CISA raising money to support local farms during pandemic
Coronavirus Hits Western Massachusetts Farm Economy
WAMC, March 26, 2020, By Paul Tuthill
The coronavirus pandemic has impacted agriculture.
Farms have lost big customers as restaurants, colleges, and winter farmers’ markets have closed.
In[...]
CISA offers local farmers no-interest loans
The Greenfield Recorder, March 26, 2020, By ANITA FRITZ, Staff Writer
SOUTH DEERFIELD — The nonprofit whose strategic plan for more than[...]
Coronavirus response: Emergency fund aims to raise $50,000 for struggling farms
A fund offering zero-interest loans to farmers is looking for a boost in[...]
WRSI: CISA and COVID-19
Farm food benefits program revived
Commonwealth magazine, March 4, 2020, by Shira Schoenberg
After a nearly two-week hiatus, Massachusetts plans to use $2 million in new state funds to[...]
State House backs $2M more for HIP program
By ANITA FRITZ , The Recorder, March 3, 2020
The House has overwhelmingly approved another $2 million for the Healthy Incentives Program (HIP) to put an[...]
State suspends HIP from Feb. 23 to May 15
Money again runs short for food benefits boosting local farm produce
By ANITA FRITZ, Staff Writer, The Recorder, February 3, 2020
Lessons learned on the farm provide fodder for Field Notes
Recorder: 10 local farmers to share stories during ‘Field Notes’
Grants awarded to promote dairy farming
By ANITA FRITZ, The Recorder, July 25, 2019
Many people may not realize how dairy farmers struggle, but a couple of local[...]
