We are a group of farmers and agricultural professionals whose lives and careers have been influenced by our time with the New England Small Farm Institute at the Lampson Brook Farm property in Belchertown.We are writing to express our strong support.
A letter in the Feb. 28 Gazette suggested that Lampson Brook Farm be turned over to the Nipmuc tribe of what are called “indigenous” people. The writers assert that Nipmucs would be better stewards of the land than other candidates, and that may well.
We are a group of farmers and agricultural professionals whose lives and careers have been influenced by our time with the New England Small Farm Institute at the Lampson Brook Farm property in Belchertown.We are writing to express our strong support.
We are writing on behalf of the Western Mass Chapter of Showing Up for Racial Justice to voice our opinion about a public process underway in Belchertown. The Lampson Brook Farm is a 400-plus acre piece of farmland owned by the state and currently.
Lampson Brook Farm in Belchertown protected from development
Updated May 14, 2021;
Posted May 14, 2021
State Sen. Eric Lesser, D-Longmeadow, discusses the permanent protection of 436 acres of Belchertown land from non-agriculture development on Thursday, May 13, 2021. (Jim Russell photo)
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BELCHERTOWN – Permanent protection against non-agriculture development of 436 acres of meadows and forest is now in progress at the Lampson Brook Farm property.
This milestone was celebrated on the property Thursday at an event organized by state Sen. Eric Lesser, D-Longmeadow.
It is just the beginning of a process to ensure the bucolic space is forever preserved, he said. It builds on past efforts going back decades, following closure of Belchertown State School dairy farm, on which much of the property formerly was part of.