The state’s agriculture agency says its online link for farmers and others wanting to buy or sell farmland is more informational and interactive than ever.
The recently-enhanced Connecticut FarmLink database and website, www.ctfarmlink.org, serves as a clearinghouse where landowners post descriptions and details of their farm for sale or lease, and those seeking land post information on what they desire, the ag agency said.
The agency’s Resource Preservation staff recently created an updated website that includes a detailed property listing, interactive property map and resource center.
There are currently more than 50 active farm owners and nearly 80 seekers in the FarmLink database, said Ag Commissioner Steven K. Reviczky. The website also includes links to a variety of other resources to help new farmers get started and for current farmers to plan for the future stewardship of their land.
The program’s main goal, Reviczky said, is to keep farmland in production by assisting in the transition between generations of farmers, and by giving newer farmers an outlet to find acreage.
Farm owners and seekers must register by completing an application, available on the website, that includes owners’ descriptions of their farm and, for seekers, the desired farmland, equipment, housing or other needs.
Listings are updated regularly on the site, which also includes an interactive property map showing all available FarmLink properties. Seekers and owners who want more information about a specific property can contact Farmland Preservation staff at 860-713-2511 or sandra.karanian@ct.gov.
