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Published: 4/21/2021 8:51:14 AM Elly Vaughan bought the farm that would become Belchertown’s Phoenix Fruit Farm in 2017 after working as its manager. Since taking over, she has planted new varieties of fruit trees, brought the farm into the vegetable business and opened a farm store. This year, however, something happened on her farm that Vaughan had never seen before: She assembled an all-woman pruning crew. Vaughan, 35, has been farming since her college years, but she’s never worked on a crew that’s all women. “Most of the times you’re the only woman on the crew,” she said. The crew was formed after her assistant grower, Natalie Goodman, suggested bringing in some friends she knew from rock climbing for the pruning work. ....
Published: 4/15/2021 1:23:54 PM BELCHERTOWN Elly Vaughan bought the farm that would become Phoenix Fruit Farm in 2017, after working as its manager. Since taking over she has planted new varieties of fruit trees, brought the farm into the vegetable business and opened a farm store. This year, however, something happened on her farm that Vaughan had never seen before: She assembled an all-woman pruning crew. Vaughan, 35, has been farming since her college years, but she’s never worked on a crew that’s all women. “Most of the times you’re the only woman on the crew,” she said. The crew was formed after her assistant grower, Natalie Goodman, suggested bringing in some friends she knew from rock climbing for the pruning work. ....