Too much of a good thing: Area farmers cope with losses from wet summer
With record-breaking rainfall totals throughout the summer, local farmers are working hard to cope with losses of crops, time and sales.
The National Weather Service reported[...]
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Diemand Farm in Wendell hopes to expand egg production with state grant
With support from the Selectboard, Diemand Farm is applying for state grant money that would allow it to expand its egg production by 25%.
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Massachusetts lawmakers tour several farms in Pioneer Valley (Video)
Members of the Massachusetts Legislative Delegation toured a number of farms on Friday, from Sunderland to Hadley. State lawmakers said this was a chance to get a snapshot[...]
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East meets west: State officials get first-hand account of the struggles Valley farmers face
State lawmakers toured four farms in Hampshire and Franklin counties on Friday to better understand the challenges facing farming communities in western Massachusetts.
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Cheesemaking Key to New Dairy Farm’s Success in Cummington
Max Breiteneicher started Grace Hill Farm with a simple question in mind: Can one man run a dairy farm?
It turns out the answer is yes[...]
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Longtime manager at Valley’s first CSA steps down, leads fundraising campaign to buy farm
Since the mid-1990s, Dan Kaplan, with the help of his wife, Karen Romanowski, has managed Brookfield Farm in Amherst, one of the oldest CSAs (Community[...]
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Farmers try to weather the rain
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[...]
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Mushrooming Success
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[...]
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Refrigerated vans will ease Just Roots farm’s deliveries
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[...]
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Cutting edge: Phoenix Fruit Farm’s all-women pruning crew gets it done
Elly Vaughan bought the farm that would become Phoenix Fruit Farm in 2017, after working as its manager. Since taking over she has planted new[...]
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A Dream Home Come True in Bernardston
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[...]
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BUSIER THAN USUAL Farms, farmers markets adjusted to pandemic in 2020
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[...]
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