Northwest Corner Farm 🥕🍅🥬 Winchester, CT
@nwcornerfarm.bsky.social
Certified organic vegetable farm in Northwest Connecticut.
🚨Use our #Project2025 resource guide to threats to food & agriculture (by @holleya.bsky.social) on our website https://northwestcornerfarm.com
#WinchesterCT #WinstedCT #LitchfieldCounty #NWCT
🚨Use our #Project2025 resource guide to threats to food & agriculture (by @holleya.bsky.social) on our website https://northwestcornerfarm.com
#WinchesterCT #WinstedCT #LitchfieldCounty #NWCT
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Trump’s USDA is threatening to withhold food stamp funding for 20 Democrat-controlled states if they don’t share recipients’ sensitive personal data.
Yes: Trump is weaponizing hunger against millions of Americans, including children, to score cheap political points.
The cruelty is endless.
Yes: Trump is weaponizing hunger against millions of Americans, including children, to score cheap political points.
The cruelty is endless.
December 3, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Trump’s USDA is threatening to withhold food stamp funding for 20 Democrat-controlled states if they don’t share recipients’ sensitive personal data.
Yes: Trump is weaponizing hunger against millions of Americans, including children, to score cheap political points.
The cruelty is endless.
Yes: Trump is weaponizing hunger against millions of Americans, including children, to score cheap political points.
The cruelty is endless.
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Great news that @climatecentral.org has resurrected @noaa.gov’s Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters database after the Trump administration axed it!
U.S. Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters | Climate Central
Explore U.S. billion-dollar weather and climate disasters since 1980, including total costs, trends, and impacts.
www.climatecentral.org
October 22, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Great news that @climatecentral.org has resurrected @noaa.gov’s Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters database after the Trump administration axed it!
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Millions of Americans may not get their SNAP payments because of the government shut down
Millions are in the streets for No Kings protesting the rise of fascism
What are the tyrants doing? Spending $172 million on private jets for Noem
Sending funds to Argentia
Shooting missiles into California
Millions are in the streets for No Kings protesting the rise of fascism
What are the tyrants doing? Spending $172 million on private jets for Noem
Sending funds to Argentia
Shooting missiles into California
October 18, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Millions of Americans may not get their SNAP payments because of the government shut down
Millions are in the streets for No Kings protesting the rise of fascism
What are the tyrants doing? Spending $172 million on private jets for Noem
Sending funds to Argentia
Shooting missiles into California
Millions are in the streets for No Kings protesting the rise of fascism
What are the tyrants doing? Spending $172 million on private jets for Noem
Sending funds to Argentia
Shooting missiles into California
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Connecticut voters have two weeks to vote ahead of Election Day on Nov. 4.
Early voting in Connecticut starts Monday for 2025 election. Here's what to know
Connecticut voters have two weeks to vote ahead of Election Day on Nov. 4.
bit.ly
October 19, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Connecticut voters have two weeks to vote ahead of Election Day on Nov. 4.
🚨 @delauro.house.gov on #Project2025 that we warned about all thru 2024: “Russ Vought’s gleeful announcement [regime] will be canceling energy projects in Connecticut… is a direct partisan attack… reckless & betrays both common sense & public trust. democrats-appropriations.house.gov/news/press-r...
Press Releases | House Committee on Appropriations
Phone (202) 225-3481
democrats-appropriations.house.gov
October 4, 2025 at 1:41 PM
🚨 @delauro.house.gov on #Project2025 that we warned about all thru 2024: “Russ Vought’s gleeful announcement [regime] will be canceling energy projects in Connecticut… is a direct partisan attack… reckless & betrays both common sense & public trust. democrats-appropriations.house.gov/news/press-r...
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OMB Director Russ Vought announced that the Department of Energy would terminate $8 billion in energy projects, targeting 16 Democratic states.
Canceling these projects will increase energy prices, eliminate jobs, & weaken the energy grid.
The FULL list: bit.ly/46KSJvm
Canceling these projects will increase energy prices, eliminate jobs, & weaken the energy grid.
The FULL list: bit.ly/46KSJvm
bit.ly
October 3, 2025 at 1:54 PM
OMB Director Russ Vought announced that the Department of Energy would terminate $8 billion in energy projects, targeting 16 Democratic states.
Canceling these projects will increase energy prices, eliminate jobs, & weaken the energy grid.
The FULL list: bit.ly/46KSJvm
Canceling these projects will increase energy prices, eliminate jobs, & weaken the energy grid.
The FULL list: bit.ly/46KSJvm
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Do you know if your CT state legislator is an environmental champion?
Check out our 2025 Scorecard and find out!
Check out our 2025 Scorecard and find out!
August 4, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Do you know if your CT state legislator is an environmental champion?
Check out our 2025 Scorecard and find out!
Check out our 2025 Scorecard and find out!
