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More farmstands could soon be available for people in Mass. to spend a local benefit
The Healthy Incentives Program, known as HIP, provides food insecure households with funds to buy produce from farmstands, farmers markets and farm share programs around the commonwealth. -
Farmers still struggling to enroll in state program that helps people afford fresh produce
The Healthy Incentives Program, known as HIP, provides food insecure households with money to buy produce from farmstands and farmers markets. HIP recipients can only buy from farmers and farmers markets that are enrolled in the program. -
After more than a century, an old Massachusetts cranberry farm gets new life as a wetland
Century Bog was sold to the state by its last owner, the A.D. Makepeace Company, in 2010, to become part of the Red Brook Wildlife Management Area. Now it’s being restored to the natural wetland that was once there. -
Soaring diesel prices squeeze Mass. farmers
The high price of fuel is eating into farmers’ already tight profit margins at a time when they’re especially reliant on diesel. -
Mass. hands out $300K to shellfish harvesters hurt this summer by sewage overflow
Shellfish operations on large part of North Shore faced 12-day emergency closure after sewage spilled into Merrimack River in June -
Where have all the soft-shell clams gone? Scientists and shellfishers seek answers.
A scientific-commercial partnership has sparked research to better understand the life and death of a North Shore export. -
20 Fall Food Festivals in New England
Explore the wide array of New England food festivals including the What the Fluff? Festival, the Vermont Cheesemakers Festival, Maine's Garlic Fest, and Wellfleet Oysterfest. -
This summer, we all scream for seasonal, artisanal ice cream
Under the Radar speaks with two local ice cream shops to learn how their products are an extension of the farm-to-table culinary trends -
Mass. health officials see uptick in cyclospora cases
The number of cyclospora cases in the state so far this year has increased to 147, the highest level of reports of the parasitic infection since 2019. -
Haverhill culinary program cooks up opportunities for adults with intellectual disabilities
Organizers say adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities are an untapped pool of talent often overlooked in the workplace.