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County Committees help deliver USDA Farm Service Agency farm programs at the local level. Farmers who serve on committees help decide the kind of programs their counties will offer. They work to make FSA agricultural programs serve the needs of local producers.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is conducting its annual County Committee election. The nomination period for these elections opens on June 15, 2018 and runs through August 1, 2018. It is crucial that every eligible producer take part in this election because county committees are a direct link between the farm community and the USDA.

The Local Administrative Areas holding elections this year and the towns they are comprised of are as follows:

Local Administrative Area 1: Attleboro, Dighton, Easton, Mansfield, North Attleboro, Norton, Rehoboth, and Seekonk.

Local Administrative Area 4: Bellingham, Dover, Foxboro, Franklin, Medfield, Medway, Millis, Needham, Norfolk, Norwood, Plainville, Walpole, Wellesley, Westwood, and Wrentham.

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BY JONATHAN GRAY

Since 2009, The Town of Medway has been leasing out a small 7-acre parcel of farmland carved out between Winthrop Street and the Chicken Brook to the Medway Community Farm, a nonprofit enterprise that has much broader goals than simply growing high quality and nutritious vegetables. Over the years, what was originally a very small growing operation has blossomed into a true community resource, providing both food and education for the Medway community. Back in May, I stopped in at Medway Community Farm to see what all the buzz was about (pun intended, they have close to 20 beehives on site).

The Medway Community Farm stand at 50 Winthrop St.

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SEMAP has so many fun events going on this summer and we hope to see you at some of them.

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