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• Eastern Connecticut Tour Des Farms Promoting
  Farmland Protection

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• Connecticut Tour des Farms was awarded the 2007
  Connecticut Farmland Preservation Pathfinder
  for an Education Project

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• Eastern Connecticut Tour des Farms donated 3000
  from ride proceeds
• to farmland protection and viability projects

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• Land Use Leadership Alliance (LULA) Leadership
  Program in community decision-making

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• LULA Program Recipient of 2006 Ct Chapter of The
  American Planning Association Education Award

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• CT DEP provided a 500,000 grant to RCD to plan,
  design and install a multi-use trail along the
  South Branch of the Park River in Hartford that
  will serve the local community

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• RCD with 319 grants from CT DEP and US EPA is
  working with farmers in North Canaan to construct
  a regional manure composting facility

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• RCD with grants from CT DEP and US EPA is
  completed a feasibility study of a regional
  nutrient management faculty in Woodstock, CT

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• RCD, with a grant from CT Dept of Agriculture,
  has completed a Willingness to Pay study for
  farmland protection in Eastern CT

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• The Connecticut Environmental Review Team The
  ERT is a multidisciplinary team that assists all
  Connecticut towns free of charge. The ERT helps
  towns meet the challenges of development and
  preservation by providing them with the clear,
  objective information.

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