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The Department of Agriculture announced that Oxen Hill Farm and Brignole Vinyeards in East Granby are set to receive infrastructure investment grants which will allow them to purchase needed equipment and expand their offerings to the community.
Brignole Vinyeards is set to receive $4,700.00 for the purchase a Biodynamic In-Row Cultivator, and Oxen Hill Farm will receive $25,000.00 to allow them to purchase an automated sweet potato digger, lifter, and grading table.
The microgrants are part of more than $527,000 that been awarded to fund 29 projects throughout the state as part of DoAg’s 2025 Farm Transition Grant program. The program is designed “to bolster agricultural production of both new and existing farm operations.”
More information about the program can be found at:
https://portal.ct.gov/doag/press-room/press-releases/2025/february/ct-doag-announces-recipients-of-2025-farm-transition-grants