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Massive walkout underway at CDC.
RFK jr. must resign so that we can be safe.
RFK jr. must resign so that we can be safe.
August 28, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Massive walkout underway at CDC.
RFK jr. must resign so that we can be safe.
RFK jr. must resign so that we can be safe.
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Hey @chrismurphyct.bsky.social and @blumenthal.senate.gov, Connecticut native, constituent, and Yale public health professor here: this is the right moment. I will literally do anything. Make me wait 10 hours for a 2 minute walk and talk meeting with your lowliest intern, and I will make the case.
I had serious doubts about CDC Director Monarez’s willingness to stand up against RFK Jr.’s personal mission to destroy public health in America—I’m glad that I was wrong.
If there are any adults left in the White House: we cannot let RFK Jr. burn what's left of CDC. FIRE HIM.
If there are any adults left in the White House: we cannot let RFK Jr. burn what's left of CDC. FIRE HIM.
New C.D.C. Director Resists Ouster as Other Officials Resign
www.nytimes.com
August 28, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Hey @chrismurphyct.bsky.social and @blumenthal.senate.gov, Connecticut native, constituent, and Yale public health professor here: this is the right moment. I will literally do anything. Make me wait 10 hours for a 2 minute walk and talk meeting with your lowliest intern, and I will make the case.
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A CT state rep posted a story about reports of ICE activity in his district and asked neighbors to "look out for another" and contact advocacy groups.
Libs of TikTok posted it, calling for him to be charged and tagging ICE & DHS.
ICE shared it, tagging the Justice Dept.
This is protected speech.
Libs of TikTok posted it, calling for him to be charged and tagging ICE & DHS.
ICE shared it, tagging the Justice Dept.
This is protected speech.
August 16, 2025 at 7:58 PM
A CT state rep posted a story about reports of ICE activity in his district and asked neighbors to "look out for another" and contact advocacy groups.
Libs of TikTok posted it, calling for him to be charged and tagging ICE & DHS.
ICE shared it, tagging the Justice Dept.
This is protected speech.
Libs of TikTok posted it, calling for him to be charged and tagging ICE & DHS.
ICE shared it, tagging the Justice Dept.
This is protected speech.
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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...
ctmirror.org/2025/07/09/f...
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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USDA claims it is “putting American farmers first” by cancelling $149 million in funds to young, beginning, LGBTQ+ farmers & farmers of color.
The reality is, #WeAreAmericanFarmers and #WeFeedYou! Terminating these programs undermines the future of our farm and food systems.
#youngfarmers #agsky
The reality is, #WeAreAmericanFarmers and #WeFeedYou! Terminating these programs undermines the future of our farm and food systems.
#youngfarmers #agsky
July 4, 2025 at 12:20 PM
USDA claims it is “putting American farmers first” by cancelling $149 million in funds to young, beginning, LGBTQ+ farmers & farmers of color.
The reality is, #WeAreAmericanFarmers and #WeFeedYou! Terminating these programs undermines the future of our farm and food systems.
#youngfarmers #agsky
The reality is, #WeAreAmericanFarmers and #WeFeedYou! Terminating these programs undermines the future of our farm and food systems.
#youngfarmers #agsky
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The political lesson of stories like this isn't "Too bad, sucker, leopards ate your face." This is ammunition for a broader argument: Republicans and Trump suckered rural folk, and will keep doing it until those voters do something about it. Which they can.
www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
Abandoned by Trump, a farmer and a migrant search for a better future
With grants canceled and billions of dollars in jeopardy, Trump’s cuts are devastating American farmers and plunging families into uncertainty.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 21, 2025 at 2:12 PM
The political lesson of stories like this isn't "Too bad, sucker, leopards ate your face." This is ammunition for a broader argument: Republicans and Trump suckered rural folk, and will keep doing it until those voters do something about it. Which they can.
www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
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Torrington, Connecticut showed UP today @ #NoKings #NoKingsDay #FlagDay 🇺🇸 1000 or more patriots 4/5 deep along Coe Park & across on the other side. 3x previous turnout & we are growing! #DefendDemocracy #Indivisible #IndivisibleNWCT @indivisible.org @chrismurphyct.bsky.social @blumenthal.senate.gov
June 14, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Torrington, Connecticut showed UP today @ #NoKings #NoKingsDay #FlagDay 🇺🇸 1000 or more patriots 4/5 deep along Coe Park & across on the other side. 3x previous turnout & we are growing! #DefendDemocracy #Indivisible #IndivisibleNWCT @indivisible.org @chrismurphyct.bsky.social @blumenthal.senate.gov
Big thanks to @jeremychentv.bsky.social @nbcconnecticut.com for covering essential Connecticut farm-to-school legislation! We're hoping
State Senator Stephen Harding will vote TODAY Wed June 4 to move HB 7013 to the floor #farmtoschool www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/n...
