2015

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• PRESERVING A FARM AND A FAMILY’S HERITAGE AS NEIGHBORHOODS CLOSE IN

• LEGISLATIVE PREVIEW

• 2018 FARM BILL

• FARM WINERY PROMOTION KICKS OFF AS THREE NEW VENUES JOIN PROGRAM

• LOOKING BACK AND AHEAD

• DYE STUDIES PROTECT CONNECTICUT SHELLFISH GROWING AREAS

• DOAG AND UNH COLLABORATING TO INTRODUCE STUDENTS TO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

• CONSIDERATIONS FOR LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY DURING COLDER WEATHER

• SHEPARD FARM IN SOUTH WINDSOR PERMANENTLY PROTECTED FOR AGRICULTURAL USE

• STAYING AHEAD OF ANIMAL DISEASE: LOOK, REPORT & PROTECT

• ANIMAL EXHIBITORS AND VISITORS REMINDED TO FOLLOW GOOD HANDLING AND HYGIENE PRACTICES

• WARM WINTERS PRODUCING HIGHER TICK ABUNDANCE AND INFECTION WITH LYME DISEASE STATEWIDE

• FARM TAXES

• CULTIVATION OF KELP IN THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT

• REGULATORY OVERSIGHT OF AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES