Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22-26j: Agricultural enhancement matching grant program. Eligibility. Purposes.

The Department of Agriculture shall establish and administer an agricultural enhancement matching grant program to any agricultural not-for-profit organization, municipality, group of municipalities, regional council of governments organized under the provisions of sections 4-124i to 4-124p, inclusive, or group of municipalities that have established a regional interlocal agreement pursuant to sections 7-339a to 7-339l, inclusive, to further agricultural enhancement. Such grants may be used for the following purposes: (1) Local capital projects that foster collective resources for agricultural viability, including, but not limited to, processing facilities and farmers' markets; (2) the development and implementation of agriculturally friendly land use regulations and local farmland protection strategies that sustain and promote local agriculture; (3) the development of new marketing programs and venues through or in which a majority of products sold are grown in the state; (4) the development and implementation of programs and services that promote farm and farmland access and transfer of such farms; and (5) the development of urban and nontraditional farming practices.