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Protecting and expanding MA farmland aids environment, increases food independence and promotes healthy eating, all goals in MA farmland action plan

With the end of the two-month Sumner Tunnel closure also comes the end of a bevy of public transit perks that officials used to entice commuters to “ditch the drive.” Here's what that means for MBTA riders.

Members of the Massachusetts Department of Agriculture will be in western Massachusetts on Tuesday, celebrating the newly-declared Massachusetts Farmers Market Week.

After seeing the damage from Monday's deluge and the flooding it left in its wake both from the air and up-close, Gov. Maura Healey promised local officials and residents of the Pioneer Valley and Berkshires that her administration "will do everything that we can to make sure that we are assisting our communities, assisting residents who are dealing with varying degrees of loss right now."

NORTHAMPTON — PFAS contamination from using treated sludge as a fertilizer, leaving the so-called forever chemicals in the soil and groundwater, has forced the closure of dairy farms in Maine and impacted more than 50 farms in that state.While similar...