And the three year application process was well worth the wait.
Bryan Hurlburt, the commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Agriculture explained that, "by protecting farms across the state we're making sure that future generations have that same ability to support their local farms and farm businesses."
Businesses that are more important now than ever before.
“They were there providing food during COVID,” said Hurlburt. “They were there making sure that people who didn’t feel comfortable grocery shopping or doing the traditional sorts of shopping had places to go and they were there to make sure food was available.”