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State Wire: Celebrating 30 Years Of Puerto Rican “Agri-Culture” In Mass

Written by KATHRYN CARLEY Posted October 4, 2022 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

"When they come to the farm for the festivals, that's exactly what they say: They feel like they're back home."

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: agriculture, Farms, news, news to us

Invasive Spotted Lanternfly Alert!

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted May 24, 2022 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

Mass. agriculture department warns that egg masses may have been accidentally brought in on nursery stock imported from other states

This just in from state officials: Beware the spotted lanternfly!

According to a Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources press release, MDAR leadership “is asking the public to keep an eye out for the invasive pest known as spotted lanternfly (SLF, scientific ...  read more

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: agriculture, alert, Farm, garden, Massachusetts, spotted lanternfly, state government, Warning

JESSICA RICE OF THE TRUSTEES ON BEING A FEMALE FARMER, READYING FOR SPRING

Written by SAMANTHA HERRMANN Posted March 16, 2021 Filed Under: LIFESTYLE

“You spend so much time tenderly loving these little, tiny seedlings, hoping that they grow, and then you shove them in the ground.”

Filed Under: LIFESTYLE Tagged With: agriculture, farming, Powisset Farm

“WON’T SOMEBODY PLEASE THINK OF THE CHILDREN?!”

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted February 6, 2018 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

Apparent Horizon column North Andover MA collage

 

Moral panic hamstrings promising North Andover cannabis farm deal

 

Last fall, I wrote about the history of Osgood Landing—a large industrial facility in North Andover—as part of a column (“An Andover North Andover ...  read more

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: agriculture, Alcatel, Apparent Horizon, ban, cannabis, Column, Democracy, economy, fail, Farm, grow, indoor, Industry, Jason Pramas, Lucent, Marijuana, Merrimack Valley, moral, news, North Andover, Osgood Landing, panic, Politics, pot, prohibition, reactionary, retrograde, town meeting, weed, Western Electric, zoning

AN AMAZON NORTH ANDOVER DEAL?

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted September 26, 2017 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

Sketch of the Merrimack Valley Works plant at North Andover while under construction in 1955

 

Merrimack Valley pols courting the tech behemoth have forgotten recent history

 

A couple of weeks ago, I criticized the possibility of an Amazon ...  read more

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Activism, agriculture, Amazon, Apparent Horizon, AT&T, Boston, cannabis, capitalism, corporation, criticism, deal, factory, Farm, General Electric, Giveaway, Haverhill, Jason Pramas, jobs, labor, Lawrence, Ma Bell, Marijuana, Massachusetts, Merrimack Valley, Methuen, North Andover, Osgood Landing, plant, Politics, public, subcontracting, taxes, union, works

THIS IS WHAT PROHIBITION LOOKS LIKE IN A LEGAL STATE

Written by DAN MCCARTHY Posted September 17, 2017 Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, The Tokin' Truth

Inside the war against cannabis in Milford, which could have major Commonwealth-wide implications

Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, The Tokin' Truth Tagged With: agriculture, Beacon Hill, cannabis, Commonwealth, farming, growing, Joint Committee on Marijuana Policy, legalization, Marijuana, Massachusetts, milford, milford cares, plants, prohibitionists, question 4, State House

TALKING JOINTS MEMO: HEADLINES (8.2.17)

Written by DIG STAFF Posted August 1, 2017 Filed Under: COLUMNS

"Breaking Down The Changes To Mass. Recreational Marijuana Bill" and more

Filed Under: COLUMNS Tagged With: agriculture, Beacon Hill, cannabis, Commonwealth, farming, growing, Joint Committee on Marijuana Policy, legalization, Marijuana, Massachusetts, plants, prohibitionists, question 4, State House

TOUGH ROW TO HOE: LINDA NOEL DISHES DIRT ON CANNABIS FARMING

Written by ANDY GAUS Posted June 13, 2017 Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, The Tokin' Truth

Linda Noel, a co-founder of MassCann/NORML and its current treasurer, is also an active and practicing farmer, growing heirloom tomatoes in Franklin. Here are her thoughts about cannabis farming these days.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, The Tokin' Truth Tagged With: agriculture, Beacon Hill, cannabis, Commonwealth, farming, growing, Joint Committee on Marijuana Policy, legalization, Marijuana, Massachusetts, plants, prohibitionists, question 4, State House

TERMS OF SERVICE: THE PRIVILEGE OF GOOD FOOD

Written by HALEY HAMILTON Posted May 17, 2017 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Eats, LIFESTYLE

“We are a society that wants perfect looking food,” Bezahler said. “Farmers are picking for consumers and we want perfect looking food.”

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Eats, LIFESTYLE Tagged With: agriculture, BINJ, Boston, Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, Brookline, Brookline Adult & Community Education, CSA, Eating Well in Boston, Edible, farmers, Food Policy Issues and Inspiration, Haley Hamilton, Ilene Bezahler, sustainable, Terms of Service

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