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PICNIC LUNCHBREAK: ENJOYING TAKEOUT FROM WEST END GRILL AT KINGSTON’S GRAYS BEACH PARK
Enjoying Takeout, Outside. Images and words by Kezia Bacon. Picnic Lunchbreak is a weekly column...
Seafood
Novel Coronavirus Helps/ Hinders Local Food Scene : The Seafood Industry
By Lauren Diggin. Intro: When coronavirus started creeping through Massachusetts in early March,...
Made Locally
Local Provisions: Town Farm Tonics – tea and syrups, Westport MA
Words and photo by Mandy McAndrews. Heal Tea, Digest Tea, Leather Jar Jacket, Elderberry Syrup...
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It Looks Like A Cut & Dry Business To Me : Farming Hay in Rochester MA
At 78-year-old Ned Johnson is doing what he loves, farming hay in Rochester MA. He started at 12 years old in 1954, while working for a farmer in Mattapoisett. He earned two dollars an hour. “Back then it was a lot of money,” Ned boasted.
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Aww, Shucks : TIME FOR SWEET SUMMER CORN
By Mike Gioscia. Sweet corn has been enjoyed in these parts of Southeastern Massachusetts since...
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Food For Thought: Keep Calm and Farm On
by Pamela Denholm. Seasons are marked by melting snow, migrating crows, and the farming calendar:...
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Hip-Hip-Hopping Along – Independent Fermentations Hop Farm, Plymouth MA
The Indie Ferm Hop Yard preserves agricultural land in Plymouth with its hop crops.
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Farmer & Chef: A Dynamic Duo
By Julia Powers. Are you a dedicated locavore? When looking for a new restaurant to try, does the...
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Scarecrows with Brains
Laser scarecrows protect local cornfields from avian devastation.
Read MoreEdible Community • Building A Community, One Crop at a Time
by Karen J. Covey. Did you know that 1 out of every 3 children in New Bedford and Fall River is living in a household unable to meet its basic food needs? Startling and true. Hunger in our community is a very real issue...
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Tilth & Timber
By Jillian Rivers. Quitting your job, selling most of your belongings, hitting the road in a...
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Heart of Soule • Middleboro
The town of Middleborough did something truly amazing and forward thinking in the 1980s: they...
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