Catch Up With CFT:
Hear about the farms we protected while working from our dining rooms
Join us to hear about what CFT staff have done over the past year while working from home and our upcoming plans now that we are throwing open the barn doors.
We are inviting our supporters and friends to attend a virtual community update.
Director Elisabeth Moore will highlight CFT’s most compelling achievements of 2020 and 2021. She will share details and stories about key acquisitions and the work we are doing to connect new farmers to farmland. Plus, learn about our upcoming science-based work to more thoughtfully and strategically protect farmland.
This program will take place on Tuesday, June 8th, from 6:30 to 7:30 pm.
This event is free and open to the public.
Click the green ticket to register.
6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Public Act 490 Overview and Q & A
with Joan Nichols, Connecticut Farm Bureau Association’s Executive Director
Public Act 490: Connecticut’s Current-Use Tax Law for Farmland, Forest Land and Open Space.
Joan Nichols will present a comprehensive overview of the law, tips for applying for and maintaining the classification, and information on transferring PA 490 land.
Please any submit questions for Joan Nichols ahead of time to outreach@ctfarmland.org, or during the Zoom.
Ask an Expert: Webinar Series
Experts are coming to your living rooms and kitchens this spring. CFT staff and guest experts to share knowledge and learn from each other once a week, mid-May through mid-June.
This series will help land stewards gain what they need about farmland preservation and also elevate how we think about land trusts. You can meet guests who will answer the questions, How does farmland preservation work? and What else can a land trust do in addition to protecting land?
6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Free, with donations to support this work welcome.
Bring your questions! When you register for the event you can submit questions ahead of time, or submit a question during the talk.
If you want to register for all five of the Ask an Expert webinars, just email outreach@ctfarmland.org with the subject line, All Webinar Registration and you will be sent your personal Zoom links and codes.
How Land Trusts Can Support Food Access
with Connie Manes, Executive Director to Kent Land Trust
There is huge potential for land trusts to support food access. Land trusts are naturally positioned to lead the way in increasing access to food and can make a difference for their most vulnerable neighbors. Learn about how Kent Land Trust partners with Marble Valley Farm and Kent’s Food Bank to support food access.
Please any submit questions for Connie Manes ahead of time to outreach@ctfarmland.org, or during the Zoom.
Ask an Expert: Webinar Series
Experts are coming to your living rooms and kitchens this spring. CFT staff and guest experts to share knowledge and learn from each other once a week, mid-May through mid-June.
This series will help land stewards gain what they need about farmland preservation and also elevate how we think about land trusts. You can meet guests who will answer the questions, How does farmland preservation work? and What else can a land trust do in addition to protecting land?
6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Free, with donations to support this work welcome.
Bring your questions! When you register for the event you can submit questions ahead of time, or submit a question during the talk.
If you want to register for all five of the Ask an Expert webinars, just email outreach@ctfarmland.org with the subject line, All Webinar Registration and you will be sent your personal Zoom links and codes.
Join us for a special harvest celebration at Waldingfield Farm with farmers and friends on land newly preserved forever as farmland with the Connecticut Farmland Trust.
Savor locally sourced and produced food, enjoy a special cocktail from Litchfield Distillery, join the farmers for a tour of the farm’s organic vegetable fields with a scenic view of the Litchfield Hills, and learn about CFT’s work to protect family farms in CT like Waldingfield Farm.
Your ticket purchase helps increase the pace of CFT’s preservation work!