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Don’t Toss That Sour Milk! And Other Tips To Cut Kitchen Food Waste

Oct 27 2015
imgres-1 NPR – The Salt
by Allison Aubrey
 
One man’s trash is another man’s treasure.
As we show in the video above, this is what chef Dan Barber demonstrated earlier this year, when he temporarily turned Blue Hill, his Michelin-starred restaurant in New [continue reading]

Schools try ‘Just Soup,’ Just Roots Community Farm’s New Product

Oct 24 2015
1062015_13701_0 The Recorder, October 21, 2015 by Chris Curtis
GREENFIELD — The Just Roots community farm’s new Tuscan bean soup had a test run in Greenfield’s elementary schools this week.
The soup was one of the six to emerge from 10 sample varieties the nonprofit farm on town-owned land [continue reading]

Food Plan Aims to Grow Economy and Community

Oct 22 2015
Photo Credit: Eatyourworld.com Photo Credit: Eatyourworld.com
The Recorder, October 22, 2015 by Richie Davis
A Massachusetts Local Food Action plan being released today calls for the state to take steps to beef up agriculture and food production as a way to not only enhance the local food supply, but also to [continue reading]

Are Your Children Roundup-Ready?

Oct 20 2015
Use of the Herbicide Glyphosate Has Skyrocketed Since the 1990s
Source: ThinkStockPhotos.com For thousands of years, children ate the same food their parents ate when they were children. In the United States today, this is no longer the case. Most dramatically, the proliferation of the use of the herbicide glyphosate, [continue reading]

Keep the Soil in Organic

Oct 13 2015
by Dave Chapman
This is my effort to keep you up to date on what has been happening. Our efforts to keep hydroponic produce out of organic certification continues. There are now several lawsuits against the NOP (National Organic Program), brought by a number of national organizations that fear we are losing the integrity [continue reading]

Fund-a-Farmer Grants – Call for Applications!

Sep 26 2015
Fund-a-Farmer Project
FACT is now accepting applications from livestock and poultry farmers for our Fund-a-Farmer grants. The  Fund-a-Farmer Project  provides grants to qualifying humane farmers who need assistance in improving the welfare of their farm animals.
Grants of up to $2,500 will be awarded for projects that help [continue reading]

Industry Watchdog Asks USDA to Ban Use of Wastewater From Fracking and Sewage Systems for Organic Food Production

Sep 9 2015
The Cornucopia Institute has formally called on the USDA to tighten federal standards to prohibit the use of fracking wastewater from oil and gas drilling for irrigation in organic food production.  In addition, the Wisconsin-based farm policy research group is also asking the USDA to ban wastewater from the nation’s municipal sewage treatment systems.  Solid [continue reading]

Pipeline Worries Natural Roots Farm

Aug 26 2015
The Recorder, August 26th, 2015, by Tom Relihan.
In 1998, David Fisher came to Conway with the dream of establishing a farm that would embody his ecological ideals and reverence for all life — a farm powered entirely by horses, allowing it to operate independent of fossil fuels like gasoline and diesel [continue reading]

McGovern Leads State, Federal Officials on Farm Tour of Western Massachusetts

Aug 24 2015
The Daily Hampshire Gazette, August 24th, 2015, by David Eisenstadter
Congressman James McGovern, D-Worcester, kicked off a two-day western Massachusetts farm tour Monday, visiting the North Hadley Sugar Shack and Simple Gifts Farm in North Amherst, along with five others.
“Agriculture is an important part of our economy and I’m interested [continue reading]

Rep. McGovern Tours Area’s Agribusinesses

Aug 24 2015
The Recorder, August 24th, 2015, by Richie Davis.
Congressman Jim McGovern, flanked by a dozen federal and state agricultural officials, including representatives from UMass Extension Service and the Stockbridge School of Agriculture, rolled into Deerfield and Greenfield Monday as part of a two-day tour of farms around the Congressional district, where more [continue reading]

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