Miller Bridge Community Farm! Cultivating Justice Harvest Day Marigold

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.

Join us at Lovie’s Farm for a Farm Action Day on Saturday, August 24th, as we fight to make the “Right to Farm” real! Come by for a farm tour, help feed the animals, bring your kids for an egg hunt, and take ACTION with us! RSVP below & don’t forget to wear closed-toed shoes! Can’t make it? You can still support us by signing this petition!

An exert from: The Quest for Racial Equality Has Always Been Different for Rural Americans "Eighty-three-year-old Corine Woodson is poised to suffer a devastating blow: the loss of the home she shared with her late husband—who died in 2022—for over 60 years. Her land, 40 acres set amid rolling pines outside of Auburn, Ala., was purchased in 1911 and passed down through generations, a rare example of Black land ownership in the Deep South. But in recent years, this once rural property, now parsed out among various family members in a form of ownership known as “tenants in common,” has caught the attention of investors who hope to purchase and develop properties they consider prime real estate. Cleveland Brothers Incorporated bought out Woodson’s relatives, accumulating 49% ownership of the previously Black-owned property. Now, the case is making news as it heads toward the Alabama Supreme Court, with the company declaring that it will suffer “financial harm” if Woodson delays the sale of her share. (A representative of Cleveland Brothers told WTVM that Woodson could stay on the property for a year even if the sale goes through.)" Read more....

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EggUcation Series: Cultivating BIPOC Farmers I just supported EggUcation Series: Cultivating BIPOC Farmers, an awesome project on Patronicity. It's a crowdfunding campaign, so they need lots of small contributions from donors, or 'Patrons' like you and me to make it happen.   You can read more about how this works at https://www.patronicity.com/how-it-works   Please visit the project here, read more about it, choose a giving level, and share with others as well! https://www.patronicity.com/project/eggucation_series_cultivating_bipoc_farmers

Meet Ups at Farms: Date: Sunday, September 8th Time: 10am-2pm Location: Gunther Farm, 24 Hyde Rd. Vernon, CT Date: Sunday, September 15th Time: 10am-3pm Location: Off Center Farm, 48 Center Rd. Woodbridge, CT and Beets and Blooms Farm, 6 Oakum Dock Rd, Cobalt, CT Description of Skill Share: For folks that are still looking for land, whether to lease or purchase. Learn how to evaluate potential properties for agricultural use. Explore three different properties with Solid Ground soil, conservation, and land use consultant Kip Kolesinskas. We will evaluate the major soil properties to consider for different types of agriculture, evaluate the location and condition of existing infrastructure, including potential water sources, impact of wetlands, neighbors and wildlife, land restoration, topography, and local microclimates. Learn how to use the Web Soil Survey and other Connecticut and municipal maps as tools in the process, and where to find information on a property’s history, town zoning ag restrictions, setbacks, and more.   Sign up here: s.uconn.edu/landeval&access