Jenny Kitsen

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Keenly interested in both land conservation and historical preservation, Jenny has served on the board of the Chester Land Trust for the past 20 years, and the Chester Historical Society…

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Marta Daniels

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Marta is currently a writer and independent historian whose 35-year professional career focused on expanding and improving civic engagement in public policy issues on peace, justice and the environment. She was…

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Dr. Amelia Magistrali

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Dr. Amelia Magistrali (she/her) is the Associate Extension Educator in Soil Health with UConn Extension. Originally from Northwest Connecticut, her work focuses on regenerative and agroecological farming systems that improve…

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Jeff Croyle

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Jeff Croyle joined the Essex Land Trust as the steward for a 47-acre preserve shortly after retiring and moving to Essex 9 years ago. He still stewards that preserve, joined…

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Donna Dufresne

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Donna Dufresne is an educator, writer, and historian from the “Quiet Corner” of CT. She is a member of the Windham/Willimantic NAACP and currently involved in several research projects to…

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Janet Booth

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Janet serves on the board of the Wyndham Land Trust, supporting its mission with skills gained working in the software interface design and usability industry. After Liberal Arts and Music…

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Freedom Gerardo

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Freedom is a Bronx-native community organizer turned farmer, co-owning the Liberated Land Cooperative, which runs Connecticut’s first statewide CSA. As Co-Director of the Venture Farming Institute and co-founder of his…

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