Reposted by Northwest Corner Farm 🥕🍅🥬 Winchester, CTSarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Would be cool to live in a country where Taylor Farms can’t exist and we support small local farmers and urban farming projects instead of letting them lobby themselves into biannual (but we’re still counting!) explosive diarrhea outbreaks for profit, but here we are 529153
Reposted by Northwest Corner Farm 🥕🍅🥬 Winchester, CTEvan Sutton @evansutton.bsky.social · 03/05/2026If only there had been anything in Trump's first term that could have tipped Brad off that Trump was not, in fact, going to be good for family farms 2266
Reposted by Northwest Corner Farm 🥕🍅🥬 Winchester, CTCT Insider @ctinsider.bsky.social · 04/02/2026Connecticut is already feeling the effects of climate change in the form of rising sea levels, more frequent heat waves and intensifying floods.bit.lyConnecticut cuts greenhouse gas emissions but remains off track on climate goals, new report showsConnecticut is already feeling the effects of climate change in the form of rising sea levels, more frequent heat waves and intensifying floods. 031
Reposted by Northwest Corner Farm 🥕🍅🥬 Winchester, CTCT NOFA @ctnofa.bsky.social · 03/02/2026Certified Organic CT farmers: don't miss out on this chance for free marketing and branding assistance - you know you're going to be too busy for this in a couple of months! 022
Reposted by Northwest Corner Farm 🥕🍅🥬 Winchester, CTClimate One @climateone.org · 21/01/2026Megan O'Rourke talks about how important food and agriculture is to systems at large. How are Trump administration policies impacting farms and farmers? Listen to our latest episode to learn more: play.megaphone.fm/oba-x_kcqau3znv-k… 289
Reposted by Northwest Corner Farm 🥕🍅🥬 Winchester, CTCivil Eats @civileats.com · 22/01/2026We launched the Food Policy Tracker on Inauguration Day, Jan. 20, 2025. In the past year, we’ve published hundreds of stories documenting unprecedented upheavals in U.S. food policy.civileats.comCivil Eats’ Food Policy Tracker: What We Learned From Our First YearHolding truth to power, our accountability reporting project has covered some of nation’s most important food and agriculture policy stories. 055
Reposted by Northwest Corner Farm 🥕🍅🥬 Winchester, CTJohn Bartman @john-bartman.bsky.social · 21/01/2026I'm extremely grateful to be interviewed on ClimateOne about Regenerative Agriculture and how it will help save the planet. I hope you enjoy it. www.climateone.org/audio/crop-s...climateone.orgCrop Shoot: Farmers Caught Up In Policy TurmoilAgriculture is directly responsible for 10% of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, and the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimates emissions from the agriculture sector will modestly increase ove... 021
Reposted by Northwest Corner Farm 🥕🍅🥬 Winchester, CTJosie Glausiusz @josiegz.bsky.social · 08/01/2026The idealism and passion of the popular MAHA movement belies an ugly truth: the Trump administration has launched a radical assault on the government agencies devoted to food access, food safety and public health, writes Eric Schlosser, author of Fast Food Nation www.theguardian.com/news/2026/ja...theguardian.comHard to digest: we still live in Fast Food Nation | Eric SchlosserThe long read: Twenty-five years after I revealed the practices of the industrial food giants, the profits – and dangers – of mass producing meat and milk have only grown 063
Reposted by Northwest Corner Farm 🥕🍅🥬 Winchester, CTCT NOFA @ctnofa.bsky.social · 12/01/20262026 Winter Conference Workshop Preview FOOD SYSTEMS POLICY: HOW LOCAL FOOD CAN HELP SOLVE FOOD INSECURITY IN CONNECTICUT Presented by Christian Duborg from the Commission on Women, Children, Seniors, Equity, and Opportunity ctnofa.org/winter-confe... 022
Reposted by Northwest Corner Farm 🥕🍅🥬 Winchester, CTNo Kid Hungry @nokidhungry.org · 16/01/2026i want kids to have so much more than a "piece of chicken, a piece of broccoli, corn tortilla, and one other thing" on their plates 0226
Reposted by Northwest Corner Farm 🥕🍅🥬 Winchester, CTAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/01/2026at some point we're gonna have to have a real conversation about why we're still paying federal taxes to a regime that isn't using them to help anyone, but instead is using them to brutalize us 835164785238
