Local Heroes in the News

The Recorder, July 17, 2021 By DOMENIC POLI, Staff Writer No living thing can survive without water. But an abundance of it can wreak havoc[...]

By LILY REAVIS, For the Recorder, May 19, 2021 On a recent spring morning at Prospect Meadow Farm in Hadley, 25 employees set to work[...]

The Recorder, May 8, 2021. By ANITA FRITZ, Staff Writer GREENFIELD Just Roots farm on Glenbrook Drive, like many other farms after the COVID-19 pandemic[...]

By EVELINE MacDOUGALL, For the Recorder, March 30, 2021. Gloria and Ervin Meluleni are living their dream. “We live on land we love in a[...]

The Recorder, March 17, 2021. By DOMENIC POLI, Staff Writer To help curtail a once-in-a-century pandemic, governments throughout the country took the unprecedented step of[...]

Farm to vaccine: Some agricultural workers getting shots early The Recorder, March 6, 2021. By DOMENIC POLI, Staff Writer Ryan Voiland got his first dose[...]

The Recorder, March 6, 20201. By ZACK DeLUCA, Staff Writer As the days get warmer, maple syrup producers across the county and state are gearing[...]

Amanda Callahan, February 28, 2021 HADLEY, MA (WGGB/WSHM) — Sunday marked the first day of maple sugaring season for the North Hadley Sugar Shack. The[...]

Carrot connoisseurs, Tasters weigh in on flavor profiles The Recorder, February 27, 2021. By PAUL FRANZ,Staff Writer MONTAGUE  With names like Bolero, Newhall, Naval, Malbec,[...]

The Recorder, February 13, 2021, By MARY BYRNE SUNDERLAND – Riverland Farm on River Road landed among the more than 175 individual projects to receive[...]

AGAWAM, MA (WGGB/WSHM) — With snow and a blast of arctic air in the forecast this week, it appears as though the depths of winter[...]