Connecticut State Resources
- Cooperative Connecticut Research, Education & Extension Service Partners
- Connecticut Department of Agriculture
- Connecticut Fact Sheet, Economic Research Service, USDA - This specific fact sheet includes current data on population, per capita income, earnings per job, poverty rates, employment, unemployment, farm and farm-related jobs, farm characteristics, farm financial characteristics, top ag commodities, top export commodities and top counties in ag sales.
- Connecticut Farmers' Markets
- Connecticut Marketing Profile
- Connecticut USDA Rural Development
- More Links:
- Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
- Connecticut Department of Agriculture Licenses & Permits
- Connecticut Department of Economic & Community Development
- Connecticut Food Association
- Connecticut Small Business Development Center
- Federal Regulations, New England Extension Food Safety Consortium
- Northeast Center for Food Entrepreneurship
- Safe Food in Connecticut, University of Connecticut Cooperative Extension Service.
- University of Connecticut Cooperative Extension System
- University of Connecticut College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
- Regional Extension Locations
- State of Connecticut Index for all State Agencies
- State Permit Requirements for Aquaculture
- The Small Business Resource is designed to help business owners and entrepreneurs solve problems and locate key public and private organizations and individuals. These are business decision makers - businessmen and women looking to expand their operations, relocate companies and plan a business startup.
Individual contacts in Connecticut for specific value-added agriculture information:
| Richard Burke Program Support/Rural Development Coordinator USDA Rural Development in Southern New England 415 West St., Ste. 2 Amherst, MA 01002-2999 Phone: (413) 253-4319 Fax: (413) 253-4347 E-mail: dick.burke@ma.usda.gov Web site: www.rurdev.usda.gov/ma/SO.htm | Linda Piotrowicz, Marketing Representative USDA Specialty Crop Block Grants |
| Rick Macsuga, Marketing Representative Connecticut Grown Program Department of Agriculture 165 Capitol Avenue Hartford, CT 06106 Phone: (860) 713-2544 E-mail: richard.macsuga@ct.gov | Robert Pellegrino, Bureau Director Agricultural Development & Resource Connecticut Department of Agriculture 165 Capitol Avenue Hartford, CT 06106 Phone: (860) 713-2552 Web site: www.ctgrown.gov |
| Ronald Olsen, Marketing Representative Connecticut Department of Agriculture 165 Capitol Avenue Hartford, CT 06106 Phone: (860) 713-2550 Fax: (860) 713-2516 E-mail: Ronald.Olsen@ct.gov Web site: www.ctgrown.gov | Jane Slupecki, Marketing Representative FarmLink Program Connecticut Department of Agriculture 165 Capitol Avenue Hartford, CT 06106 Phone: (860) 713-2588 E-mail: Jane.Slupecki@ct.gov |
| Sara Putnam-Orcutt University of Connecticut College of Agriculture & Natural Resources 1376 Storrs Rd., Unit 4066 Storrs, CT 06269-4066 Phone: (860) 486-2000 Fax: (860) 486-5113 E-mail: sara.putnam@uconn.edu Web site: www.canr.uconn.edu/ | Johan Strandson, Area Director USDA Rural Development for Southern New England 238 West Town Street Norwich, CT 06360 Phone: (860) 859-5218 ext 200 Fax: (860) 859-5223 E-mail: Johan.Strandson@ct.usda.gov Web site: www.rurdev.usda.gov/ma/SO.htm |
| Jamie Lizee Smith Marketing Representative Connecticut Department of Agriculture 165 Capitol Avenue Hartford, CT 06106 Phone: (860) 713-2559 Fax: (860) 713-2516 Email: Jaime.Smith@ct.gov Web site: www.ctgrown.gov | Mark Zotti, Marketing Representative Connecticut Department of Agriculture 165 Capitol Avenue Hartford, CT 06106 Phone: (860) 713-2538 Fax: (860) 713-2516 E-mail: Mark.Zotti@ct.gov Web site: www.ctgrown.gov |
| Micheal Rendulic |
