{"id":5849,"date":"2022-06-29T07:30:42","date_gmt":"2022-06-29T11:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ctfarmland.org\/site\/?page_id=5849"},"modified":"2022-11-15T16:59:35","modified_gmt":"2022-11-15T21:59:35","slug":"birkbeckfarm","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/ctfarmland.org\/site\/protected-farms\/birkbeckfarm\/","title":{"rendered":"Birkbeck Farm, North Stonington"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/ctfarmland.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG-7828-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5797\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ctfarmland.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG-7828-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/ctfarmland.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG-7828-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/ctfarmland.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG-7828-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Birkbeck Farm cows<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><strong>Protected by: <\/strong><strong>U.S. Department of Agriculture\u2019s Natural Resources Conservation Service (USDA-NRCS), CT Department of Agriculture,&nbsp;<\/strong>and<strong>&nbsp;Connecticut Farmland Trust<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><strong>Year Protected: 2022<\/strong><b><br><\/b><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><b>Acres: 68.9<\/b><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Michael <span class=\"markfk42ll9ra\" data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\">Birkbeck<\/span>, fourth generation owner of the property, set the preservation process in motion. \u201cI view my role as a steward of this land and am delighted that for generations to come there will be opportunity for others to <span class=\"markims2igla5\" data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\">farm<\/span> here. Knowing that the <span class=\"markims2igla5\" data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\">farm<\/span> is preserved to make that possible is a dream come true.\u201d<br aria-hidden=\"true\">&nbsp;<br aria-hidden=\"true\"><span class=\"markfk42ll9ra\" data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\">Birkbeck<\/span> applied to the CT DoAg <span class=\"markims2igla5\" data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\">Farm<\/span>land Preservation Program following the passing of his father who left instructions in his will that the <span class=\"markims2igla5\" data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\">farm<\/span> was to be preserved. <span class=\"markfk42ll9ra\" data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\">Birkbeck<\/span> inherited the property that has been in the family since the 1920s, at one point a dairy <span class=\"markims2igla5\" data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\">farm<\/span>, and currently the fields are used for hay and beef pasture for the small herd of cows and two horses.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Protected by: U.S. Department of Agriculture\u2019s Natural Resources Conservation Service (USDA-NRCS), CT Department of Agriculture,&nbsp;and&nbsp;Connecticut Farmland Trust Year Protected: 2022 Acres: 68.9 &nbsp; Michael Birkbeck, fourth generation owner of the property, set the preservation process in motion. \u201cI view my role as a steward of this land and am delighted that for generations to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"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-5849","page","type-page","status-publish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/ctfarmland.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5849","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\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ctfarmland.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5849"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/ctfarmland.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5849\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6068,"href":"http:\/\/ctfarmland.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5849\/revisions\/6068"}],"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=5849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}