 When farmland preservation activist Vivian Harris died in 2008, her family requested donations be sent to New Milfords Farmland Preservation in lieu of flowers. The 5,700 received is now being used to establish a scholarship for New Milford students going into secondary education in the agriculture field. Julie Loughran, director of development and communication with the Connecticut Community Foundation, said the nonprofit will raise money for the fund that will provide the scholarships. Harris became involved in farming politics in the 1960s, working on legislation that became the bedrock of the states farm policy. 