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Orange Farmers Market back at Butterfield Park
05-23-2025 12:10 PM

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — The Orange Farmers Market is back at its old home, Butterfield Park.

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Farmers eye ‘forever chemical’ legislation
05-23-2025 1:28 PM

By CHINANU OKOLI

Some local farmers hope bills to mitigate PFAS contamination in Massachusetts could safeguard their work and protect their lives.


Longtime farmers retire, close Butynski’s Farm Stand in Greenfield
05-14-2025 2:18 PM

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — It’s the end of an era for local agriculture, as Butynski’s Farm Stand has ceased operations following the retirement of the four people in charge of it.


Farm-to-school initiative takes root at Union 38 schools
05-12-2025 11:36 AM

By CHRIS LARABEE

CONWAY — Each month at Conway Grammar School, students are treated to a pop-up tasting event inspired by local farm products with offerings ranging from potatoes to kale.


Conway barn destroyed in blaze likely caused by lightning strike
05-03-2025 9:51 PM

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

CONWAY — After it was struck by lightning, a barn containing farm equipment at 14 Sabans Road was destroyed Saturday afternoon, according to Fire Chief Robert Baker.


The proof is in the soil: Shelburne resident shares principles of biodynamic farming
04-25-2025 9:36 AM

By EVELINE MACDOUGALL

When Shelburne resident Elisha Poulin gave a public presentation recently about biodynamic farming and gardening, there were occasional quizzical expressions on the faces of some attendees. Yet I was primed to listen with an open mind, thanks to a comment made last fall by Greenfield resident Ryan Nestor, who I interviewed for a story about growing sweet potatoes.


Bill would allow Chapter 61A exception for renewable energy at farms
04-15-2025 4:13 PM

By COLIN A. YOUNG

A recommendation from a task force the Legislature created a decade ago resurfaced last week before the Revenue Committee, which took testimony related to the machinations involved when a farm wants to use a portion of its land to generate both renewable electricity and supplemental income.


Nearly $102K in land stewardship grants to aid three Franklin County farms
04-12-2025 3:40 PM

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

Three Franklin County farms have been awarded $101,875 in land stewardship grants from the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources (MDAR) to aid in maintenance efforts that will ensure the land remains farmable for future generations.


PHOTO: What’s on the menu?
04-08-2025 4:48 PM


Farm owners learn the importance of succession planning at Shelburne workshop
03-30-2025 11:29 AM

By CHRIS LARABEE

SHELBURNE — When it comes to the future of Franklin County farms, there’s so many options: they can be placed under an Agricultural Preservation Restriction, donated to a local conservation agency or sold to the next generation.


Tax amendment could safeguard state’s small farms
03-30-2025 11:27 AM

By CHRIS LISINSKI

BOSTON — A pair of western Massachusetts lawmakers made an urgent plea to their colleagues last week to allow smaller farms to access property tax benefits currently available only to their larger peers.


Pioneer Valley farmers sound off over ag cuts at ‘Attack on Small Farms’ rally
03-24-2025 5:17 PM

By SAMUEL GELINAS

HADLEY — Irate farmers, waving signs and pitchforks, gathered in front of Town Hall on Sunday afternoon as tractors rolled in and the Expandable Brass Band played at the start of an “Attack on Small Farms” protest.


MDAR commissioner pens letter to USDA over uncertain funding and impact on farmers
03-14-2025 4:59 PM

By CHRIS LARABEE

BOSTON — As farmers prepare to head out to the fields for the season, Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources Commissioner Ashley Randle sent a letter to the new U.S. agriculture secretary expressing concerns over uncertain federal funding and other actions taken by the federal government.


State’s new ‘Farm-Pass’ program hopes to ease farm succession planning
02-23-2025 2:01 PM

By CHINANU OKOLI

Applications are rolling in for the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources’ new Farm Transfer Planning Assistance initiative that connects aging farmers and their successors with experienced planners to set retirement goals and figure out how management and assets will be transferred.


Trump spending freeze has Pioneer Valley farmers worried
02-21-2025 4:54 PM

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

As uncertainty swirls around Washington regarding the release of allocated federal funds, farmers in Franklin County are beginning to feel the freeze.


The egg scramble: Bird flu pushes prices sky high, wreaking havoc on businesses, farms and customers
02-19-2025 4:57 PM

By EMILEE KLEINand MADISON SCHOFIELD

Brunch restaurant Jake’s in Northampton is scrambling for eggs.


$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.


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.

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