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Charlotte and Sam Perkins of Bug Hill Farm in Ashfield stand in front of patches of berries, which are made into shrub. The couple moved to Franklin County a few years ago after careers in the eastern end of the state.

Food

Ashfield farmers bringing back fruit shrubs

by Andy Castillo Staff WriterJuly 27, 2019

Peaches at Clarkdale Fruit Farms.

Food

Valley Bounty: A dry, hot summer means sweet peaches

by Noah Baustin For the GazetteJuly 27, 2019

Earlier in July, Jim Thomas of Thomas Farm and Dairy in Sunderland found a class ring belonging to Greenfield resident Caroline Abercrombie.

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After 45 years, class ring found in Sunderland field, returned to owner

by Melina Bourdeau Staff WriterJuly 23, 2019

A worker at Sawmill Herb Farm in Florence.

Food

Valley Bounty: Tulsi thrives on hot summer days

by Noah Baustin For the GazetteJuly 20, 2019

Walter Kownacki, 90, of South Deerfield sits in his hay wagon on Monday with bales from the day before.

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Hanging onto haying: At 90, South Deerfield farmer still active

by Domenic Poli Staff WriterJune 25, 2019

In this April 19, 2018 photo, Seth Crawford, co-owner of Oregon CBD, displays hemp seeds being prepared for sale to industrial hemp farmers at his facility in Monmouth, Ore. Applications for state licenses to grow hemp, marijuana’s non-intoxicating cousin, have increased more than twentyfold since 2015 and Oregon now ranks No. 2 behind Colorado among the 19 states with hemp cultivation. (AP Photos/Gillian Flaccus)

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House passes bill to help grow hemp industry

by Matt Murphy State House News ServiceJune 20, 2019

FILE - This Thursday, Aug. 2, 2018, file photo shows the U.S. Food and Drug Administration building behind FDA logos at a bus stop on the agency's campus in Silver Spring, Md. The Food and Drug Administration’s first broad testing of food for a worrisome class of nonstick, stain-resistant industrial compounds found high levels in some grocery store meats and seafood and in off-the-shelf chocolate cake, according to unreleased findings FDA researchers presented at a scientific conference...

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FDA food sampling finds contamination by ‘forever chemicals’

by Ellen Knickmeyer Associated Press, John Flesher Associated Press, and Michael Casey Associated PressJune 3, 2019

Bridge Street School first graders, from left, Joseph Howard, Louis Phipps and Desmond Corriveau-Roche examine a caterpillar cocoon during a pollinator garden design workshop at the Northampton elementary.

They dig it! Students at Bridge Street School help design a pollinator garden

by Mickey Rathbun For the Gazette May 31, 2019

Fire crews on the scene of a detached garage fire on a farm in Hatfield, May 23, 2019.

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Hatfield farm garage, workshop collapses after fire

by Erin ONeill Digital Audience EditorMay 24, 2019

Lisa Quinones, of Easthampton, takes a bunch of rainbow chard from Ross Hackerson, owner of Gray Dog's Farm in Huntington, at the Easthampton Farmers Market in 2017.

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Easthampton Farmers and Makers Market returns Saturday

by Luis Fieldman Staff Writer May 22, 2019