Agriculture

Long-awaited regulations on the sale of pork products in Massachusetts will launch in less than three weeks under a new legal agreement between state officials and industry groups.

Bay State farmers whose crops were destroyed in recent floods can now apply for low-interest loans and refinance existing loans, after the U.S. Department of Agriculture designated parts of the state primary natural disaster areas on Tuesday.

Skeptical about the timeline for federal aid, the Healey administration on Thursday backed an effort to raise private donations to help farmers who sustained major damage in a series of flood-inducing storms.

Devens-based Little Leaf Farms named William Hogan as its new executive vice president and CFO.

Grafton food insecurity nonprofit Community Harvest Project has secured an Agricultural Preservation Restriction for its 75-acre apple and peach orchard in Harvard.

Having been pummeled by rainfall in recent days, residents of Franklin County were dealing Tuesday with flooded basements, washed out driveways, roads that have basically turned into rivers and the loss of entire farms' worth of crops.

People are on the move at New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill, Cornerstone Bank, and Thrive Support & Advocacy.

AquaBounty Technologies, a Maynard-based salmon-farming company, has paused construction on its planned 479,000-square-foot Pioneer, Ohio fish farm, because of an increase in projected construction costs.

Community Harvest Project’s food donations have become more critical than ever during the COVID-19 pandemic, and they remain so now as pandemic emergency declaration-related federal and state emergency allotments end and the costs of food continue to rise.

The North Central Massachusetts Development Corp. has loaned $35,000 loan to startup Soto Hydraulic Repair in Winchendon for new equipment.