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The New Connecticut Farmer Alliance (NCTFA) is a network of farmers dedicated to community-building, resource-sharing, and advocacy. We're the @youngfarmers.bsky.social Connecticut chapter.
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Proposed GOP cuts could jeopardize SNAP users, farmers and state budgets
States will likely serve fewer people in need of food assistance, experts say, as Congress says it’s rooting out waste to meet spending-reduction goals for tax cuts.
www.washingtonpost.com
Recent WaPo story @mariana-alfaro.bsky.social highlights concerns of Kaitlyn Kimball, Connecticut farmer and member of our NCTFA Policy Working Group, on the consequences of proposed cuts to #SNAP nutrition assistance, and by extension to local farmers.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Friday's NOFA Interstate Council meeting is open to ALL NOFA MEMBERS from any chapter - but you must register to join the free Zoom call. Join us to learn more about NOFA's region-wide initiatives!
This year’s NOFA Interstate Council annual meeting is this Friday, December 19, at 9am EST (online). The annual meeting is open to ALL NOFA MEMBERS from any state chapter. ctnofa.org/event/nofa-i...
NOFA Interstate Council Annual Meeting - CT NOFA
The NOFA Interstate Council meeting is open to NOFA members from any state chapter. This year's meeting will take place virtually on December 19 at 9:00am. The Interstate Council is made up of members...
ctnofa.org
December 18, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Friday's NOFA Interstate Council meeting is open to ALL NOFA MEMBERS from any chapter - but you must register to join the free Zoom call. Join us to learn more about NOFA's region-wide initiatives!
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An issue of our quarterly newsletter filled with resources for farmers and farm advocates went out today. It looks ahead to 2026 for grant opportunities and details about our upcoming Farmer Listening Session.
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Updates and Grant Opportunities for Farmers in Farm Aid's Newsletter
Our quarterly email newsletter is filled with resources for farmers, grant opportunities, and news from our Hotline Team.
www.farmaid.org
December 18, 2025 at 11:13 PM
An issue of our quarterly newsletter filled with resources for farmers and farm advocates went out today. It looks ahead to 2026 for grant opportunities and details about our upcoming Farmer Listening Session.
Take a look and subscribe at
Take a look and subscribe at
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@newctfarmers.bsky.social is still rather new to Bluesky: this account represents young farmers in the old state of Connecticut. Please welcome them.
November 21, 2025 at 6:12 PM
@newctfarmers.bsky.social is still rather new to Bluesky: this account represents young farmers in the old state of Connecticut. Please welcome them.
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The government is reopening, but so many people are still suffering.
How the shutdown broke America’s food chain — and what happens next
Cash-strapped farmers, gaps in the public safety net, and food inspection backlogs that could reshape who eats what in t
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November 18, 2025 at 5:54 PM
The government is reopening, but so many people are still suffering.
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Earlier this year, CT NOFA faced a critical funding crossroads. Well into our programming for the year, we faced sudden and substantial cuts to federally funded programming that constituted the majority of our work for 2025.
But then, something moving happened…
ctnofa.org/a-more-organ...
But then, something moving happened…
ctnofa.org/a-more-organ...
November 4, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Earlier this year, CT NOFA faced a critical funding crossroads. Well into our programming for the year, we faced sudden and substantial cuts to federally funded programming that constituted the majority of our work for 2025.
But then, something moving happened…
ctnofa.org/a-more-organ...
But then, something moving happened…
ctnofa.org/a-more-organ...
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The current govt shutdown threatens farmers’ livelihoods, conservation progress, & food security. Programs meant to support #SustainableAgriculture are at a standstill.
🗞️Great read on why lawmakers need to end the shutdown & restore critical support system: www.agweek.com/news/policy/...
🗞️Great read on why lawmakers need to end the shutdown & restore critical support system: www.agweek.com/news/policy/...
Farmers feel the effects of the government shutdown
Rodney Koch, farmer from near Garretson, South Dakota, says he is waiting on funding from the NRCS Conservation Stewardship Program amid tough commodity markets.
www.agweek.com
October 27, 2025 at 8:46 PM
The current govt shutdown threatens farmers’ livelihoods, conservation progress, & food security. Programs meant to support #SustainableAgriculture are at a standstill.
