Tag: dairy farmers
Forgotten Farms screening
Forgotten Farms examines class divides in our farm and food communities. Most people buy their food in supermarkets and don’t have a chance to meet their farmer, as the bumper sticker […]
Forgotten Farms screening
Forgotten Farms examines class divides in our farm and food communities. Most people buy their food in supermarkets and don’t have a chance to meet their farmer, as the bumper sticker […]
Forgotten Farms screening
Forgotten Farms examines class divides in our farm and food communities. Most people buy their food in supermarkets and don’t have a chance to meet their farmer, as the bumper sticker […]
MADF at the Big E!
The Cat in the Hat said hello to the MA Association of Dairy Farmers at the Big E on Massachusetts Day. Come and check out MADF in the MA building […]
‘Butter is back,’ dairy farmer says at groundbreaking for Agri-Mark’s West Springfield expansion
Consumer demand for milk varies, but cows make milk 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Dairy Farmers Hope to Cultivate Support
Dairy farmers across the commonwealth have seen the price of milk remain relatively stagnant while the price of production continues to rise. A tax credit has been distributed to dairy farmers across the state, but that law has not been updated since 2008.
Struggling Massachusetts Dairy Farmers Plead for Additional Tax Relief
By Andy Metzger State House News Service STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, JUNE 28, 2017—Massachusetts dairy farms are a bucolic reminder of the state’s more agricultural past and while technology and development […]
Ask the Joint Committee on Revenue to Support an Increase in the Dairy Tax Credit
Call or email members of the Joint Committee on Revenue today and ask them to support HB 2616.
Buying local at mini-mart supports local dairy farms
Massachusetts is more self-sufficient for milk and dairy than any other food product: about 20 percent of the milk consumed in Massachusetts is produced here and most of the milk consumed is produced in the Northeast.
Rockwood Farm plans to build a methane digestor
The town’s select board plans to power their municipal buildings with credits purchased from Rockwood Farm.
