Southbury Residents: Take This Survey From The Connecticut Department Of Agriculture

Press release from the Town of Southbury:

4/9/2025

From Connecticut Department of Agriculture.

Connecticut, as well as other states in the Northeast and beyond, has experienced steady losses of agricultural and forest lands toward other uses. In recognition that these lands provide amenity values and flows of benefits to the general public, and that once developed losses of these public benefits are largely irreversible, state governments have adopted a number of policies to reduce such losses. Connecticut’s Public Act 490 was adopted in 1963 to discourage conversion of agricultural and farmlands to other uses, as "it was in the public interest to encourage the preservation of farm, forest, and open space land."

To provide updated and reliable PA 490 land use values, the state conducts this farm-level surveys to collect data representative of land characteristics, soil types, rental rates, and other supplementary information.

To participate in the survey click here: PA 490 Survey.

This press release was produced by the Town of Southbury. The views expressed here are the author’s own.