🗞️Great read on why lawmakers need to end the shutdown & restore critical support system: www.agweek.com/news/policy/...
🗞️Great read on why lawmakers need to end the shutdown & restore critical support system: www.agweek.com/news/policy/...
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🏫New @npi.ucanr.edu research in Public Health Nutrition shows students attending schools with SNAP-Ed interventions ate fruits & veggies more often—and got more activity! 🍎💪🏽 Impacts varied by school context, revealing need for tailored approaches to optimize student health. Learn more bit.ly/4op6DKK
October 27, 2025 at 10:24 PM
🏫New @npi.ucanr.edu research in Public Health Nutrition shows students attending schools with SNAP-Ed interventions ate fruits & veggies more often—and got more activity! 🍎💪🏽 Impacts varied by school context, revealing need for tailored approaches to optimize student health. Learn more bit.ly/4op6DKK
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Enroll in our latest Crash Course! In this four-part email series, we’ll be diving into the federal government’s role in shaping our food system and what happens when that very system is pressure-tested.
Civil Eats Launches a New Crash Course on Civics and the Food System
This four-part email course covers the federal government’s role in what we eat, and what's happening as the system is being pressure-tested.
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September 15, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Enroll in our latest Crash Course! In this four-part email series, we’ll be diving into the federal government’s role in shaping our food system and what happens when that very system is pressure-tested.
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Xibo Wan, a postdoctoral researcher in the UConn Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, worked with colleagues created an interactive map for residents to look up their communities' known PFAS exposure risks.
theconversation.com/you-can-be-e...
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You can be exposed to PFAS through food, water, even swimming in lakes – new maps show how risk from ‘forever chemicals’ varies
PFAS exposure can vary significantly from one community to the next. A close-up view of three Great Lakes states offers some insights for everyone.
theconversation.com
September 16, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Xibo Wan, a postdoctoral researcher in the UConn Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, worked with colleagues created an interactive map for residents to look up their communities' known PFAS exposure risks.
theconversation.com/you-can-be-e...
theconversation.com/you-can-be-e...
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⏰ TOMORROW is the last day to submit your comment on proposed changes at USDA that could cause major loss of institutional knowledge, skilled staff, and efficiency that make nutrition programs like #WIC run.
✏️ Use our template to submit your comment TODAY: media.nwica.org/nwa_final_%2...
✏️ Use our template to submit your comment TODAY: media.nwica.org/nwa_final_%2...
August 30, 2025 at 4:02 PM
⏰ TOMORROW is the last day to submit your comment on proposed changes at USDA that could cause major loss of institutional knowledge, skilled staff, and efficiency that make nutrition programs like #WIC run.
✏️ Use our template to submit your comment TODAY: media.nwica.org/nwa_final_%2...
✏️ Use our template to submit your comment TODAY: media.nwica.org/nwa_final_%2...
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While the #MAHA movement supports alternative farming, few of Trump’s policies promote healthy agricultural landscapes. A leaked version of the second MAHA Commission Report underscores these concerns.
Should Regenerative Farmers Pin Hopes on RFK Jr.’s MAHA?
While the Make America Health Again movement supports alternative farming, few of Trump’s policies promote healthy agricultural landscapes.
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August 23, 2025 at 11:00 PM
While the #MAHA movement supports alternative farming, few of Trump’s policies promote healthy agricultural landscapes. A leaked version of the second MAHA Commission Report underscores these concerns.
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Food insecurity is a term used by USDA. It is distinct from hunger.
Food insecurity = a household-level economic and social condition of limited or uncertain access to adequate food.
Hunger = an individual-level physiological condition that may result from food insecurity.
Food insecurity = a household-level economic and social condition of limited or uncertain access to adequate food.
Hunger = an individual-level physiological condition that may result from food insecurity.
Food Security in the U.S. - Definitions of Food Security | Economic Research Service
www.ers.usda.gov
August 23, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Food insecurity is a term used by USDA. It is distinct from hunger.
Food insecurity = a household-level economic and social condition of limited or uncertain access to adequate food.
