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Local legislators’ bill concerning health, agriculture now law
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Emily Niedziela of Hadley works at Route 9 Farmstand in Hadley, Wednesday, Set. 2, 2020. GAZETTE FILE PHOTO
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A bill filed by two local legislators giving farmers, farm stands, farmers markets and others involved in agriculture a say in the development of local health regulations was signed into law this week.
State Sen. Adam Hinds, D-Pittsfield, and state Rep. Natalie Blais, D-Sunderland, filed the bill (S2446), which gives agricultural commissions input on boards of health regulations, requiring local boards to consider comments and recommendations from their town’s or city’s agricultural commissions when they are developing regulations relating to farming and agriculture.
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Rodney Kunath at his home in Northampton. STAFF PHOTO/GRETA JOCHEM
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NORTHAMPTON For years, city resident Rodney Kunath has wanted Northampton to close caption its public meetings.
“In the City Council meetings, there should be a screen showing closed captions,” Kunath said on Tuesday as he sat in his living room wearing a Clarke School baseball hat.
Kunath, who is deaf, is a member of the city’s Disability Commission and graduated in 1958 from what was then called the Clarke School for the Deaf. He moved back to the city in 1985.
Local legislators’ bill concerning health, agriculture now law
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Modified: 1/18/2021 1:14:59 PM
A bill filed by two local legislators giving farmers, farm stands, farmers markets and others involved in agriculture a say in the development of local health regulations was signed into law this week.
State Sen. Adam Hinds, D-Pittsfield, and state Rep. Natalie Blais, D-Sunderland, filed the bill (S2446), which gives agricultural commissions input on boards of health regulations, requiring local boards to consider comments and recommendations from their town’s or city’s agricultural commissions when they are developing regulations relating to farming and agriculture.
“It’s critical that those impacted by regulations related to farming and agriculture have the right to be a part of the process good policy should be inclusive,” Hinds said.