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Agriculture
Farmers eye carveout for solar power installations
April 16, 2025Sen. Becca Rausch of Needham questioned why clean energy is singled out when farms have other needs as well.
April 16, 2025
Manufacturing awards: Knott is fighting to prevent tariffs from hurting customers and companies
Updated: April 7, 2025Jim Knott, Jr. has been a crucial part of Riverdale Mills since the company was founded in 1980.
Updated: April 7, 2025
Q&A: Fresh food & community at the Market on Brussels
Updated: April 7, 2025Market on Brussels in Worcester is bringing farm-fresh produce straight to the city.
Updated: April 7, 2025
Proposed tax change could help state’s small farms
March 26, 2025A pair of western Massachusetts lawmakers made an urgent plea to their colleagues Tuesday to allow smaller farms to access property tax benefits currently available only to their larger peers.
March 26, 2025
Cannabis regulators warn against potentially unsafe marijuana from two companies
February 5, 2025Massachusetts cannabis regulators have sounded the alarm over potentially harmful products sold by two marijuana companies, who are both pushing back against the need for the notice and the state’s haphazard testing system.
February 5, 2025-
Worcester nonprofit starts urban mushroom farm to address food insecurity
December 4, 2024Taking a unique approach to addressing the mounting issue of food insecurity throughout the state, Worcester-based nonprofit Southeast Asian Coalition of Central Massachusetts has launched an urban mushroom-growing farm.
December 4, 2024
Mass. legalizes craft beer sales at farmers markets
November 25, 2024The legislative change, completed as part of the sweeping economic development bill signed by Gov. Maura Healey on Thursday, allows for direct-to-consumer sales for off-site consumption.
November 25, 2024
Shrewsbury company partnering with USAID to establish coffee-focused academy for women and youth in African nation of Burundi
November 12, 2024The project is seeking to create 600 new jobs and increase exports to the United States by $400,000 by the end of 2026.
November 12, 2024
Out of the weeds: From prohibition to profits, the last 35 years have seen big changes in cannabis
Updated: October 28, 2024In 2016, 53.6% of Massachusetts voters cast a ballot in favor of legalizing marijuana like alcohol, kicking off the creation of an industry that has so far led to more than $6 billion in sales.
Updated: October 28, 2024
The Devens evolution: A three-decade transformation of the shuttered Army base is bearing fruit. What’s next for the budding innovation hub?
Updated: October 28, 2024The U.S. military base known as Fort Devens closed in 1996, jettisoning more than 7,000 local military and civilian jobs.
Updated: October 28, 2024
Mass. attorney general sues Grafton food waste company over odor emissions
October 17, 2024As the latest chapter of the ongoing issues surrounding Grafton-based food waste conversion company Feedback Earth, the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office has filed a lawsuit in Suffolk Superior Court, alleging the company has been releasing
October 17, 2024
To better understand outdoor marijuana growing, regulators tour Hubbardston farm
October 4, 2024Massachusetts cannabis regulators took a guided tour of a outdoor cannabis farm on Thursday, in an attempt to learn more about issues facing the relatively-small number of businesses in the state who have attempted to take marijuana production back
October 4, 2024
Outdoor cannabis farmers provide feedback to regulators
August 23, 2024Mindful of how difficult it is to grow much of anything in the outdoor climate of Massachusetts, never mind growing a crop that is legal here but still entirely prohibited at the federal level, the Cannabis Control Commission traveled to Great
August 23, 2024
40 Under Forty 2024: Andrew Shepherd, a man of many talents
Updated: August 19, 2024A business owner, farmer, firefighter, and active community member, Shepherd is a bit of a renaissance man.
Updated: August 19, 2024
40 Under Forty alumni: Nancy Rose, Class of 2010 - turned the family farm into a year-round destination
Updated: August 19, 2024Since 2010, Rose has grown Red Apple Farm into a sustainable year-round business with her husband, Albert Rose.
Updated: August 19, 2024
40 Under Forty alumni: Ashley Randle, Class of 2022 - leads state department of agriculture
Updated: August 19, 2024In the short time since she was honored as a 40 Under Forty in 2022, Randle has risen to the top of the department tasked with nurturing the state’s agricultural industry, becoming the first female leader in the 100+ year history of MDAR.
Updated: August 19, 2024
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