Member; We Challenge You; Protect Your Public Lands

Spring 2018 Newsletter – Land for the Next Generation; Spring and Summer Events; Some Gifts Last a Lifetime; Renewed Accreditation!

Annual Report 2016 – Highlights from the year. Posted December 2017.

Fall 2017 Newsletter – Farmland History Preserved Twice-Over; Cato Corner Interview; Comings and Goings; A Thank You to Our Supporters.

Spring 2017 Newsletter – Ensuring the Future of Farming; The Next Chapter; Maple Sugar Bush Tour; Guida’s Charity Golf Invitational.

Fall 2016 Newsletter – CFT Completes First Buy-Protect-Sell Project; A Decade of Thriving; Drum Farm Protected.

Annual Report 2015 – Highlights from the year. Posted in 2016.

Spring 2016 Newsletter – The Gift of a Generation; An Interview with Tim Slate; Paying it Forward: Helping Farms Stay Farmland; Thank You; Staff News.

Winter 2015 Newsletter – Preserving Bilger Farm; An Interview with James Shepherd; Farm Tours & Harvest Dinner Wrap-Up and Thank You; Success at the Capitol.

CFT Impact Statement 6-3-15 – Highlights from the year.

Summer 2015 Newsletter – Award-winning Goat Dairy Farm Protected; An Interview with The Farmer’s Cow; and Farmer’s Story April Moon Profile.

Annual Report 2013– Highlights from the year. Posted in 2014.

Fall 2014 Newsletter – CFT Passes Milestone; 2,500 Acres Preserved; and Welcome Aziz.

Fall 2013 Newsletter – Collaboration protects Szegda Farm; New Connecticut Farmer Alliance; The Farm Bill Question; and How Permaculture Reshaped My Life.

Spring 2013 Newsletter –  CFT to Protect 130 Year Old Farm in Tolland & Vernon; Cold Spring Brook Farm; Volunteer Spotlight; and Legislative Update.

Annual Report 2012 Highlights from the year. Posted in 2013.

Fall 2012 Newsletter –  The Farm Bill; Update on Protected Farms; Making Cheese at Cato Corner; and Board Member Profile.

Spring 2012 Newsletter – Celebrating Our 10th Anniversary; Skaats Farm Saved; New Board President; Loss of an Ally.