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A new SMS chatbot launched by the Mayor's Office of Food Access aims to help connect residents to resources that can help combat food insecurity. The tool is part of Boston's larger food access agenda.
At Phoenix Fruit Farm in Belchertown, owner Elly Vaughan is reimagining how a mid-size orchard like hers — one of hundreds in the hills of western Massachusetts — can sustain itself and contribute to a thriving local community.The metaphor of a...
NORTHAMPTON — U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern, D-Worcester, brought his 11th annual farm tour to Florence, Amherst and Franklin County on Wednesday, highlighting farmers who are working to prevent hunger and food insecurity across western and central...
SOUTH DEERFIELD — Following a vote at a Franklin Community Co-op board of directors meeting this week, the cooperative will move forward with its acquisition of the farm store at Atlas Farm.The motion to approve the cooperative’s purchase of Atlas...
Columnist Claire Morenon: Farmers markets now full of the most exciting crops "> Published: 7/28/2021 8:56:09 PM Local businesses of all sorts have been through the wringer over the past year and a half — and at CISA, where we work with local farms, food producers, restaurants, and retailers, we’ve seen their immense flexibility and resilience. Local farmers’ markets, which exist as part business, part community space, part event, and always as a labor of love, faced distinct challenges because of COVID-19. Now that we’re back in the height of the growing season, it’s a good moment ...