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The state of solar: In final forum, experts debate best ways to implement solar projects
01-03-2024 3:17 PM

By MADDIE FABIAN

Editor’s note: This is the fourth and final article from the Western Massachusetts Solar Forum series. The first three forums took place in September, and another series of forums is in the works for this spring. AMHERST — Most experts agree solar...


Slew of farm bills advancing on Beacon Hill
01-03-2024 1:04 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

A permanent disaster relief fund to assist farmers devastated by acts of nature, and providing farmers more flexibility for using their properties once they are protected in the Agricultural Preservation Restriction program, are among the bills the...


Pasiecnik sisters come together to keep 5J Creamee and farm stand open in Whately
05-26-2022 3:09 PM

By CHRIS LARABEE

WHATELY — After the death of James Pasiecnik in January, his three daughters banded together to ensure the family business, 5J Creamee and Pasiecnik Farmstand, is operating in full force this summer.Justine Pasiecnik, the oldest of the three sisters,...


Investing in the future at Big River Chestnuts Farm in Sunderland
09-07-2021 4:42 PM

By CHRIS LARABEE

SUNDERLAND — At first glance, it might seem like Jono Neiger’s 7-acre plot of land next to the Connecticut River is an unkempt, chaotic mess, with underbrush spilling from the rows of young chestnut trees.However, there’s a method to the madness for...


An asparagus to be reckoned with: Spectacular spear soars skyward in Easthampton
05-21-2020 8:32 AM

By BERA DUNAU

Asparagus, one of the culinary treats of spring, has a long history in the Pioneer Valley. And some more of that history just might be growing in one couple’s yard.Charlotte Briggs and her wife have a spear of asparagus growing in their yard that was...


Valley has rich history of growing tobacco
09-15-2019 9:00 PM

By DOMENIC POLI

Editor’s Note: This story is part of a week-long series about the state of farming in Franklin County.Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. But, other times, that smoke you’re holding is wrapped in a tobacco leaf grown along the Connecticut River — in...


Bowing to financial pressures, Davenport gives up dairy
01-07-2018 6:39 PM

By DIANE BRONCACCIO

SHELBURNE — As far as anyone can remember, the 365-acre Davenport Farm has had dairy cows in the Patten Hill district.The rolling hills had cows when the first Davenports bought the property in 1913, says Maegen (Davenport) Senser, who was raised on...

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