Hunger = an individual-level physiological condition that may result from food insecurity.
Food insecurity = a household-level economic and social condition of limited or uncertain access to adequate food.
Hunger = an individual-level physiological condition that may result from food insecurity.
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MAGA policies at the USDA are shutting down regional food business centers, putting rural communities and farmers at risk. www.dtnpf.com/agricu...
USDA Shuts Down Regional Food Business Centers Created Under Biden Administration
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins on Tuesday announced USDA would terminate the Regional Food Business Centers created under the Biden administration. USDA said the Biden administration created programs without a way to fund them, though the funding for the programs came out of the American Rescue Plan.
www.dtnpf.com
July 17, 2025 at 7:27 PM
MAGA policies at the USDA are shutting down regional food business centers, putting rural communities and farmers at risk. www.dtnpf.com/agricu...
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The bills establish incentives and protections for CT farm owners, including a refundable tax credit and reimbursement for crop losses.
ctmirror.org/2025/07/09/f...
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July 10, 2025 at 2:12 PM
The bills establish incentives and protections for CT farm owners, including a refundable tax credit and reimbursement for crop losses.
ctmirror.org/2025/07/09/f...
ctmirror.org/2025/07/09/f...
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Historic cuts to SNAP are under consideration in the Senate! Join @fracposts.bsky.social and others for a webinar on June 16th about what cuts to SNAP could mean for students and school meal operations, along with steps you can take to encourage Senators to oppose cuts to SNAP. 👇
Register for Webinar
frac.salsalabs.org
June 11, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Historic cuts to SNAP are under consideration in the Senate! Join @fracposts.bsky.social and others for a webinar on June 16th about what cuts to SNAP could mean for students and school meal operations, along with steps you can take to encourage Senators to oppose cuts to SNAP. 👇
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Our statement on the early-morning passage of the House budget bill, which is devastating to SNAP and those in need of food assistance: “SNAP cuts passed in the House of Representatives are simply unconscionable.” #SNAPMatters
alliancetoendhunger.org/house-of-rep...
alliancetoendhunger.org/house-of-rep...
House of Representatives Passes Bill Devastating to SNAP and Those in Need of Food Assistance - Alliance to End Hunger
WASHINGTON (May 22, 2025) The House of Representatives has passed legislation that severely cuts and alters implementation of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and other programs th...
alliancetoendhunger.org
May 22, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Our statement on the early-morning passage of the House budget bill, which is devastating to SNAP and those in need of food assistance: “SNAP cuts passed in the House of Representatives are simply unconscionable.” #SNAPMatters
alliancetoendhunger.org/house-of-rep...
alliancetoendhunger.org/house-of-rep...
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SNAP supports nearly 250,000 grocery store employees & over 139,000 workers in agriculture, manufacturing, transportation and related sectors. The National Grocers Association stopped by to stress how proposed SNAP cuts threaten local jobs, businesses, and economies.
May 24, 2025 at 2:04 PM
SNAP supports nearly 250,000 grocery store employees & over 139,000 workers in agriculture, manufacturing, transportation and related sectors. The National Grocers Association stopped by to stress how proposed SNAP cuts threaten local jobs, businesses, and economies.
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Feed: "CT Mirror"
By: Zane Tickoo on Monday, May 19, 2025
By: Zane Tickoo on Monday, May 19, 2025
Nourishing CT’s future begins with farm-to-school programs
To support our farmers and secure a more resilient food system, we must rethink how we value food, not as a commodity, but as a connector.
ctmirror.org
May 19, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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By: Zane Tickoo on Monday, May 19, 2025
By: Zane Tickoo on Monday, May 19, 2025
Grateful for the advocacy of Connecticut farmer Willie Dellacamera & Rep @delauro.house.gov #CT03 for release of crucial USDA $220m Farm Recovery & Support block grant (+1 @badnewshagen.bsky.social @ctmirror.org for excellent coverage of agriculture in our state) ctmirror.org/2025/05/11/c...
May 18, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Grateful for the advocacy of Connecticut farmer Willie Dellacamera & Rep @delauro.house.gov #CT03 for release of crucial USDA $220m Farm Recovery & Support block grant (+1 @badnewshagen.bsky.social @ctmirror.org for excellent coverage of agriculture in our state) ctmirror.org/2025/05/11/c...
