Learning with lettuce
HOLYOKE — Ernesto Hernandez Martin graduated Thursday from the Freight Farms Hydroponic Growing apprenticeship program at Holyoke Community College, having learned how to grow lettuce[...]
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State lawmakers want to expand Healthy Incentives Program
WWLP, May 30, 2019. Local farmers are celebrating the return of the Healthy Incentives Program (HIP). Legislators are aiming to expand HIP benefits throughout the year.
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Rainy, cool spring delays asparagus season
The Gazette, May 27, 2019, By GRACE BIRD
At Upinngil Farm (located up in Gill, not by coincidence), Clifford Hatch said asparagus arrived about a week[...]
State reps. to tour Granby Farm, advocate for HIP program on Thursday
The Gazette, May 27, 2019, By DUSTY CHRISTENSEN
GRANBY — Local advocates and elected officials will tour Red Fire Farm on Thursday to celebrate the return[...]
Easthampton Farmers and Makers Market returns Saturday
The Gazette, May 22, 2019, By LUIS FIELDMAN
EASTHAMPTON — Opening day for the weekly Easthampton Farmers and Makers Market is Saturday, May 25, from 9[...]
Editorial: We Need To Support Healthy Food Programs For Low-Income People
With the constant hum of negative political news at the[...]
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Columnists Mia Kortebein, Philip Korman, and Christina Maxwell: Massachusetts can address hunger and healthy eating through local farms
Daily Hampshire Gazette, April 23, 2019. Hunger is everywhere in our Valley, from Amherst to Springfield, from Orange to East Longmeadow.
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Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture honors Local Heroes at annual meeting
MassLive, April 4, 2019, By Steven Nanton.
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Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture presented its Local Hero awards during its annual meeting at Trinity United Methodist Church[...]
Columnist Claire Morenon: CSAs play critical role in success on the farm
The Daily Hampshire Gazette, March 25, 2019. By Claire Morenon
This is an exciting time of year on local vegetable farms: greenhouses are waking up as the[...]
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Outlook 2019: CISA marks 25 years of growing Local Heroes in Western Massachusetts
The Republican. February 18, 2019. Claire Morenon.
This past year, Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture (CISA) celebrated 25 years of building connections between farms and the communities[...]
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CISA loans to offset rain losses
The Recorder, February 8, 2019 by Richie Davis
To help farmers whose fields were drenched by heavy rains late last season, Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture’s[...]
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Interview: Yellow Stonehouse Farm
WRSI, January 25, 2019. Connie Adams of Yellow Stonehouse Farm in Westfield talks about CSA shares, their lovely property, and how they ended up farming[...]
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