CT DoAg Announces State Grants to Increase Long-Term Climate Resiliency in Production Agriculture

(HARTFORD, CT) – State Rep. Greg Howard (R-43) hailed an announcement by the state Agriculture Commissioner Bryan P. Hurlburt that the Connecticut Department of Agriculture (CT DoAg) is awarding state funding to farmers and non-profits involved in production agriculture to invest in long-term climate resiliency projects which will decrease vulnerability to extreme weather events through regenerative agricultural practices.

The funded projects are part of the Farmland Restoration, Climate Resiliency and Preparedness Grant, which was authorized by and funded through Connecticut General Statues 22-6c with a focus on restoring and improving land with prime and important farmland soils. Funds can be used for capital investments, including equipment, to implement farming practices that will have a multi-year or cumulative effect on the climate resiliency of the land or farming operation.  

• North Stonington: Grijalva Cattle Co. LLC: $100,000 (Forest Management, Enhanced Grazing Land Management, Capital Improvements and Purchases)

• Ledyard– Full Heart Farm: $50,000 (Water Management, Capital Improvements and Purchases)