Posts by Dorene Warner

Two Litchfield County Farms Preserved Over a busy and exciting 48 hours this summer, Connecticut Farmland Trust (CFT) and its federal and state partners protected two prominent farms in southern…

Connecticut Farmland Trust (CFT) and Connecticut Department of Agriculture (CT DoAg) are pleased to announce the preservation of Geer Farm in Lebanon. This 96-acre farm was protected in concert by…

Connecticut Farmland Trust (CFT) and Connecticut Department of Agriculture (CT DoAg) are pleased to announce the preservation of Stanley Boniewski Farm in Middletown. This 41-acre farm was protected in concert…

Protected by: U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (USDA-NRCS), CT Department of Agriculture, and Connecticut Farmland Trust Year Protected: 2020 and 2021 Acres: 296 of 500 Gallup Homestead Farm, a 500-acre…

Protected by: U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (USDA-NRCS), CT Department of Agriculture, Town of Middletown, and Connecticut Farmland Trust Year Protected: 2020 Acres: 41 The 41-acre Stanley…

When you picture a Connecticut farm, what do you see? Do you see innovative young farmers working the land? We hope you do—because that is the reality we’re building together…

“I’d like to think that there will always be a place for small farms,” says Ethan Coutu of Maplecroft Farm in Morris. Luckily, there will be. Ethan is a young…

Connecticut Farmland Trust (CFT) is pleased to announce the preservation of Kuss Farm in Bethlehem. This 61-acre parcel of a 450-acre farm was protected in a joint effort by partners…

Protected by: U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), CT Department of Agriculture, and Connecticut Farmland Trust Year Protected: 2020 Acres: 104 In a twist of fate, a…