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• CT syrup producers get disaster aid (posted 08/09/10 at 11:09am)

  Agriculture officials say the unusually warm spring switched sugar maples early from making sap to blooming their buds, lowering syrup production in four Connecticut counties by 30 percent, The Associated Press reports.

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  Community Supported Agriculture Proving Good Business Model (posted 08/02/10)

  Connecticut farmers like Kathy Dunai offer consumers a pre-paid share of fresh, locally grown produce — a trend catching on in every part of the state.

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• CT growers tickled over ‘pickle’ law (posted 07/14/10 at 11:24am)

  Connecticut food growers say consumers will see more variety in fresh poultry and produce at local farmers' markets and on restaurant tables - and an increase in jobs -- from a new law signed by the governor.

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  Straight From The Cow (posted 02/22/10)

  The notion of buying local, naturally-produced food continues to gain mainstream popularity as weekly supermarket flyers advertise products grown at New England farms.

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• UConn gets $405K grant to study dairy farms (posted 12/29/09 at 10:20am)

  The University of Connecticut is getting a $404,966 federal grant to study the economic and environmental sustainability of New England dairy farms, Congressman Joe Courtney says.

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• Program asks consumers to help New England farmers (posted 09/17/09 at 11:21am)

  Several New England states are urging consumers to chip in and save the region's dwindling dairy farms, which are struggling with record-low milk prices.

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  Counsel To The Farmers (posted 05/18/09)

  Douglas Dubitsky is one of very few attorneys in Connecticut who focus their practices on the equine and agricultural industries.

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