Western Mass News: Hadley Farmer Rally for USDA
“Congressman Jim McGovern joined local farmers at a rally in Hadley on Sunday to oppose President Trump’s federal cuts.” See the short news clip here.
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NEPM: Gardener’s Supply in Hadley
🌸 Kaliis, Monte, and Jacob visit Gardener’s Supply in Hadley to talk with manager Eric Tiedeman-Mau about: This well-known garden center on Rt 9, which[...]
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Recorder: MDAR commissioner pens letter to USDA over uncertain funding and impact on farmers
Published: 03-14-2025 4:59 PM By Chris Larabee, Staff Writer BOSTON — As farmers prepare to head out to the fields for the season, Massachusetts Department[...]
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NEPM: Sawmill Herb Farm
🌱 Claire, Monte, and Kaliis talk with Susan Pincus of Sawmill Herb Farm in Montague about: How her fascination with culinary and medicinal herbs lead[...]
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Valley Bounty: Greenfield Winter Farmers’ Market
“When people think of farms, they tend to think of the summer, abundance, corn fields, and flowers. What people don’t realize is that farms function[...]
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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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NEPM: Shattuck’s Sugarhouse
“We all have to be stewards of the forest in order to benefit from the trees,” says Nick Shattuck of Shattuck’s Sugarhouse in Belchertown. The[...]
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Recorder: State’s new ‘Farm-Pass’ program hopes to ease farm succession planning
By Chinanu Okoli and reprinted by Boston University News Service March 6, 2025 Applications are rolling in for the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources’ new Farm[...]
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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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Valley Bounty: Stone Soup Farm
For local farmers, winter is a time for planning the next growing season, catching up on small business tasks, and maintaining structures and equipment. For[...]
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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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