Recent WaPo story @mariana-alfaro.bsky.social highlights concerns of Kaitlyn Kimball, Connecticut farmer and member of our NCTFA Policy Working Group, on the consequences of proposed cuts to #SNAP nutrition assistance, and by extension to local farmers.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Proposed GOP cuts could jeopardize SNAP users, farmers and state budgets
States will likely serve fewer people in need of food assistance, experts say, as Congress says it’s rooting out waste to meet spending-reduction goals for tax cuts.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 18, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Recent WaPo story @mariana-alfaro.bsky.social highlights concerns of Kaitlyn Kimball, Connecticut farmer and member of our NCTFA Policy Working Group, on the consequences of proposed cuts to #SNAP nutrition assistance, and by extension to local farmers.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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In recent months, U.S. farmers have watched climate-related support crumble as a result of federal policy. While California farmers aren’t immune to the fallout, the Golden State offers a level of support not found in much of the country.
The Future of California’s Climate-Smart Farming Programs
Can the state’s regenerative agriculture programs—and its fight against climate change—continue without stronger local support?
t.co
May 9, 2025 at 11:01 PM
In recent months, U.S. farmers have watched climate-related support crumble as a result of federal policy. While California farmers aren’t immune to the fallout, the Golden State offers a level of support not found in much of the country.
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Care about clean energy, sustainable agriculture, climate resilience, and opposing dangerous military spending? Here's a deeper dive into what's at risk and what you can do to help during the budget reconciliation process.
What’s at Stake in the Budget Reconciliation Process (And What You Can Do About It)
The majority is considering slashing spending to clean energy, to electric vehicles, to sustainable agriculture, to climate resilience. Here's what you can do.
blog.ucs.org
May 5, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Care about clean energy, sustainable agriculture, climate resilience, and opposing dangerous military spending? Here's a deeper dive into what's at risk and what you can do to help during the budget reconciliation process.
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BUFFALO, NY: Join us Monday May 5 at 5:30pm to demand the release of a group of UFW farm worker leaders who were targeted for arrest and detention in the Batavia ICE detention facility.
An attack on any worker is an attack on the rights of every worker.
An attack on any worker is an attack on the rights of every worker.
May 4, 2025 at 7:28 PM
BUFFALO, NY: Join us Monday May 5 at 5:30pm to demand the release of a group of UFW farm worker leaders who were targeted for arrest and detention in the Batavia ICE detention facility.
An attack on any worker is an attack on the rights of every worker.
An attack on any worker is an attack on the rights of every worker.
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“The past 100 days have been devastating but also clarifying,” writes Kate Anderson, director of the Food & Environment Program at the @ucsusa.bsky.social. “We have to move boldly toward the food and farm future we know is possible.”
Op-ed: Trump’s Disastrous First 100 Days for Food, Farming, and Fairness
A look back on this notable benchmark as the Trump Administration cuts funding for critical programs across the food system.
buff.ly
April 29, 2025 at 2:00 PM
“The past 100 days have been devastating but also clarifying,” writes Kate Anderson, director of the Food & Environment Program at the @ucsusa.bsky.social. “We have to move boldly toward the food and farm future we know is possible.”
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Last Friday, DOGE ordered to cancel $400M in AmeriCorps grants, impacting 1,031 organizations and 32K+ members. For decades, AmeriCorps members like ours have met critical needs and strengthened communities. AmeriCorps works – we need to protect it.
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URGENT: Save AmeriCorps
URGENT: For more than 30 years, legislators on both sides of the aisle have supported #AmeriCorps for its clear benefits to communities & individuals. Today, those legislators need to hear from yo...
p2a.co
April 28, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Last Friday, DOGE ordered to cancel $400M in AmeriCorps grants, impacting 1,031 organizations and 32K+ members. For decades, AmeriCorps members like ours have met critical needs and strengthened communities. AmeriCorps works – we need to protect it.
Speak up for national service: p2a.co/NLS5e6b
Speak up for national service: p2a.co/NLS5e6b