2015

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• FOOD SAFETY -Violative Antibiotic Tissue Residues at Slaughter: Sorting Out Who, What and Why

• LEGISLATIVE UPDATE

• POULTRY HEALTH POULTRY IMPORTATION REQUIREMENTS

  The poultry sector of Connecticut’s agriculture industry contributes significantly to the state’s economy, to food security for the state’s citizens, and to animal and human health through the production of specialized products.

• CONNECTICUT WOMEN LEAD THEIR FAMILY FARMS INTO THE FUTURE

• AQUACULTURE LICENSING AND PERMITTING IN THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT

• ANIMAL HEAT ADVISORY

• WOODBURY FFA FLORICULTURE TEAM HEADING TO EUROPE, SEEKS DONATIONS TO FUND “ONCE IN A LIFETIME” TRIP

• CONNECTICUT FARMLINK PROGRAM CONNECTS FARMERS WITH FARMLAND

  The Connecticut FarmLink Program was established by the Connecticut Department of Agriculture in 2007.

• STATE’S GREENHOUSE INDUSTRY REVS UP FOR SPRING, WORKS TO KEEP CUSTOMERS LOCAL

• A GIFT OF A FARM LEADS TO ITS PRESERVATION, FULFILLMENT OF A DREAM

• FARM-TO-WHOLESALE PROGRAMS

• CELEBRATE CONNECTICUT GROWN PRODUCTS DURING NATIONAL FARMERS MARKET WEEK

• GROWING INTO THE FOOD SAFETY MODERNIZATION ACT

• “WE HAD A CHOICE OF EITHER GETTING OUT OF FARMING OR MAKING SOME HARD DECISIONS ON WHERE WE WERE HEADED”

• COLD WEATHER ADVISORY