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2021 Power 50: The most influential people in the Central Mass. economy
Updated: May 10, 2021Power dynamics in the Central Massachusetts business community made two major shifts in 2021, due to the two major events upending the entire global community.
Updated: May 10, 2021
2021 Power 50: Joseph Villatico
Updated: May 10, 2021For decades, towns and developers in Central Massachusetts have tussled with what to do with the aging mill buildings peppered around the region. Although housing and mixed-use developments have become popular in recent years, Joseph Villatico has
Updated: May 10, 2021
2021 Power 50: Grace Lam
Updated: May 10, 2021How much of a sensation is Fivefork Farms in Upton? Well, if the fact that its Instagram following is roughly seven times that of the town it operates in is any indication, the answer is a pretty major one.
Updated: May 10, 2021
2021 Power 50: Ross Bradshaw
Updated: May 10, 2021After years of planning, building and navigating the license process, Ross Bradshaw finally opened the doors to his Worcester cannabis dispensary, New Día on March 1.
Updated: May 10, 2021
Egg prices, supply may ride on voter law changes
May 5, 2021A collection of animal rights organizations and commercial egg farmers, once opponents, are joining forces to urge prompt reform of the state's cage-free standards law before it takes effect in January while warning of price spikes on the horizon.
May 5, 2021
Growing community: Sustainably minded young farmers make Central Mass. a national leader
Updated: March 29, 2021If it seems like farmers markets and CSAs – wherein customers generally pay a farm upfront for produce and/or flower shares to be distributed at regular intervals over the course of the growing season – are increasing in popularity, that’s because
Updated: March 29, 2021
WBJ Podcast: The wonderful world of gourmet craft chocolate
February 23, 2021After exploring chocolate-making as a hobby for years, Monica & Tom Rogan left their careers in Los Angeles behind to found Goodnow Farms Chocolate at a 225-year-old farm in Sudbury. The couple joins the WBJ Podcast to discuss what it takes to
February 23, 2021
Q&A: Lookout Farm overhauls U-pick, grows brewing operations
October 6, 2020Lookout Farm spoke with WBJ about how its brew operations work in conjunction with the farming side of business, as well as what it’s been like weathering the coronavirus pandemic.
October 6, 2020
COVID Stories: Central Mass Grown helped farmers connect with customers
August 20, 2020Food insecurity and empty shelves were a large part of the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic. Many consumers scrambled and panicked about barren shelves and rising prices.
August 20, 2020
WBJ Podcast: 40 Under Forty winners Kate Marquis & Abed Hamid
August 17, 2020Joining the WBJ Podcast are two of this year's winners: Kate Marquis from her company Lilac & Oak in North Brookfield, and Abed Hamid from Charlton manufacturer KARL STORZ Endovision.
August 17, 2020
40 Under Forty 2020: Grace Sliwoski
Updated: August 17, 2020Raised in Main South, Grace Sliwoski spends her time committed to her community’s youth and increasing its accessibility to healthy, local food.
Updated: August 17, 2020
40 Under Forty 2020: Kate Marquis
Updated: August 17, 2020Early this year, she opened Lilac & Oak, a flower farm in New Braintree and forestry business in North Brookfield, selling dry organic flowers for crafts and helping landowners make sustainably minded decisions regarding their forested land.
Updated: August 17, 2020
WBJ announces the 40 Under Forty, Class of 2020
Updated: August 17, 2020This year’s 40 Under Forty class is certainly like no other. Although full of the archetypal up-and-coming leaders of Central Massachusetts business organizations, each member of the Class of 2020 has found a way to thrive in the midst of an
Updated: August 17, 2020
Locally sourced foods find platform on state exchange
August 11, 2020Pints of cherry tomatoes grown in Beverly, hundreds of pounds of salmon and haddock from a Boston pier, jars of curries and chutneys prepared by a Newton retailer, and communications support for local farms and fisheries are among the kaleidoscope
August 11, 2020
2020 Power 50: Dr. Karen Munkacy, MD
Updated: May 25, 2020Munkacy doesn’t need to cite research or talk to others to tout the medical benefits of cannabis. She’s gone through a medical crisis without it, and doesn’t want others to have to do the same.
Updated: May 25, 2020
The new guide to business longevity, by multi-generational companies
Updated: April 27, 2020Four multigenerational Central Mass. businesses owners underscore the importance of mixing up both their goods and their services, as well as an overwhelming willingness to adapt to customer requests and market demands.
Updated: April 27, 2020
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