New England Fishermen Adapting To Heavy Regulation
These are challenging times for New England’s fisheries: there’s a history of overfishing to overcome; climate change is impacting habitat; many fishermen don’t trust the science which attempts to...
View ArticleAt The Farm School, Making The Leap From The Boardroom To The Cornfield
Massachusetts is one of the few states that’s seen an increase in the number of working farms in recent years, and The Farm School in Athol is helping aspiring farmers make the leap from the boardroom...
View ArticleIn Athol, Learning The Rhythm Of Farm Life
The Farm School in Athol, Massachusetts is a 25 year-old training program where lawyers, teachers, and others learn the ins and outs of farming -- and possibly -- find a new career. A year ago, Nick...
View ArticleBringing Commercial Farming Back To Boston
For much of Boston's history, agriculture was a thriving business, but Allendale Farm in Chestnut Hill is the lone historic farm left. Now there’s a movement to bring commercial farming back to the...
View ArticleMoving Commercial Farming To Boston Rooftops
When most people think of farming, they think of the country life, but in Boston, commercial farms are sprouting all over urban neighborhoods and they are challenging our ideas of what a farm can...
View ArticleIn Boston, Grow Your Own Birds And Bees
From community gardens to rooftop farms, urban agriculture is booming in Boston. But there is one part of country life that city dwellers have been slower to embrace. Farm animals are still unwelcome...
View ArticleOpiate Legislation Gains Steam, Democrats Split On War Votes And John Oliver...
Aside from perhaps the 2024 Olympics, few issues have generated more rhetoric among Massachusetts politicians this year than opiate addiction. Actual progress has not always been able to match the good...
View ArticleFriday News Quiz: Beez In The Trap
On the Friday News Quiz, Noah Wilson-Rich and Sean Cahill -- cofounders of Best Bees -- went head-to-head over the week's news. The two make it their business to set up other businesses and private...
View ArticleNew England Can't Compete With Other Food Growing Regions. Or Can It?
The northeast is a terrible place to be a farmer.
View ArticleGenetically Modified Food: Worries Outstrip The Science
Mike and Linda Gioscia remember how anxious their son Ethan used to be when he was a toddler.
View ArticleNutrition Inequality: The Gap Between The Poor And Everyone Else
Community-supported agriculture programs [CSAs], small farms from which people buy "shares" in exchange for weekly boxes of produce, have become popular over the last 10 years, fueling the local food...
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