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Our Goals

We believe in sustainable agriculture and sustainable communities.


We want to foster preservation, respect, and celebration of our agriculture history, provide educational opportunities, preserve habitat, and enhance the health and welfare of our community.

Our Goals
  • To educate the local community on the responsible uses of open space
  • To provide education and information pertaining to the natural husbandry of the earth that is renewable, and sustainable
  • To demonstrate through pilot projects the feasibility and benefits of restoring local, ecological agriculture
  • To involve local people of all ages, abilities, and levels of experience in working with, understanding, and enjoying the land and its natural resources
  • To foster continuing preservation, respect, and celebration of the town’s agriculture history
  • To plan for the future health and welfare of the community
  • To reclaim and preserve habitat for indigenous plant and animal species
  • To create Boulder Knoll Community Farm
  • To donate a portion of our product to those in need
Why Should we Act?
  • Owning farmland as open space is not enough–abandoned farmland becomes increasingly difficult and expensive to restore into a productive state
  • Though the State of Connecticut Department of Agriculture set a goal of preserving 86,000 acres of cropland by 2000, as of 2002, only 20% of this goal had been permanently preserved from development
  • Children and adults who are given opportunities to explore the outdoors, learn about natural systems and healthy food production, and develop an understanding of the value of the natural resources around them, are more likely to become physically healthy and environmentally aware

 

 

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