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Greenfield Recorder: Local Hero Member Op-Ed

March 27, 2025 Posted in: Federal Policy & Local Food, CISA News, Local Heroes in the News, Press Room

My Turn: Slashing of farming, food support senseless By RYAN VOILAND Published: 03-27-2025 12:40 PM The following speech was delivered by Ryan Voiland at a[...]

Farm Aid: Cut Hay, Not USDA!

March 27, 2025 Posted in: Federal Policy & Local Food, CISA News, Local Heroes in the News, Press Room

March 26, 2025 Farmers Rally Against USDA Cuts in Western Massachusetts by Jennifer Fahy On Sunday, an energetic crowd of farmers and farm supporters estimated to[...]

“Attack on Small Farms”: Valley Farmers Gather to Protest USDA Cuts

March 25, 2025 Posted in: Federal Policy & Local Food, CISA News, Local Heroes in the News, Press Room

3/23/25 Farmer Press Release Clad in muck boots and dirt-flecked Carhartts and arriving on tractors and leading goats, over 300 farmers, farmworkers, and their family[...]

Gazette: Irate Valley farmers sound off over ag cuts at ‘Attack on Small Farms’ rally

March 25, 2025 Posted in: Federal Policy & Local Food, CISA News, Local Heroes in the News, Press Room

Published in the Daily Hampshire Gazette: 03-24-2025 4:49 PM Modified: 03-24-2025 5:42 PM by Samuel Gelinas HADLEY — Irate farmers, waving signs and pitchforks, gathered[...]

Republican: WMass farmers protest federal funding cuts they say jeopardize food supplies

March 24, 2025 Posted in: Federal Policy & Local Food, CISA News, Local Heroes in the News, Press Room

Farmers and their allies crowded the lawn of the Hadley Town Hall Sunday afternoon, backed by a line of farm machinery decked[...]

MA commissioner of Agriculture, Ashley Randle, speaks from a podium at Smith College

Recorder: MDAR commissioner pens letter to USDA over uncertain funding and impact on farmers

March 17, 2025 Posted in: Federal Policy & Local Food, CISA News, Local Heroes in the News, Press Room

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[...]

Recorder: Trump spending freeze has Pioneer Valley farmers worried

February 21, 2025 Posted in: Federal Policy & Local Food, CISA News, Local Heroes in the News, Press Room

Since the Trump administration took office, 78 USDA contracts, equaling $132 million, have been canceled...At least $7 million of those funds were set to[...]

NEPM: Red Fire Farm – after the fire

March 5, 2024 Posted in: Local Heroes in the News, Press Room

_ Through fires and floods, the folks at Red Fire Farm are still working hard to feed our community. Our friends Monte and Kaliis from[...]

On front lines of climate change: Farmers work to mitigate their climate impacts and become more resilient

November 18, 2023 Posted in: CISA News, Climate Change and Farming Blog, Press Room

Published November 18, 2023 in the Daily Hampshire Gazette and Greenfield Recorder By Jacob Nelson It’s hard to throw water on a burning house while[...]

A taste of fall: Local farmers share their go-to autumnal dishes

October 30, 2018 Posted in: Local Heroes in the News, Press Room

The Recorder, October 30, 2018, by Andy Castillo. Pumpkins are everywhere this time of year. They decorate doorsteps and kitchen tables. They’re for sale outside[...]

Fighting mile-a-minute vine, organically

October 4, 2018 Posted in: Local Heroes in the News, Press Room

The Recorder, October 4, 2018, by Sarah Robertson. To fight the invasive mile-a-minute vine on a Montague farm, state officials released weevils, tiny insects that[...]

14 acres of farmland preserved in Granby

May 2, 2018 Posted in: Local Heroes in the News, Press Room

The Daily Hampshire Gazette, May 2, 2018, by Michael Connors. After years of waiting for a development restriction from the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources,[...]

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