And the three year application process was well worth the wait.
Bryan Hurlburt, the commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Agriculture explained that, by protecting farms across the state we re making sure that future generations have that same ability to support their local farms and farm businesses.
Businesses that are more important now than ever before.
“They were there providing food during COVID,” said Hurlburt. “They were there making sure that people who didn’t feel comfortable grocery shopping or doing the traditional sorts of shopping had places to go and they were there to make sure food was available.”
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Karabin Farms in Southington is now officially protected by the state. (CT Department of Agriculture)
SOUTHINGTON, CT Karabin Farms in Southington is officially protected by the state, the Connecticut Department of Agriculture announced Thursday.
The farm was protected through the state s Community Farms Preservation Program in conjunction with the town of Southington, which contributed 50 percent of the funds to purchase the development rights. The Community Farms Preservation Program began in 2012 as a pilot program to offer food-producing farms with local community support an avenue to permanently protect their farmland from future development.
The purchase price was not disclosed.
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