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| 5/15/2012 |
| CT Farming, Grants, and Other Matters |
| | The Connecticut spring season started a month early with above-average temperatures, and many growers thought that maybe, just maybe, they could get a head start on the season and begin their planning and planting earlier than normal. |
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| 5/8/2012 |
| DoAg Employee Spotlight: Dr. Bruce A. Sherman |
| | Dr. Bruce A. Sherman is the director of the Bureau of Regulation and Inspection at the Connecticut Department of Agriculture (DoAG). The Connecticut Weekly Agricultural Report (CWAR) sat down recently with Dr. Sherman (BAS) to learn more about his background and his work at the agency. |
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| 5/7/2012 |
| Human Illness in Connecticut Linked to Salmonella in Recalled Dog Food |
| | Hartford – The Connecticut Departments of Agriculture and Public Health are encouraging safe handling of pet food after a report of human illness in Connecticut was linked to a multistate outbreak of Salmonella Infantis associated with dog food. |
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| 5/4/2012 |
| DoAg Participates in CFBA Farm Products Processing Conference |
| | On March 31, 2012, Commissioner Steven K. Reviczky and staff from the Connecticut Department of Agriculture (DoAG) participated in a conference put on by the Connecticut Farm Bureau Association (CFBA) entitled “Processing Your Farm Products for Profit,” held at Wesleyan University. |
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| 4/26/2012 |
| Agriculture Commissioner Reviczky Announces Consignment of Rescued Horses |
| | (HARTFORD, CONN.) State Agriculture Commissioner Steven K. Reviczky announced today the upcoming sale of a group of rescued animals consisting of ten horses. The animals are consigned to the University of Connecticut’s Annual Spring Horse Auction and Tack and Equipment Tag Sale, to be held Saturday, April 28, 2012, at the UConn Horse Arena on Horse Barn Hill Road in Storrs. The sale preview will begin at 11:00 a.m. and the auction at 1:00 p.m. |
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| 2/14/2012 |
| Agriculture Commissioner Reviczky Announces Coventry Farmers' Market Will Return to Hale |
| | (HARTFORD, CONN.) Connecticut Agriculture Commissioner Steven K. Reviczky announced today that the Coventry Regional Farmers Market, Connecticut Landmarks (which oversees the Nathan Hale Homestead), and the Town of Coventry have worked out a new, ten-year arrangement that will bring the farmers' market back to the Hale Homestead for the summer season. |
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| 2/2/2012 |
| Agriculture Commissioner Reviczky Announces New Farmland Restoration Program |
| | (HARTFORD, CONN.) Agriculture Commissioner Steven K. Reviczky announced today that the State Bond Commission approved $5,000,000 in funding on Monday for the Connecticut Department of Agriculture's new Farmland Restoration Program. |
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| 12/6/2011 |
| Agriculture Commissioner Reviczky Announces Pilot Program for Community Farms Preservation |
| | (HARTFORD, CONN.) Connecticut Agriculture Commissioner Steven K. Reviczky today announced $2,000,000 in funding for farmland preservation through the Connecticut Department of Agriculture’s new Community Farms Preservation Program. This pilot program, authorized by Connecticut General Statutes 22-26nn, allocates Community Investment Act funds for cooperative state-local farmland preservation projects in qualifying municipalities. |
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| 10/7/2011 |
| GOV. MALLOY ANNOUNCES FEDERAL AID FOR FARMERS IN ALL 8 CONNECTICUT COUNTIES HIT BY TROPICAL STORM IRENE |
| | (HARTFORD, CT) – Governor Malloy announced today that United States Department of Agriculture Secretary Thomas Vilsack has granted his September 15 request for a disaster designation in Connecticut due to agricultural losses caused by Tropical Storm Irene. |
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