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Farming into the future

By Sabrina Garone
Published December 13, 2023 at 4:40 PM EST
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A new program will encourage young Connecticut residents to get into farming. The state’s DCF commissioner has stepped down. A program helping Long Islanders replace their aging cesspools gets a big financial bump. And New York can redraw congressional district lines again ahead of 2024.

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Sabrina Garone
Sabrina is host and producer of WSHU’s daily podcast After All Things. She also produces the climate podcast Higher Ground and other long-form news and music programs at the station. Sabrina spent two years as a WSHU fellow, working as a reporter and assisting with production of The Full Story.
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