From Farming to Therapy: Animals at Work at CT’s Old State House

There is a special group of workers who contribute much to our society but are often overlooked - animals. What was their role in early nineteenth-century agriculture? What kind of work do animals perform today?

Join Connecticut's Old State House on Tuesday, July 29 as we meet some hardworking, four-legged friends during our next installment of Conversations at Noon entitled, From Farming to Therapy: Animals at Work. Enjoy a presentation on nineteenth-century agrarian life by Rhys Simmons, Coordinator of Agriculture at Old Sturbridge Village, followed by a panel discussion led by the Connecticut Network's (CT-N) Diane Smith. Diane will sit down with Simmons and other animal experts to discuss the various roles animals hold inside the working world and the steps that have been taken and should be taken to ensure their safety.

To round off this special event, the Old State House will be visited by some of Hartford's finest, the horses of Hartford's Mounted Police at the end of the program. This free event starts at Noon and is sponsored by Connecticut Humanities.

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