
Advocacy and Policy
Advocacy and Policy Updates
Advocacy Update ⏤ Invest our Tax Dollars in Healthy Soils and a Stable Climate
By Dr. Kimberly Stoner, CT NOFA Director of Advocacy At the United Nations, and around the world, this is Climate Week. I marched to the UN in New York City…
Read More Advocacy Alert – Take Action to Increase Land Access, Security, and Opportunities in the Farm Bill
Land in Connecticut is expensive. Farmland is steadily being lost to development. Access to farmland in Connecticut has been an issue for decades, especially for non-traditional farmers of all kinds:…
Read More CT Environmental Rights Update – Interviews with the Movement’s Leaders
Interested in learning more about the CT Environmental Rights Amendment? We’ve got a pair of interviews that help highlight the importance of the movement towards environmental rights amendments, including the…
Read More Advocacy Alert – Help Connecticut Reduce Vehicle Emissions
CT NOFA has signed on to the CT Coalition for Climate Action’s recent update, which is as follows: As we continue to see climate change impacts across the globe, there…
Read More August Advocacy Update
A Farm Bill that Supports the Future of Farming in the Face of Climate Change From Dr. Kimberly Stoner, CT NOFA Director of Advocacy Once every five years, we the…
Read More Dr. Kimberly Stoner Featured on WPKN’s “The Forest and the Trees”
CT NOFA’s Director of Advocacy, Dr. Kimberly Stoner, was recently interviewed for Melinda Tuhus’ WPKN show, “The Forest and the Trees.” Also interviewed was Maya van Rossum, the national leader…
Read More July Advocacy Update
The 2023 Farm Bill Eating is an agricultural act ⏤ Wendell Berry We are all eaters ⏤ Bill Duesing Whether you are a farmer, a farmworker, involved in the preparation…
Read More Advocacy End-of-Session Update
Advocacy Report for the End of the 2023 CT Legislative Session From Dr. Kimberly Stoner, CT NOFA Director of Advocacy My role as a part-time Director of Advocacy for CT…
Read More Organic Agriculture is Soil Based – Position Statement
CT NOFA, along with our fellow NOFA chapters, have long held that stewardship of soil is a key principle of organic agriculture. With that in mind, we are proud to…
Read More Climate Justice Press Conference – June 5
The Connecticut Roundtable on Climate and Jobs has partnered with CT NOFA, Save the Sound, and the Sierra Club to host a public press conference on Monday, June 5th. We…
Read More June Advocacy Update
Urgent Action at the End of the CT Legislative Session From Dr. Kimberly Stoner, CT NOFA Director of Advocacy As the end of the session for the CT General Assembly…
Read More Advocacy Alert: Push the CT General Assembly on Climate!
By Dr. Kimberly Stoner Farmers and farmworkers are on the frontlines of dealing with climate change worldwide. As we move into a strange new climate never seen before in human…
Read More May Advocacy Update
Neonicotinoid Bill Makes It Through Appropriations to the Floor of the State Senate From Dr. Kimberly Stoner, CT NOFA Director of Advocacy At one of the public hearings in the…
Read More CT NOFA Co-Hosts Green Amendment Discussion with Author Maya van Rossum
On April 19, 2023, CT NOFA was proud to co-host a discussion about the Green Amendment movement in Connecticut with author Maya K. van Rossum. van Rossum is the author…
Read More March Advocacy Update
We are reaching the end of the season of committee public hearings and votes to move legislation beyond the committees and onto the floors of the House and Senate of…
Read More CT NOFA Advocacy Update from Kimberly Stoner
CT NOFA at the State Capitol ⏤ Advocacy Update from Director of Advocacy, Dr. Kimberly Stoner The legislative session is picking up steam. In my six weeks as your Director…
Read More Dr. Kimberly Stoner joins CT NOFA as new Director of Advocacy
CT NOFA is excited to announce that Dr. Kimberly Stoner will be joining our team as our new Director of Advocacy. Dr. Stoner recently retired as an Agricultural Scientist from…
Read More