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• Desantis Farm Promotes Pig and Poultry Production

  Desantis Farm of Watertown was established by Mike Desantis in 2012. Mike founded the farm with little to no equipment--just some pigs and a love of farming. By 2019, Mike and his wife, Joann, and three daughters, raised over 100 pigs a year, meat birds and turkeys, sold eggs, grew ten acres of produce, 5,000 bales of hay, and over 40 acres of corn for the pigs and poultry.

• Dzen Farm and Pell Strawberries Enhance Strawberry Production

  The Farm Transition Grant Infrastructure Investment category provides matching funds to CT Farmers in need of critical infrastructure to increase farm production. Two strawberry producers, Dzen Farms and Pell Strawberries in recently completed projects to increase their production of CT Grown strawberries.

• Pilot BIPOC Apprenticeship/Mentor Program

• On-Farm Energy Resources

• Commissioner

• Licenses & Permits - NEW

• Upcoming Agricultural Events

• Farm to School Overview

  Farm to school enriches the connection communities have with fresh, healthy food and local food producers by changing food purchasing and education practices at schools and early care and education sites.

• Wine Passport FAQ

• COLD WEATHER ADVISORY

• Current Owners of Preserved Farms

• THE EMERGENT GRAIN INDUSTRY IN CONNECTICUT

• 2014 Working Group Minutes and Agendas

• Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program

  A statewide grant program funded through the USDA to maintain and improve local food and agricultural supply chain resiliency.

• CT Animal Traceability System (CATS)