State Senator Stephen Harding will vote TODAY Wed June 4 to move HB 7013 to the floor #farmtoschool www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/n...
New Canaan high school student advocates for farm to school program legislation
A push to make sure students have fresh food at school. That’s what the farm to school program does while also supporting our local farmers. A New Canaan High School student is a big advocate of it an...
www.nbcconnecticut.com
June 4, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Big thanks to @jeremychentv.bsky.social @nbcconnecticut.com for covering essential Connecticut farm-to-school legislation! We're hoping
State Senator Stephen Harding will vote TODAY Wed June 4 to move HB 7013 to the floor #farmtoschool www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/n...
State Senator Stephen Harding will vote TODAY Wed June 4 to move HB 7013 to the floor #farmtoschool www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/n...
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They're joined by Wes Gillingham, organic farmer & board president of the @nofanewyork.bsky.social, the lawsuit’s lead plaintiff, who shares how the data purge has already harmed farmers, how they’re fighting this form of “thought control,” and what this has to do with the First Amendment.
May 23, 2025 at 1:52 PM
They're joined by Wes Gillingham, organic farmer & board president of the @nofanewyork.bsky.social, the lawsuit’s lead plaintiff, who shares how the data purge has already harmed farmers, how they’re fighting this form of “thought control,” and what this has to do with the First Amendment.
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Trump's USDA is violating the Freedom of Information Act, the Paperwork Reduction Act, and the Administrative Procedure Act.
Our lawsuit is part of a longstanding push for climate-smart agriculture and reducing industrial agriculture’s climate impact. We're not backing down now.
Our lawsuit is part of a longstanding push for climate-smart agriculture and reducing industrial agriculture’s climate impact. We're not backing down now.
We’re Suing to Stop the Trump Admin’s Climate Censorship that Threatens Farmers and Our Food Supply
The Trump administration is removing climate-related information from government websites, many of which farmers rely on to adapt to increasingly extreme weather and access to funds.
earthjustice.org
February 24, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Trump's USDA is violating the Freedom of Information Act, the Paperwork Reduction Act, and the Administrative Procedure Act.
Our lawsuit is part of a longstanding push for climate-smart agriculture and reducing industrial agriculture’s climate impact. We're not backing down now.
Our lawsuit is part of a longstanding push for climate-smart agriculture and reducing industrial agriculture’s climate impact. We're not backing down now.
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Which one do you hope they get?
I know salmonella is easily treated and usually only lasts a few days so that’s out.
I know salmonella is easily treated and usually only lasts a few days so that’s out.
RFK Jr celebrated the release of the MAHA report by downing raw milk shooters in the White House with influencer Paul Saladino. Hazards of raw milk include Listeria, Salmonella, Campylobacter, Yersinia, E. coli O157:H7, and now-- avian flu.
June 1, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Which one do you hope they get?
I know salmonella is easily treated and usually only lasts a few days so that’s out.
I know salmonella is easily treated and usually only lasts a few days so that’s out.
Here’s just a small part of right-wing extremist #Project2025 #DOGE in action, aiming to gut everything in the US, all to deliver massive tax cuts to billionaires & plunder public funds for Trump et al:
“‘For most of the last half century #NWS has been a 24/7 operation—not anymore,’ Mr. Fahy said.”
“‘For most of the last half century #NWS has been a 24/7 operation—not anymore,’ Mr. Fahy said.”
A National Weather Service office in Kentucky was scrambling to cover the overnight forecast on Friday as severe storms moved through much of the eastern U.S.
The office is one of several left without an overnight forecaster as a result of cuts ordered by the Department of Government Efficiency.
The office is one of several left without an overnight forecaster as a result of cuts ordered by the Department of Government Efficiency.
A Kentucky Weather Office Scrambles for Staffing as Severe Storms Bear Down
www.nytimes.com
May 17, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Here’s just a small part of right-wing extremist #Project2025 #DOGE in action, aiming to gut everything in the US, all to deliver massive tax cuts to billionaires & plunder public funds for Trump et al:
“‘For most of the last half century #NWS has been a 24/7 operation—not anymore,’ Mr. Fahy said.”
“‘For most of the last half century #NWS has been a 24/7 operation—not anymore,’ Mr. Fahy said.”
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Under the House Ag Committee's extreme & unprecedented #SNAP cost-shift proposal, every state would face substantial new costs that would put food assistance for low-income families at risk.
See the impact in your state: www.cbpp.org/research/foo...
See the impact in your state: www.cbpp.org/research/foo...
House Agriculture Committee Proposal Would Worsen Hunger, Hit State Budgets Hard | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
The House Agriculture Committee reconciliation bill would radically alter the structure of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits by requiring states to pay a portion of food benefi...
www.cbpp.org
May 13, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Under the House Ag Committee's extreme & unprecedented #SNAP cost-shift proposal, every state would face substantial new costs that would put food assistance for low-income families at risk.
