{"id":1074,"date":"2014-04-02T16:48:03","date_gmt":"2014-04-02T16:48:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ctfarmland.org\/site\/?page_id=1074"},"modified":"2017-01-06T20:36:18","modified_gmt":"2017-01-06T20:36:18","slug":"szegda-farm-columbia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/ctfarmland.org\/site\/protected-farms\/szegda-farm-columbia\/","title":{"rendered":"Szegda Farm, Columbia"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/ctfarmland.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Szegda.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4047\" src=\"http:\/\/ctfarmland.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Szegda-300x225.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ctfarmland.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Szegda-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/ctfarmland.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Szegda-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/ctfarmland.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Szegda-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/h5>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><strong>Protected by: Connecticut Farmland Trust, CT Department of Agriculture, Town of Columbia, USDA-NRCS<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Year Protected: 2013<\/strong><b><br \/>\nAcres: 131<\/b><\/h4>\n<p>The Szegda family has been farming in the town of Columbia since the&nbsp;early 1900s; in the 1980s, purchased an additional 109 acres of land, which is now known as the Szegda Farm. Preserving the land was a priority because of the high quality soils.<\/p>\n<p>Szegda&#8217;s is directly across the road from Robinson&#8217;s Farm (40 acres protected by the state), and is within two miles of more than 600 acres of active farmland. Szegda&#8217;s Farm is a key parcel in a patchwork of agricultural activity.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I am happy to preserve the land&#8230; continuing to operate my small dairy in my retirement brings me great joy.&#8221; -Ron Szegda<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Protected by: Connecticut Farmland Trust, CT Department of Agriculture, Town of Columbia, USDA-NRCS Year Protected: 2013 Acres: 131 The Szegda family has been farming in the town of Columbia since the&nbsp;early 1900s; in the 1980s, purchased an additional 109 acres of land, which is now known as the Szegda Farm. Preserving the land was a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":4015,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1074","page","type-page","status-publish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/ctfarmland.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1074","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/ctfarmland.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/ctfarmland.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ctfarmland.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ctfarmland.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1074"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"http:\/\/ctfarmland.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1074\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4170,"href":"http:\/\/ctfarmland.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1074\/revisions\/4170"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ctfarmland.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/ctfarmland.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}