Reposted by Northwest Corner Farm 🥕🍅🥬 Winchester, CTProPublica @propublica.org · 20/12/2025Much of the cardboard and paper goods strewn about our homes are sold by a single private company, with its name, Uline, stamped on the bottom. Many may not know that a multibillion-dollar fortune made on those ubiquitous products fuels far-right candidates across the country. (Published 2022)propublica.orgThat Cardboard Box in Your Home Is Fueling Election DenialA previously unreported boom in profits for the shipping supply giant Uline has provided the funds for a deeply conservative Midwestern family to bankroll anti-democracy causes around the country. 491437696
Reposted by Northwest Corner Farm 🥕🍅🥬 Winchester, CTRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 03/12/2025Trump’s USDA is threatening to withhold food stamp funding for 20 Democrat-controlled states if they don’t share recipients’ sensitive personal data. Yes: Trump is weaponizing hunger against millions of Americans, including children, to score cheap political points. The cruelty is endless. 12923961038
Reposted by Northwest Corner Farm 🥕🍅🥬 Winchester, CTUnion of Concerned Scientists @ucs.org · 22/10/2025Great news that @climatecentral.org has resurrected @noaa.gov’s Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters database after the Trump administration axed it!climatecentral.orgU.S. Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters | Climate CentralExplore U.S. billion-dollar weather and climate disasters since 1980, including total costs, trends, and impacts. 16023
Reposted by Northwest Corner Farm 🥕🍅🥬 Winchester, CTKelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 18/10/2025Millions of Americans may not get their SNAP payments because of the government shut down Millions are in the streets for No Kings protesting the rise of fascism What are the tyrants doing? Spending $172 million on private jets for Noem Sending funds to Argentia Shooting missiles into California 462684961
Reposted by Northwest Corner Farm 🥕🍅🥬 Winchester, CTCT Insider @ctinsider.bsky.social · 19/10/2025Connecticut voters have two weeks to vote ahead of Election Day on Nov. 4.bit.lyEarly voting in Connecticut starts Monday for 2025 election. Here's what to knowConnecticut voters have two weeks to vote ahead of Election Day on Nov. 4. 011
Northwest Corner Farm 🥕🍅🥬 Winchester, CT @nwcornerfarm.bsky.social · 04/10/2025🚨 @delauro.house.gov on #Project2025 that we warned about all thru 2024: “Russ Vought’s gleeful announcement [regime] will be canceling energy projects in Connecticut… is a direct partisan attack… reckless & betrays both common sense & public trust. democrats-appropriations.house.gov/news/press-r...democrats-appropriations.house.govPress Releases | House Committee on AppropriationsPhone (202) 225-3481 000
Reposted by Northwest Corner Farm 🥕🍅🥬 Winchester, CTRosa DeLauro @delauro.house.gov · 03/10/2025OMB Director Russ Vought announced that the Department of Energy would terminate $8 billion in energy projects, targeting 16 Democratic states. Canceling these projects will increase energy prices, eliminate jobs, & weaken the energy grid. The FULL list: bit.ly/46KSJvmbit.ly 19265126
Reposted by Northwest Corner Farm 🥕🍅🥬 Winchester, CTCT League of Conservation Voters @ctlcv.bsky.social · 04/08/2025Do you know if your CT state legislator is an environmental champion? Check out our 2025 Scorecard and find out! 132
Reposted by Northwest Corner Farm 🥕🍅🥬 Winchester, CTJeremy Faust, MD @jeremyfaust.bsky.social · 28/08/2025Massive walkout underway at CDC. RFK jr. must resign so that we can be safe. 728327937616
Reposted by Northwest Corner Farm 🥕🍅🥬 Winchester, CTColin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 28/08/2025Hey @chrismurphyct.bsky.social and @blumenthal.senate.gov, Connecticut native, constituent, and Yale public health professor here: this is the right moment. I will literally do anything. Make me wait 10 hours for a 2 minute walk and talk meeting with your lowliest intern, and I will make the case. 020145
Reposted by Northwest Corner Farm 🥕🍅🥬 Winchester, CTSarah McLaughlin @sarahemclaugh.bsky.social · 16/08/2025A CT state rep posted a story about reports of ICE activity in his district and asked neighbors to "look out for another" and contact advocacy groups. Libs of TikTok posted it, calling for him to be charged and tagging ICE & DHS. ICE shared it, tagging the Justice Dept. This is protected speech. 21652341632
