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Welcome to Working Lands Alliance
Are you interested in learning more about Connecticut's farmland and what you can do to help? Join the coalition dedicated to protecting Connecticut's precious farmland soils. Join the Working Lands Alliance! Learn more...
WLA is a project of American Farmland Trust. Founded in 1980, American Farmland Trust has helped win permanent protection for over a million acres of American farmland. AFT's hard work and sound strategies unite farmers, environmentalists and policymakers.
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Four Goals for 2009
The WLA Steering Committee has established four broad priorities for the 2009 Legislative Session. 1) Funding for the Farmland Preservation Program and new Community Farms Preservation Program. 2) Promote responsible growth policies for farmland. 3) Support policies that encourage farm viability and keep land in agricultural production. 4) Support alternative financing tools for farmland protection.
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WLA joins advocates of open space, historic preservation, and affordable housing in OPPOSING Governor Rell's proposal to raid $12m in 2010 and 2011 from the Community Investment Act Account. This will be devastating to our state's farmland preservation funding, staffing, as well as eliminate the Agriculture Viability Grants and many CT-Grown services from the Dept. of Agriculture. Learn More ...