Comerford, Spilka focus on inequality on area listening tour
The Daily Hampshire Gazette, December 11, 2018, by Dusty Christensen. It’s no surprise that residents of western Massachusetts often feel ignored by Beacon Hill. But[...]
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Interview: Waidlich Farm
WRSI, December 10, 2018. Jon Waidlich of Waidlich Farm in Millers Falls talks about diversifying the family dairy farm, putting farmland into the APR program,[...]
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Local Farmers awarded grants for infrastructure improvement
WWLP, December 5, 2018. Western Massachusetts farmers were celebrated, recognized, and rewarded Wednesday night in Northampton. Smith College hosted the "Local Farmer Awards." 147 farmers[...]
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Of the Earth: Growing stories in the fields
The Recorder, December 4, 2018, by Wesley Blixt. Who knew that tales from the near reaches of the food system could be so funny and[...]
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Interview: Moss Hill Farm
WRSI, December 3, 2018. Brothers Bruce and Derrick Mason of Moss Hill Tree Farm in Russell talk about life on a Christmas tree farm, some[...]
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Columnist Claire Morenon: Climate change and farming in Massachusetts
The Daily Hampshire Gazette, December 3, 2018, by Claire Morenon. “Climate change, once considered an issue for a distant future, has moved firmly into the[...]
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Editorial: It’s time to fund HIP year-round
The Recorder, December 3, 2018. Since its launch in April 2017, the Healthy Incentives Program has been a victim of its own success. The way[...]
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CISA Celebrates 25 Years of Sustaining Local Agriculture
Business West, November 27, 2018, by George O'Brien. When CISA (Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture) was launched 25 years ago, this region’s agricultural community was[...]
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Here’s where to find locally grown, fresh Thanksgiving turkeys in Massachusetts
MassLive, November 17, 2018, by Jim Kinney. When Robert Rollins was growing up on the family-run Sunny Acres Turkey Farm in East Longmeadow, they grew[...]
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Interview: Nan Parati
WRSI, November 16, 2018. Nan Parati, former owner of Elmer's Store and storyteller at CISA's Field Notes: An Afternoon of Storytelling on November 18th, joined us[...]
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MassAppeal: Family farmers share their thoughts in Field Notes, an afternoon of storytelling
WWLP, November 14, 2018, by Kathy Bunnell
Get an inside look at the lives of real farmers as they tell riveting first-hand stories from their farming[...]
Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture’s first storytelling performance planned in Northampton
MassLive, November 14, 2018, by Cori Urban. Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture's first storytelling performance will take root in downtown Northampton on Sunday as "Field[...]
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