Valley Bounty: Hillside Farm
Inside, the year-old store still smells of fresh cut pine boards. Bright lights illuminate gleaming fridges and freezers packed with eggs, beef, pork, lamb,[...]
NEPM: Cranston’s Christmas Tree Farm
🎄 Claire takes Kaliis and Monte out to Cranston’s Christmas Tree Farm in Ashfield. They talk with farmer Seth Cranston about what tree farming is[...]
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Valley Bounty: Local Cheers of Southampton: Puza’s Pure Food Market
Upon walking in the door at Puza’s Pure Food Market, a commitment to fresh, local produce is on display. Visually, produce seems to fill a[...]
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Valley Bounty: Coolidge Hill Farm
Jared Duval built his farm around Massachusetts’ innovative Healthy Incentives Program (HIP). Since 2017, HIP has helped tens of thousands of lower-income households buy fresh[...]
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NEPM: HIP and Tuesday Market
Claire takes Monte and Kaliis to Grow Food Northampton’s Tuesday Market, where market manager Helen Kahn and farmers Sarah and Ryan Voiland of Red Fire[...]
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My Turn: Stop the cuts to HIP and keep our communities fed
This winter, thousands of low-income Massachusetts families will have less food on their tables — unless we take action now. The state needs to allocate[...]
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Valley Bounty: Robariah Farms
Published November 2, 2024 in the Daily Hampshire Gazette Bringing Kosher Back to Local with Robariah Farms By Jacob Nelson “When people say our chicken[...]
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NEPM: Franklin County CiderDays
🍎 Claire takes Monte and Kaliis up to West County Cider’s taproom in Shelburne to talk about this weekend’s Franklin County CiderDays (events Friday, Saturday,[...]
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Recorder: Amid $10M gap, Healthy Incentives Program payouts to be reduced in December
A big change will be coming to families who take advantage of the Healthy[...]
NEPM: Cuts ahead for program that helps low-income Massachusetts residents eat healthy local veggies
One way local produce gets onto the table for many living in western Massachusetts is a state initiative called the Healthy[...]
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NEPM: Rice Fruit Farm
. Monte, Kaliis, and Claire visit Rice Fruit Farm in Wilbraham. Owner Anthony Maloni bought and resurrected this farm stand a few years back. Since[...]
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Republican: ‘A huge blow’: Funds for low-income residents to buy local produce will be cut significantly
Starting Dec. 1, the monthly household cap for the state’s Healthy Incentives Program — which gives recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, formerly known[...]
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