HADLEY State lawmakers toured four farms in Hampshire and Franklin counties last month to better understand the challenges facing farming communities in western Massachusetts.The Sept. 17 tour included stops at Simple Gifts Farm in Amherst and Reed.
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CISA elects new board membersSOUTH DEERFIELD Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture (CISA) elected three new board members during its annual meeting in April. Kat Chang Laznicka, Wally Czajkowski and Jenny Ladd will serve three-year.