East Canaan News

Many of the state's dairy farmers received a federal assistance payment within the past week, and some think the allocations from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, along with recent state aid, bode well for an industry in distress.

Good news for foodies: The bounty is in from Connecticut's gardens of earthly delights and farm-stand counters are spilling over with fresh corn, squash, eggplant, tomatoes, beets, peppers, peaches, plums, nectarines and apricots.

I was just 16 years old and we had just lost our father in December, leaving my mom with 13 children to care for.

Truth be told, a dairy farm is not usually just a dairy farm anymore. It's far too difficult to make money just selling milk.Many farmers diversify, from selling cheese, ice cream or compost to operating a corn maze and offering artificial insemination."The way the milk price is built now, unless something radically changes, you can't just milk ...