CISA Opinion Pieces

Daily Hampshire Gazette, July 27, 2020 Hunger in the United States is nothing new. Nearly 12% of the people living in our country went hungry[...]

Daily Hampshire Gazette, June 22, 2020 The spread of COVID-19 has brought new and immense challenges for farmers across the country and for our entire[...]

Daily Hampshire Gazette, May 31, 2020 The news from meat processing plants around the country is dire. In April, reports of coronavirus outbreaks among slaughterhouse[...]

The Daily Hampshire Gazette, April 30, 2020 The spread of COVID-19 has pulled back the curtain on many of the hidden vulnerabilities in our national[...]

Daily Hampshire Gazette, March 25, 2020 Right now the entire world is focused on the spread of COVID-19. Aside from the threat to human life,[...]

The Daily Hampshire Gazette, February 25, 2020 In the farming world, there’s a lot of focus on two groups: family farms that have been sustained[...]

By Claire Morenon/communications manager | Community Involved in Sustaining Argiculture (CISA) The Connecticut River valley is home to a vibrant local food system that is[...]

It has been 10 years since the first weekly winter farmers’ market was established in the Valley. Northampton’s was the first, following several years of[...]

Daily Hampshire Gazette, December 31, 2019 The turn of the year brings an opportunity for reflection on the year that has passed and the new[...]

Here in the Connecticut River Valley region of Massachusetts, 9.7% of the population is food insecure. That means that 68,600 of our neighbors in Franklin,[...]

Farmers, as a population, are aging — the average age of farmers in Massachusetts is 59.1. The future of agriculture in our region depends on[...]

Daily Hampshire Gazette, October 3, 2019 For years, Massachusetts has lagged behind fellow progressive states on whether to offer driver’s licenses to undocumented immigrants. Thirteen[...]