Connecticut is losing farm land faster than any other state in our nation. With the loss of the land, comes the loss of memory about how that land was used and its importance to our state’s history and economy.

    Award-winning documentary producer Ken Simon, with the help of co-writer Bruce Fraser of the Connecticut Humanities Council, have produced a powerful and memorable program, “Working the Land” which premiers this Friday at 9 pm on Connecticut Public Television. This is a program people who care about the state and its land resources should not miss. Nor should they miss the remarkable website Simon, for whom this was clearly a labor of love. worked months to complete. It, too, is award-winning quality.