See the impact in your state: www.cbpp.org/research/foo...
See the impact in your state: www.cbpp.org/research/foo...
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The cost shift to states from these SNAP and Medicaid cuts is terrible for the people who depend on them …. And bad news for anyone who depends on state funding for education, or public safety, or transportation. Which is everyone.
www.cbpp.org/research/foo...
www.cbpp.org/research/foo...
House Agriculture Committee Proposal Would Worsen Hunger, Hit State Budgets Hard | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
The House Agriculture Committee reconciliation bill would radically alter the structure of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits by requiring states to pay a portion of food benefi...
www.cbpp.org
May 14, 2025 at 1:34 AM
The cost shift to states from these SNAP and Medicaid cuts is terrible for the people who depend on them …. And bad news for anyone who depends on state funding for education, or public safety, or transportation. Which is everyone.
www.cbpp.org/research/foo...
www.cbpp.org/research/foo...
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Amazing turnout in #Torrington + #Winsted contingent in NWCT May 3 May Day #Mayday2025 rally! An early crowd of ~200 at Coe Park swelled to ~400 patriots by the finish #NoKings #NoDictators #RuleOfLaw and #DueProcess for ALL! No kidnappings! Great spirit & consensUS #BillionairesAreStealingFromYou
May 4, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Amazing turnout in #Torrington + #Winsted contingent in NWCT May 3 May Day #Mayday2025 rally! An early crowd of ~200 at Coe Park swelled to ~400 patriots by the finish #NoKings #NoDictators #RuleOfLaw and #DueProcess for ALL! No kidnappings! Great spirit & consensUS #BillionairesAreStealingFromYou
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The moment in week one where he ordered a mass release of water into farmland was the moment it really sunk in what the death of expertise looks like.
Five former National Weather Service directors have taken the unusual step of signing onto an open letter warning that cuts to the organization by the Trump administration may soon endanger lives.
Former Weather Service Leaders Warn Staffing Cuts Could Lead to ‘Loss of Life’
The former agency directors say current employees will face an “impossible task” to maintain service just as hurricane season begins.
www.nytimes.com
May 3, 2025 at 1:55 AM
The moment in week one where he ordered a mass release of water into farmland was the moment it really sunk in what the death of expertise looks like.
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Just last week, MOFGA helped organize a rally at the State House in Augusta, to protest the Trump Administration’s illegal funding freezes, reckless tariffs, and other policies that are hurting our farmers.
I was proud to be there—and thrilled to see so many familiar faces in the crowd. (8/9)
I was proud to be there—and thrilled to see so many familiar faces in the crowd. (8/9)
Maine farmers protest federal cuts in Augusta
YouTube video by CBS 13 News
www.youtube.com
April 27, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Just last week, MOFGA helped organize a rally at the State House in Augusta, to protest the Trump Administration’s illegal funding freezes, reckless tariffs, and other policies that are hurting our farmers.
I was proud to be there—and thrilled to see so many familiar faces in the crowd. (8/9)
I was proud to be there—and thrilled to see so many familiar faces in the crowd. (8/9)
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CT WFP members are planning to show up in numbers at this year's May Day Rally! Join Hartford or New Haven on May 1st!
RSVP at: linktr.ee/ctworkingfamilies
MAY DAY RALLY
MAY 1, 2025
UNITY MARCH FOR SOCIAL & ECONOMIC JUSTICE
HARTFORD 10:30 AM
BUSHNELL PARK
NEW HAVEN
5:00 PM
NEW HAVEN GREEN
RSVP at: linktr.ee/ctworkingfamilies
MAY DAY RALLY
MAY 1, 2025
UNITY MARCH FOR SOCIAL & ECONOMIC JUSTICE
HARTFORD 10:30 AM
BUSHNELL PARK
NEW HAVEN
5:00 PM
NEW HAVEN GREEN
April 16, 2025 at 11:59 AM
CT WFP members are planning to show up in numbers at this year's May Day Rally! Join Hartford or New Haven on May 1st!
RSVP at: linktr.ee/ctworkingfamilies
MAY DAY RALLY
MAY 1, 2025
UNITY MARCH FOR SOCIAL & ECONOMIC JUSTICE
HARTFORD 10:30 AM
BUSHNELL PARK
NEW HAVEN
5:00 PM
NEW HAVEN GREEN
RSVP at: linktr.ee/ctworkingfamilies
MAY DAY RALLY
MAY 1, 2025
UNITY MARCH FOR SOCIAL & ECONOMIC JUSTICE
HARTFORD 10:30 AM
BUSHNELL PARK
NEW HAVEN
5:00 PM
NEW HAVEN GREEN