Reposted by Northwest Corner Farm 🥕🍅🥬 Winchester, CTThe Connecticut Mirror @ctmirror.org · 10/07/2025The bills establish incentives and protections for CT farm owners, including a refundable tax credit and reimbursement for crop losses. ctmirror.org/2025/07/09/f... 053
Reposted by Northwest Corner Farm 🥕🍅🥬 Winchester, CTNational Family Farm Coalition @familyfarmco.bsky.social · 04/07/2025USDA claims it is “putting American farmers first” by cancelling $149 million in funds to young, beginning, LGBTQ+ farmers & farmers of color. The reality is, #WeAreAmericanFarmers and #WeFeedYou! Terminating these programs undermines the future of our farm and food systems. #youngfarmers #agsky 061
Reposted by Northwest Corner Farm 🥕🍅🥬 Winchester, CTPaul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 21/06/2025The political lesson of stories like this isn't "Too bad, sucker, leopards ate your face." This is ammunition for a broader argument: Republicans and Trump suckered rural folk, and will keep doing it until those voters do something about it. Which they can. www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...washingtonpost.comAbandoned by Trump, a farmer and a migrant search for a better futureWith grants canceled and billions of dollars in jeopardy, Trump’s cuts are devastating American farmers and plunging families into uncertainty. 39421137
Reposted by Northwest Corner Farm 🥕🍅🥬 Winchester, CTHolley Atkinson @holleya.bsky.social · 14/06/2025Torrington, Connecticut showed UP today @ #NoKings #NoKingsDay #FlagDay 🇺🇸 1000 or more patriots 4/5 deep along Coe Park & across on the other side. 3x previous turnout & we are growing! #DefendDemocracy #Indivisible #IndivisibleNWCT @indivisible.org @chrismurphyct.bsky.social @blumenthal.senate.gov 2246
Northwest Corner Farm 🥕🍅🥬 Winchester, CT @nwcornerfarm.bsky.social · 04/06/2025Big thanks to @jeremychentv.bsky.social @nbcconnecticut.com for covering essential Connecticut farm-to-school legislation! We're hoping State Senator Stephen Harding will vote TODAY Wed June 4 to move HB 7013 to the floor #farmtoschool www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/n...nbcconnecticut.comNew Canaan high school student advocates for farm to school program legislationA push to make sure students have fresh food at school. That’s what the farm to school program does while also supporting our local farmers. A New Canaan High School student is a big advocate of it an... 021
Reposted by Northwest Corner Farm 🥕🍅🥬 Winchester, CTKnight First Amendment Institute @knightcolumbia.org · 23/05/2025They're joined by Wes Gillingham, organic farmer & board president of the @nofanewyork.bsky.social, the lawsuit’s lead plaintiff, who shares how the data purge has already harmed farmers, how they’re fighting this form of “thought control,” and what this has to do with the First Amendment. 053
Reposted by Northwest Corner Farm 🥕🍅🥬 Winchester, CTEarthjustice @earthjustice.org · 24/02/2025Trump's USDA is violating the Freedom of Information Act, the Paperwork Reduction Act, and the Administrative Procedure Act. Our lawsuit is part of a longstanding push for climate-smart agriculture and reducing industrial agriculture’s climate impact. We're not backing down now.earthjustice.orgWe’re Suing to Stop the Trump Admin’s Climate Censorship that Threatens Farmers and Our Food SupplyThe Trump administration is removing climate-related information from government websites, many of which farmers rely on to adapt to increasingly extreme weather and access to funds. 15511
Reposted by Northwest Corner Farm 🥕🍅🥬 Winchester, CTJoshua Holland @joshuaholland.bsky.social · 01/06/2025Which one do you hope they get? I know salmonella is easily treated and usually only lasts a few days so that’s out. 12196
Northwest Corner Farm 🥕🍅🥬 Winchester, CT @nwcornerfarm.bsky.social · 17/05/2025Here’s just a small part of right-wing extremist #Project2025 #DOGE in action, aiming to gut everything in the US, all to deliver massive tax cuts to billionaires & plunder public funds for Trump et al: “‘For most of the last half century #NWS has been a 24/7 operation—not anymore,’ Mr. Fahy said.” 010
