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$250K grant comes at ‘a critical moment’ for Just Roots in Greenfield
02-09-2025 11:01 AM

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — Just Roots, a local farming and food access nonprofit, will receive a nearly $250,000 state grant over the course of two years to expand and enhance its operations and technology.


Legislative push renewed to raise farmworkers’ pay to state minimum
02-05-2025 2:50 PM

By EMILEE KLEIN

SPRINGFIELD — Most Massachusetts farmworkers whose hard work puts food on the dinner tables for Massachusetts families have difficulty affording the produce they pick and process.


For Franklin County farmers, $434K in grants allows for a ‘big leap forward’ in increasing capacity
01-22-2025 2:43 PM

By CHRIS LARABEE

With help from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources (MDAR), businesses across Franklin County will use grant money to increase their capacity and expand the local food supply chain.


Greenfield’s Just Roots names pair of executive directors
01-16-2025 1:36 PM

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — Just Roots, a local farming and food access nonprofit, has two new executive directors.


A loss due to fear: What a crackdown on immigration could mean for agriculture
01-13-2025 3:41 PM

By MARA MELLITS

For Patricia, a farmworker in Hampshire and Franklin counties, a typical day in the growing season starts at 4 a.m. A single mother who immigrated to the United States from El Salvador in 2003, she drops her child off at a babysitter’s house before going to work. She often doesn’t pick up the child until 6 or 7 p.m., or sometimes even later if she stays to pick vegetables.


MDAR survey to tabulate farmers’ weather-related losses
01-11-2025 3:02 PM

By CHRIS LARABEE

The Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources (MDAR) is seeking information about weather-related losses in 2023 and 2024 from farmers across the state as it prepares to report damages to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which will split up $220 million in relief funding among eight states.


Local stores report a drop in those using HIP benefits since cuts took place
01-10-2025 5:27 PM

By CHRIS LARABEE

Just over a month since Healthy Incentives Program (HIP) benefits were cut by a minimum of 50%, local businesses and advocates for the initiative are hopeful that it will be restored, as farmers, vendors and stores are seeing the effects of reduced benefits.


PHOTO: From ear to ear
12-29-2024 10:45 AM


McGovern feels victorious after $220M in relief for NE farmers included in congressional spending bill
12-29-2024 10:42 AM

By SAMUEL GELINAS

WASHINGTON — The recent roller coaster ride over a down-to-the-wire congressional spending bill ended on a high note for U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern, who expressed victory that some $220 million in federal money will soon be in the hands of New England...


‘Rising River’s Edge’ documentary to explore how area farmers adapt to severe weather
12-26-2024 9:34 AM

By CHRIS LARABEE

GREENFIELD — As Pioneer Valley farmers continue to contend with extreme weather year after year, The LAVA Center has announced a new short-form documentary highlighting the intersections of climate change and the food system.“Rising River’s Edge: The...


Northfield Planning Board denies permit for BlueWave Solar
12-20-2024 3:41 PM

By CHRIS LARABEE

NORTHFIELD — The Planning Board unanimously denied BlueWave Solar’s special permit application for a second proposed solar project on Pine Meadow Road, with members citing a litany of reasons why they believe the project does not fit on the parcel.The...


PHOTO: Catching some R & R
12-17-2024 1:58 PM


Warwick farmer chosen as new executive director for CISA
12-16-2024 5:03 PM

By CHRIS LARABEE

SOUTH DEERFIELD — After a national search, Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture (CISA) has found a new executive director right here in the Pioneer Valley.The agency announced on Dec. 12 that its board of directors had chosen Jennifer Core, a...


PHOTO: Tractor trio
12-09-2024 1:39 PM


Conway, Williamsburg sugarmakers honored at North American Maple Syrup Council contest
11-28-2024 2:31 PM

By ADA DENENFELD KELLY

Two Pioneer Valley maple syrup producers were recently recognized among the best of the best at the annual North American Maple Syrup Council competition, held this year in Portland, Maine.Howard and Jeanne Boyden of Boyden Brothers Maple in Conway...


Amid falling sales, Mycoterra Farm in Deerfield ends food distribution service
11-28-2024 12:01 PM

By CHRIS LARABEE

DEERFIELD — With folks confined to their homes in the early days of the pandemic, but still looking for local produce, Julia Coffey and her team at Mycoterra Farm branched out to bring products to their doors in the form of Mass Food Delivery.While...


Maple Valley Creamery plans farmstand in South Deerfield
11-24-2024 11:25 AM

By CHRIS LARABEE

SOUTH DEERFIELD — New life may soon be coming to the vacant farmstand at the intersection of Routes 5 and 10 and North Hillside Road.Maple Valley Creamery, the Hadley-based dairy farm that also operates Maple Valley’s Scoop at the Silos, is eyeing the...


PHOTO: Dry days continue
11-17-2024 1:41 PM


Chamber breakfast celebrates farming, agritourism as ‘critical’ economic driver
11-15-2024 3:52 PM

By CHRIS LARABEE

GREENFIELD — With more than 800 farms and hundreds and thousands of workers providing food to the region and beyond, farming is more than just a way of life here in Franklin County.To celebrate what Franklin County Chamber of Commerce Executive...


Clessons River Farm in Buckland bridges technological innovation and music
11-15-2024 9:46 AM

By MARA MELLITS

Fifth-generation farmer Melissa Griffin’s life is anything but traditional.She operates Clessons River Farm in Buckland with her husband, Adam Griffin. She is also a classical trumpet player who studied trumpet performance at the University of...

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