Columnist Claire Morenon: Some local farms welcome visitors
The Daily Hampshire Gazette, October 24, 2017, by Claire Morenon. For many of us, fall is the season for annual traditions that bring people out[...]
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Columnist Claire Morenon: Back to school and harvest season
The Daily Hampshire Gazette, September 25, 2017, by Claire Morenon. Driving around this time of year, you’ll see two sure signs of fall: school buses[...]
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Columnist Claire Morenon: Find restaurants that support local farms
The Daily Hampshire Gazette, August 29, 2017, by Claire Morenon. A thriving local food system cannot depend only on shoppers choosing local in their kitchens[...]
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Columnist Claire Morenon: Many reasons why consumers should ‘buy local’
The Daily Hampshire Gazette, July 25, 2017, by Claire Morenon. We made it through the dark winter and a long, cold spring: peak harvest season[...]
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Columnist Claire Morenon: Examining Consumers’ Relationship with Dairy Farms
The Daily Hampshire Gazette, June 29, 2017, by Claire Morenon. One of the things that makes “buy local” efforts so successful in the Pioneer Valley[...]
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Columnist Claire Morenon: Farmers’ Markets Play Vital Role
The Daily Hampshire Gazette, May 29, 2017, by Claire Morenon. It’s really and truly spring! Asparagus is pushing up, orchards have bloomed, pastures are lush,[...]
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Column: Weather tests farmers’ resiliency, flexibility
Daily Hampshire Gazette, April 25, 2017, by Claire Morenon.
Do you think that talking about the weather is a sign that a conversation has stalled? Well,[...]
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Opinion: Future of Farm Shares in the Valley
The Daily Hampshire Gazette, March 29, 2017, by Claire Morenon, Communications Manager at CISA. It’s the end of March, which means that local vegetable farmers[...]
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Opinion: Farmworkers, Immigration and Local Food
The Daily Hampshire Gazette, February 28, 2017, by Claire Morenon. As the national debate about refugees and immigration roils, we at Community Involved in Sustaining[...]
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Opinion: Winter Farmers’ Markets Provide Respite
The Daily Hampshire Gazette, January 31, 2016, by Claire Morenon. Perhaps you’ve read one of the recent articles and books exploring the Danish concept of[...]
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Opinion: Hunger in the Season of Giving
The Daily Hampshire Gazette, December 30, 2016, by Claire Morenon. Hunger is a pressing issue in the Pioneer Valley region of Franklin, Hampshire and Hampden[...]
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Opinion: Local Food, Community, and Thanksgiving
The Daily Hampshire Gazette, November 22, 2016, by Claire Morenon. At Thanksgiving, our nation pauses to celebrate and give thanks for the harvest that feeds[...]
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