Reposted by Northwest Corner Farm 🥕🍅🥬 Winchester, CTKatie Bergh @katiebergh.bsky.social · 13/05/2025Under the House Ag Committee's extreme & unprecedented #SNAP cost-shift proposal, every state would face substantial new costs that would put food assistance for low-income families at risk. See the impact in your state: www.cbpp.org/research/foo...cbpp.orgHouse Agriculture Committee Proposal Would Worsen Hunger, Hit State Budgets Hard | Center on Budget and Policy PrioritiesThe House Agriculture Committee reconciliation bill would radically alter the structure of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits by requiring states to pay a portion of food benefi... 512247
Reposted by Northwest Corner Farm 🥕🍅🥬 Winchester, CTRobert Gordon @robertgo.bsky.social · 14/05/2025The cost shift to states from these SNAP and Medicaid cuts is terrible for the people who depend on them …. And bad news for anyone who depends on state funding for education, or public safety, or transportation. Which is everyone. www.cbpp.org/research/foo...cbpp.orgHouse Agriculture Committee Proposal Would Worsen Hunger, Hit State Budgets Hard | Center on Budget and Policy PrioritiesThe House Agriculture Committee reconciliation bill would radically alter the structure of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits by requiring states to pay a portion of food benefi... 164
Reposted by Northwest Corner Farm 🥕🍅🥬 Winchester, CTHolley Atkinson @holleya.bsky.social · 04/05/2025Amazing turnout in #Torrington + #Winsted contingent in NWCT May 3 May Day #Mayday2025 rally! An early crowd of ~200 at Coe Park swelled to ~400 patriots by the finish #NoKings #NoDictators #RuleOfLaw and #DueProcess for ALL! No kidnappings! Great spirit & consensUS #BillionairesAreStealingFromYou 2246
Reposted by Northwest Corner Farm 🥕🍅🥬 Winchester, CTAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 03/05/2025The moment in week one where he ordered a mass release of water into farmland was the moment it really sunk in what the death of expertise looks like. 322268607
Reposted by Northwest Corner Farm 🥕🍅🥬 Winchester, CTCongresswoman Chellie Pingree @pingree.house.gov · 27/04/2025Just last week, MOFGA helped organize a rally at the State House in Augusta, to protest the Trump Administration’s illegal funding freezes, reckless tariffs, and other policies that are hurting our farmers. I was proud to be there—and thrilled to see so many familiar faces in the crowd. (8/9)youtube.comMaine farmers protest federal cuts in AugustaYouTube video by CBS 13 News 2267
Reposted by Northwest Corner Farm 🥕🍅🥬 Winchester, CTIndivisible Southeast CT @indivisiblesect.bsky.social · 16/04/2025CT WFP members are planning to show up in numbers at this year's May Day Rally! Join Hartford or New Haven on May 1st! RSVP at: linktr.ee/ctworkingfamilies MAY DAY RALLY MAY 1, 2025 UNITY MARCH FOR SOCIAL & ECONOMIC JUSTICE HARTFORD 10:30 AM BUSHNELL PARK NEW HAVEN 5:00 PM NEW HAVEN GREEN 031
Reposted by Northwest Corner Farm 🥕🍅🥬 Winchester, CTUnited Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 24/04/2025You see new examples of the Trump Admin's ongoing hate campaign daily in the news and your social media feed. We can't just stand by while our neighbors are terrorized, imprisoned or deported w/o due process. Email your congressmembers today. ufw.org/immigrants_ltc #WeFeedYou 218650
Reposted by Northwest Corner Farm 🥕🍅🥬 Winchester, CTWill Neils @willneils.bsky.social · 17/04/2025I was proud to support our great Maine Farm families yesterday! #Mofga #nofarmsnofood #Mainefarmers #fedsarecrookedgrifters And for those who are wondering that is Seth from Monroe up in Waldo County on that lil John Deer #tractor www.mainepublic.org/politics/202...mainepublic.orgMaine farmers call on USDA to restore funds and staffThose attending the rally, organized by the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association and other groups, said the funding cuts, contract suspensions and other changes are especially challenging f... 031
Reposted by Northwest Corner Farm 🥕🍅🥬 Winchester, CTPine Tree Activism @pinetreeactivism.org · 17/04/2025===================== Mainers Turn Out In Support Of Farmers & MOFGA 4/16/25 ===================== Volume UP! One farmer drove his tractor for 3 hrs through morning chill to be in Augusta for FARMER DAY of ACTION. Approx 250 others turned out, many small organic farmers, part of Maine tradition. 2429
Reposted by Northwest Corner Farm 🥕🍅🥬 Winchester, CTDiane Russell @dianerussell.bsky.social · 17/04/2025Farmers riding in on tractors to protest Trump’s obliteration of their funds has been added to my very large 2025 Bingo card. #AbolishDOGE #FundOurFarmers 0134
