Agriculture

Buying local is more than just a marketing phrase and it should matter to you.

IBA Inc., a Millbury-based supplier of dairy farm equipment, will be relocating to a new 70,000-square-foot facility in Sutton with the purchase of the property for just under $2 million. 

Cannabis producer Sira Naturals is planning a third facility in Milford to nearly double its building footprint in town.

Two years and a day after Gov. Charlie Baker signed the state's marijuana law into effect, lawmakers on Monday morning weighed two issues that have proven to be the among the thorniest for regulators.

AquaBounty will soon begin to produce its genetically modified salmon at its facility in Indiana after the U.S. Food & Drug Administration in March lifted an import alert enacted in a 2016 U.S. budget rider banning the product from the U.S.

Environmental protection and recycling advocates aligned with a "zero waste" coalition are gearing up for a Beacon Hill hearing next week on statewide single-use plastic bag ban legislation.

A Maynard company that genetically engineers fish and raises them in controlled settings is looking to soon begin farming salmon in the U.S.

Tree House Brewing Co. is now trying its hand at farming.

Despite facing what may be an insurmountable uphill battle, the developer behind a planned $100-million marijuana growing facility in Charlton plans to continue pushing forward with the project.

The proposed operator of a 1-million-square-foot cannabis cultivation facility is suing the Charlton Planning Board after it denied the company's site plan earlier this month.