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Riverbank Farm

October 5, 2015

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UConn Extension’s Scaling Up Program created a video series on farmers in Connecticut. This film features David Blyn and Laura McKinney of Riverbank Farm in Roxbury.

Posted by Stacey Stearns in Agriculture and Food, Education and tagged agriculture, new farm, Riverbank Farm, Scaling Up, UConn Extension
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