Climate change’s impact on local farmers
Ryan Trowbridge, Jacob Wycoff
November 11, 2019
HATFIELD, MA (WGGB/WSHM) — The global population is expected to hit 10 billion people by 2050 and securing enough food[...]
WRSI: Hampshire College Farm and Field Notes
Columnist Claire Morenon: The next generation of farmers needs support
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[...]
Cider cocktails
By TINKY WEISBLAT, For the Recorder, October 30, 2019
CiderDays will return this weekend (from Friday, Nov. 1, to Sunday, Nov.[...]
WRSI: West County Cider
WRSI: C & C Orchards
Sweet success for Conway sugarer
CONWAY — You could hear Howard Boyden’s excitement over the phone as he talked Thursday morning about the multiple[...]
WRSI: Freeman Farm
Food Friday: Apples And Cider
Free bus to Greenfield Farmers Market for two weekends
The Recorder, October 16, 2019, by Melina Bourdeau.
A free bus will travel from Leyden Woods and seven other stops to the Greenfield Farmers Market on[...]
Spreading the wealth: Smith College commitment to local meat a boon to area farmers
Daily Hampshire Gazette, October 10, 2019. By Luis Fieldman.
In the past three years, Goshen farmer Cosimo Ferrante has struggled economically, having to transition from raising[...]
Raising green beef
How cattle and dairy farmers are becoming environmentally-friendly
By LUIS FIELDMAN, Staff Writer, The Recorder, October 9, 2019
Methane, a[...]