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Spring is springing up at Everyday Farm in Gill. Actually, it’s bouncing all over the place.“We’ve had about a hundred lambs born so far this year,” says farmer Hannah Sol. Once all their mother ewes give birth, the number of bleating babies will more.
‘We live in a really interesting spot, where you can almost get all your food from within the region,” says Kelly Hickey, owner and general manager of Atlas Farm Store in South Deerfield. For those interested in putting more local food on their plate.
It’s exciting to know that the Atlas Farm Store was able to fill the gap for their SNAP and HIP (Healthy Incentives Program) customers through fundraising and that they’re now officially a HIP vendor bringing fresh and healthy local produce to eaters.
SOUTH DEERFIELD When the Atlas Farm Store split from the farm itself at the start of 2022, the store’s reauthorization process for food benefits was delayed, leaving shoppers who rely on those programs without any way to access fresh produce.That.