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The Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources Commissioner will visit farms in Berkshire County next week.
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New York’s Farm Workers Fair Laborers Practices Act mandates that all farmworkers, including foreign visa employees, receive overtime after working 60…
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A helicopter will be flying over farm fields in western Massachusetts this week and next dropping what’s called a cover crop in hopes of protecting the…
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By the late nineteenth century, Americans rich and poor had come to expect high-quality fresh beef with almost every meal. Beef production in the United…
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Today on Food Friday we discuss farming and farmers markets. In the studio are three farmers. First up is Dale-Ila Riggs of The Berry Patch in…
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The number of female farmers is on the rise across New York. A Center for Economic Growth analysis of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s newly released…
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Farming has been in John Connell's family for generations, but he never intended to follow in his father's footsteps. Until, one winter, after more than a…
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New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed a farmworkers’ rights bill into law Wednesday that will for the first time give the workers benefits other employees…
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An amendment to the federal Farm Bill passed by the House and Senate is intended to support farmers and the craft beer industry.Senator Kirsten…
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A nonprofit organization is making emergency loans available to farmers in part of western Massachusetts who suffered losses due to the weather this…