The Local Food Purchase Assistance 2025 Cooperative Agreement (LFPA25), first approved by former USDA Secretary Vilsack in October 2024, has been eliminated as part of an administrative decision on the federal level, U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-3rd District said.
Viktoria Sundqvist is a veteran Connecticut journalist, a CTSPJ board member, and a former newsroom data analyst. She also runs the CT Missing People & Cold Cases Substack.
This EggUcation Learning Series includes classroom time, chicken keeping materials, and supplies. The course is taught primarily by Pr5of Amy Grillo with follow up support and coaching for new chicken keepers.
"In Connecticut, individuals who identify as Black, Indigenous and people of color, or BIPOC, account for less than 2% of local farmers.
A new state program funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is working to increase that number – by training farmers, and supporting their land access."
Published December 4, 2024 at 3:47 PM EST
No Child Left Inside® (NCLI) Program in partnership with Fish with CARE and the City of Torrington will be hosting this event.
There will be parking on-site at Burr Pond State Park (main parking lot) as well as off-site location parking lots at: Burr Pond Boat Launch Ramp, Burrville Fire Training School and RBC Aircraft Products . There will be 2 shuttles (one is handicapped accessible) circulating between the parking lots/locations between the hours of 9:30 am and 3:00 pm. The shuttles will circulate between Burr Pond State Park on Burr Mountain Road in Torrington; RBC Aircraft Products at 2866 Winsted Road, Torrington; Burrville Fire Training School on Burr Mountain Road in Torrington; and the Burr Pond Boat Launch Ramp at 600 Burr Mountain Road in Torrington.
In the event of bad weather, the event will be rescheduled to Sunday February 2, 2025 from 10 am to 3 pm
by Mia Taylor
Monarch populations are teetering on extinction, their numbers down to 5% of what they were a few decades ago. Here's what to know and the simplest way to help.