Reposted by Northwest Corner Farm 🥕🍅🥬 Winchester, CTCongresswoman Chellie Pingree @pingree.house.gov · 16/04/2025Today in Augusta, I joined MOFGA and Maine farmers to deliver a clear message to the Trump Administration: Support farmers, NOT billionaires. Trump’s USDA is ripping up contracts, cutting off funding, and leaving our rural communities high and dry. (1/2) 1122760
Reposted by Northwest Corner Farm 🥕🍅🥬 Winchester, CTRep. John Larson (mirror) @repjohnlarson.govpeeps.us · 17/04/2025Retweeted Rosa DeLauro: President Trump & his billionaire allies have continually attacked Social Security, claiming it's a Ponzi scheme. Social Security is nothing close to a scam: it is a lifeline for millions of Americans. Our seniors and disabled workers rely on this (cont in reply...) 041
Reposted by Northwest Corner Farm 🥕🍅🥬 Winchester, CTClimate Tracker @climate.skyfleet.blue · 13/04/2025Trump said cuts wouldn’t affect public safety. Then he fired hundreds of workers who help fight wildfires. #Climatepropublica.orgTrump said cuts wouldn’t affect public safety. Then he fired hundreds of workers who help fight wildfires.The White House and DOGE have sought to eliminate thousands of jobs from the Forest Service. The wildland firefighting force is one of many targets within the agency. 34116
Reposted by Northwest Corner Farm 🥕🍅🥬 Winchester, CTThe Connecticut Mirror @ctmirror.org · 11/04/2025A "fair share" study mandated by a 2023 law looked at three different methods of allocating housing needs across Connecticut municipalities. Take a look at how much housing your town would need to plan and zone for under each one:ctmirror.orgHow much housing would your CT town need under ‘fair share’?A recent study looked at three different methods of allocating housing needs from regions to municipalities in CT. Here's what it found. 0124
Reposted by Northwest Corner Farm 🥕🍅🥬 Winchester, CTConnecticut Dems @ctdems.bsky.social · 14/03/2025Trump is literally taking food away from Connecticut kids and families struggling to make ends meet. And, as a result, Republicans are hurting CT farmers. When Republican candidates for Governor say they want to be like Trump, this is what they mean. www.ctinsider.com/cheshirehera...ctinsider.comTrump administration cuts nearly $10 million in funding for CT schools, food pantriesNearly $10 million in cuts to federal funds to Connecticut schools and pantries to buy fresh produce for school lunches and food pantries draws opposition. 0209
Reposted by Northwest Corner Farm 🥕🍅🥬 Winchester, CTEJ Today News @ejtodaynews.bsky.social · 11/04/2025Trump #EPA Will Stop Collecting Greenhouse Emissions Data From Most Polluters #news #environment Sharon Lerner reports for @propublica.org EJ Today Headlines: www.sej.org/headlines/list www.propublica.org/article/trum...propublica.orgTrump’s EPA Plans to Stop Collecting Greenhouse Gas Emissions Data From Most PollutersClimate experts expressed shock and dismay at the move. “It would be a bit like unplugging the equipment that monitors the vital signs of a patient that is critically ill,” one said. 024
Reposted by Northwest Corner Farm 🥕🍅🥬 Winchester, CTThe Food & Environment Reporting Network @thefern.org · 08/04/2025Americans increasingly rely on processed food products as key parts of their everyday meals, even as scientists are just starting to scratch the surface in understanding how these food products influence our health. Now, these products have reached the political discourse. 121
Reposted by Northwest Corner Farm 🥕🍅🥬 Winchester, CTCivil Eats @civileats.com · 08/04/2025Author and activist Robin Greenfield offers suggestions on how to connect with and strengthen your community through food.buff.ly10 Ways to Get Involved With Food Mutual AidActivist Robin Greenfield, author of 'Food Freedom,' offers suggestions on how to connect with and strengthen your community through food. 0128
Reposted by Northwest Corner Farm 🥕🍅🥬 Winchester, CTMatt Browner Hamlin @mattbh.com · 09/04/2025DOGE cancelled a grant to the historical society in my tiny Connecticut town apparently because it includes historical information about “underrepresented groups”westontoday.newsWHCC Grant CanceledA $25,000 National Endowment for the Humanities grant awarded months ago to the Weston History & Culture Center was abruptly canceled under unusual circumstances last Wednesday, disrupting plans for a... 13349108