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Posted on November 29, 2013
In October the first of a series of three statewide workshops was held at the Senexet Grange in Woodstock, CT to discuss the workings of the several land trust programs existing within the state and means of achieving greater uniformity and clarity in the way in which they are presented to the land ...
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Laura Rodley 
Posted on November 22, 2013
When Louisa Conrad and Lucas Farrell came to Peaked Mountain Farm in Townshend, VT three years ago to help with farm-caretaking, they didn’t know that they would start a thriving candy business, selling award winning caramels made from their own goat’s milk online and wholesale to 200 stores nationw...
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George Looby, DVM 
Posted on November 22, 2013
For the past dozen years a group of interested citizens in the Town of Woodstock, CT have sponsored and produced an event which they call Celebrating Agriculture. The day focuses strictly on the people in Woodstock and surrounding communities who earn their living working in one of the many phases o...
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George Looby, DVM 
Posted on November 22, 2013
The many varied facets of New England agriculture was never more evident than on the weekend of Nov. 2-3, when producers of products made from animal fiber filled the Mallary Pavilion located on the grounds of the Eastern States Exposition in West Springfield, MA. Today every New England State has a...
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George Looby, DVM 
Posted on November 15, 2013
In the northeast corner of Connecticut, nestled close to the borders of both Massachusetts and Rhode Island, is the so-called Quiet Corner. This region is not only known as the Quiet Corner but also as the Last Green Valley, so designated by an act of Congress in 1994, recognizing this unique area a...
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Jane Primerano 
Posted on November 15, 2013
On a winding lane off Fairground Road in West Newbury, VT, a sign warns “Not a Thru Road, Your GPS is Wrong.” Should a visitor continue up the lane anyway, he or she would come upon a sprawling contemporary house, a small enclosure for chickens and another lane headed to a barn. This is the home of ...
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George Looby, DVM 
Posted on November 15, 2013
For the past 63 years the W.B. Young Building on the campus of the University of Connecticut has served as the center of activity for the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources serving the many needs of the college. In this building are housed the administrative offices, the extension service,...
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Lee Newspapers 
Posted on November 15, 2013
by Gary Elliott, Country Folks Assistant Editor I knew that I was in for a working vacation that would fit me like a glove when the Lee Publications Outreach Committee selected me earlier this year to go on a Christian Mission Trip with the Fellowship of Christian Farmers International organization ...
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Lee Newspapers 
Posted on November 14, 2013
We will be gathering at the Maine Farm Bureau Office on November 18th at 7:00 pm, 4 Gabriel Drive, Augusta, ME with a great program planned! We will have two great speakers Liz Charles from the Maine Migrant Health Program will provide an overview of the Affordable Care Act to share information abou...
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