Grants
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Focused on connecting local agriculture with school nutrition programs, this initiative aims to promote healthy eating habits among children while supporting local farmers.
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Resilient Food Systems Infrastructure Program
A grant to support activities in the middle of the food supply chain including aggregation, processing, and distribution.
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Organic Certification Cost Share Grant Program
Through this grant, Connecticut certified organic growers and processors can be reimbursed for 75%, up to $750, for the cost of receiving and maintaining USDA organic certification.
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Farmland Restoration, Climate Resiliency & Preparedness (RRP) Grant
The Farmland Restoration Grant (FLRG) provides matching funds to Connecticut farmers, nonprofits and municipalities to increase food and fiber production in the state by restoring lands into active agricultural production.
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Agricultural Enhancement Grant (formerly Farm Viability)
The Agricultural Enhancement (C.G.S. Sec. 22-26j) is a competitive matching grant program open to municipalities, regional planning organizations, associations of municipalities, and agricultural non-profits. Please be aware this is a reimbursement grant.
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River Plain Dairy Modernizes Milking
In 2019, the Cone Family of River Plain Dairy in Lebanon applied for a Farm Transition Grant, seeking financial support to transition the dairy operation from a two times daily manual milking farm to an automated on-demand Voluntary Milking System. Already having purchased the milking robot, the grant project included constructing a facility to house the milking system as well as support its technological components.
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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.
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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.
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Steadfast Farms Brings Poultry Processing on the Farm
Steadfast Farms, LLC began producing high-quality game birds in 2017, after purchasing property in the hills of Bethlehem. The Farm has consistently grown in customer base and revenue year after year, balancing historic traditions with modern practices to meet customer demand throughout New England for farm-raised game birds including pheasant, quail, and squab.
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Climate Smart Agriculture and Forestry Grant
Geared towards fostering climate-resilient practices within the agricultural and forestry sectors, this grant supports initiatives that mitigate the impact of climate change.
