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Grant-funded refrigerated vans will ease Just Roots farm’s deliveries
Just Roots farm in Greenfield currently uses its refrigerated box truck to deliver food to low- to moderate-income people in Northampton, Holyoke and Springfield. It will begin using two smaller vans it is buying to travel through those urban areas. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
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Published: 5/7/2021 5:18:22 PM
GREENFIELD Just Roots farm on Glenbrook Drive, like many other farms after the COVID-19 pandemic hit, adapted to the new reality to make sure people were fed, especially if they couldn’t leave their homes.
Executive Director Jessica O’Neill said her staff planned door-to-door deliveries in Franklin County, but mostly in Northampton, Holyoke and Springfield.