U.S. dairy producers are facing the business-crippling burden of multi-year price lows. Milk prices have dropped by more than 40 percent in the past two years, and the Dairy Margin Protection Program (DMPP) has not provided the safety net needed to cope with this decline. As a result, additional avenues for direct assistance must be explored […]
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The Carrot Project is excited to announce Deepening Roots, Growing Success, a business training program for current or aspiring Boston-based urban farmers and locally-sourced food processing business operators. The training program with a Saturday Intensive Crash Introduction to the world of growing, sourcing, and processing local foods. Local experts and business leaders will present on
BY KAREN SCHWALBE Locally grown food is on our minds every day and it is really exciting when a local business ‘gets it.’ Kathryn Hackett, owner of Cranberry Vine Catering in Pembroke, is one of our most enthusiastic members. Sourcing locally is part of her day-to-day routine for her catering business. Last spring when delivering
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BY KENDRA MURRAY Being a lifelong Acushnet resident, I can say I’ve easily driven by Stone Bridge Farm thousands of times. It was always just another cranberry bog to me, one of many in Southeastern Massachusetts. Over the past couple of years, though, I’ve gotten to know the owners Scott and Joanne Harding and learn
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BY ERIN TORTORA, Director of Resources, Crave Food Services For the last year, WhatsGood has been bringing together purchasers and purveyors to provide an easy and efficient means of ordering direct and managing the relationships. WhatsGood is an online marketplace that connects wholesale food purchasers such as chefs and food service directors, with local purveyors
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