Just Root News Today

One of the groups that received a grant provides free cooking classes and nutritional coaching for communities on the South and West sides.

Food safety and infrastructure upgrades are in store for a handful of Franklin County farms thanks to state and federal grant awards.Of the $1 million in grants awarded to 23 farms through the Agricultural Food Safety Improvement Program and nearly...

GREENFIELD — Having grown up on an Easthampton farm, Laura Fisher is getting back to her roots in her new role as executive director of Just Roots farm.Fisher, whose first day on the job was Aug. 8, replaces Jessica O’Neill, who left at the end of...

GREENFIELD — Having grown up on an Easthampton farm, Laura Fisher is getting back to her roots in her new role as executive director of Just Roots farm.Fisher, whose first day on the job was Aug. 8, replaces Jessica O’Neill, who left at the end of...

The ground is thawing. Days are more light than dark now. Songbirds call it out — spring is here.“This is my 20th year farming,” says Meryl LaTronica, “and even though we’re working pretty much year-round, I still get that feeling like, ‘OK, it’s go...

Giving Tuesday started as an idea in 2012. Nine years later, the idea of a national day of giving five days after Thanksgiving is picking up steam and obtaining the same type of social media push previously reserved for Black Friday, Small Business...

Giving Tuesday started as an idea in 2012. Nine years later, the idea of a national day of giving five days after Thanksgiving is picking up steam and obtaining the same type of social media push previously reserved for Black Friday, Small Business...

GREENFIELD — Greening Greenfield’s “Planting for Pollinators” event Saturday afternoon sowed the idea of insect-friendly gardens in its participants’ minds.The event, held at Just Roots, brought 15 people together to plant a pollinator-friendly garden...