NEPM: Representative Jim McGovern on Federal Cuts
3/6/25 “We can save money without hurting people,” says Senator Jim McGovern in conversation with Monte and Kaliis on the Fabulous 413. Listen for more[...]
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Gazette: Natural Resources Conservation Service office in Amherst for 45 years ID’d for closure
Published 3/5/25 in the Daily Hampshire Gazette By Scott Merzbach, staff writer AMHERST — The Natural Resources Conservation Service office for Massachusetts, located at 451[...]
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Trump Administration Impacts on Local Farms — and CISA’s Committments
Local farm businesses, farmworkers, and our local food economy are under threat. The Trump administration’s whirlwind of executive orders and administrative actions, and the flood[...]
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NEPM: Impact of federal cuts to climate-smart program with Abby Ferla
Abby Ferla, manager of Foxtrot Farm, talks with Monte and Kaliis about how her farm and other small farms in the Northeast were informed that[...]
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Gazette: Grave threats to local farmers, food
Published 02/25/25 in the Daily Hampshire Gazette Since Jan. 20, the Trump administration’s whirlwind of executive orders and administrative actions — and the flood of[...]
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Recorder: Trump spending freeze has Pioneer Valley farmers worried
Since the Trump administration took office, 78 USDA contracts, equaling $132 million, have been canceled...At least $7 million of those funds were set to[...]
Congressman Jim McGovern and CISA: White House’s immigration policy’s impact on farm community
“A pause on federal grants and loans (and changes to immigration policy) could impact the farming community, so Western Mass News spoke with Massachusetts Congressman[...]
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