{"id":405,"date":"2013-05-14T15:32:10","date_gmt":"2013-05-14T15:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ctfarmland.org\/site\/?page_id=405"},"modified":"2020-03-18T14:46:48","modified_gmt":"2020-03-18T18:46:48","slug":"osuch-farm-watertown-and-bethlehem","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/ctfarmland.org\/site\/protected-farms\/osuch-farm-watertown-and-bethlehem\/","title":{"rendered":"Osuch Farm, Watertown and Bethlehem"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/ctfarmland.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Osuch.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4037\" src=\"http:\/\/ctfarmland.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Osuch-300x225.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ctfarmland.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Osuch-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/ctfarmland.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Osuch-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/ctfarmland.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Osuch-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><strong>Protected by: Connecticut Farmland Trust,\u00a0Watertown Land Trust, USDA-NRCS<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Year Protected: 2007<\/strong><b><br \/>\nAcres: 39.9<\/b><\/h4>\n<p>The 40-acre Osuch Farm was protected through the efforts of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.watertownlandtrust.org\/\">Watertown Land Trust<\/a> and Connecticut Farmland Trust. \u00a0Cultivated <em>since the 1790\u2019s,<\/em> the farm is currently leased to a local family dairy that uses it for corn and hay production. \u00a0The parcel contains more than 50% of the state\u2019s highest quality agricultural soils and is within two miles of approximately 700 acres of active farmland.\u00a0 Preservation of the property also protects an abutting national historic site and the water quality of the adjacent Nonnewaug River, which provides drinking water for area residents.<\/p>\n<p>CFT secured funding from the USDA, Natural Resources Conservation Service for the purchase of a conservation easement on the farm.\u00a0 Watertown Land Trust provided the matching funds, including a grant from the CT Department of Energy and Environmental Protection.<\/p>\n<p>There is a walking trail on the property that is open to the public. A parking area is provided. The address for your GPS is <span class=\"_2HwZTce1zKwQJyzgqXpmAy\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\" data-markjs=\"true\">281 Skilton Road, Watertown, CT\u00a0 06795. That address is a private driveway; a<\/span>t first you feel like you are turning into the private driveway, but then you see an obvious parking lot for the trail to the left and the sign.<\/p>\n<p>You can visit our Watertown Land Trust Friends at <a href=\"http:\/\/watertownlandtrust.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Watertown Land Trust.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Protected by: Connecticut Farmland Trust,\u00a0Watertown Land Trust, USDA-NRCS Year Protected: 2007 Acres: 39.9 The 40-acre Osuch Farm was protected through the efforts of Watertown Land Trust and Connecticut Farmland Trust. \u00a0Cultivated since the 1790\u2019s, the farm is currently leased to a local family dairy that uses it for corn and hay production. \u00a0The parcel contains [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"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-405","page","type-page","status-publish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/ctfarmland.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/405","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ctfarmland.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=405"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/ctfarmland.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/405\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5106,"href":"http:\/\/ctfarmland.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/405\/revisions\/5106"}],"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=405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}