Resources for Farmers

Grants and Funding

Conservation Security Program

Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education

New England Grassroots Environmental Fund

CT Department of Agriculture: Farm Reinvestment (Enhancement) Grant Program

CT Department of Agriculture: Farm Waste Management Grants

Organic Certification and Recognition

Information on CT NOFA's Farmer's Pledge and Organic Certification

Other Resources

NOFA Massachusetts Organic Dairy Program seeks to provide Massachusetts dairy farmers with information about organic milk production and the transition process, and information on raw milk production.

Connecticut FarmLink Program Do you and your family have a plan for the farmland you own? Are you a young farmer who is looking for land? According to state statute, The Connecticut FarmLink Program and website is designed to be a clearinghouse for the transition between generations of farmers with the goal of keeping farmland in production. Farmland is irreplaceable. There is a new generation of young farmers who want to be tomorrow’s Stewards of the Land. But they do not have land to work.