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By MARY BYRNE

GREENFIELD — The Franklin County Fair is returning for its 174th year this weekend, with a host of new and familiar events expected to bring in as many as 25,000 guests. “Between the two thrill shows, the excitement is already growing rapidly among my...

By MADDIE FABIAN

NORTHAMPTON — With a sunny forecast and a schedule packed with agricultural events, music, motorsports, food and local art, the 206th Three County Fair will kick off Friday and run through Labor Day on Monday.First held in 1818, the Three County Fair...

By CHRIS LARABEE

SOUTH DEERFIELD — As donations flow into the Massachusetts Farm Resiliency Fund, community and state and federal officials let the beer flow Monday night in an effort to raise more money for farmers affected by July’s rainstorms.Dozens of supporters...

By JAMES PENTLAND

As farmers continue to recover from July’s floods with the aid of community support, two government-sponsored funds are gearing up to issue their first checks.With donations pushing the Massachusetts Farm Resiliency Fund beyond $2 million,...

By BELLA LEVAVI

HEATH — Visitors can take a step back in time when the annual Heath Fair returns this weekend, which organizers say is what keeps guests coming back year after year. “It’s what hasn’t changed that makes us different,” said Jessica O’Neill, president...

By DOMENIC POLI

You’re unlikely to hear any squealing from local pig farmers about the impending enforcement of voter-approved pork regulations, as they say they’re already in compliance with the law aimed at improving the living conditions of swines raised for...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HADLEY — Each weighing just 35 pounds or less at birth, but getting bigger each day, Nichelino, Naples and Novara are among the newest heifer calves at Barstow’s Longview Farm.While numerous calves are being raised in the calf barn at the dairy farm...

By SHERYL HUNTER

If you are in need of some feel-good music that will have you dancing until your feet hurt, then The Gaslight Tinkers are the band for you. The Tinkers are from Brattleboro, Vermont, and are known for uplifting, high-energy shows that always have...

By CHRIS LARABEE

CONWAY — Just a few weeks after losing its main field to the South River’s floodwaters, Natural Roots has reached its initial $85,000 GoFundMe goal through hundreds of community donations.As of Wednesday, the farm had raised more than $87,000 to...

By CHRIS LARABEE

CONWAY — As farms around the region determine their plans going forward following unprecedented rainstorms, U.S. Sen. Ed Markey and several other state and federal partners emphasized the opportunity in this moment to prepare farmers for a changing...

By JULIAN MENDOZA

TURNERS FALLS — The annual Pocumtuck Homelands Festival will serve as an intertribal confluence once again this weekend, returning to Unity Park for its 10th year.Organized by the Nolumbeka Project — a nonprofit dedicated to cultural and historical...

By MADDIE FABIAN

BOSTON — Food access and insecurity, farmland and economic development top the list of priorities for the current legislative session for the Food System Caucus, one of the largest caucuses in the Massachusetts Legislature that’s co-chaired by Sen....

By JAMES PENTLAND

HATFIELD — Farmers who lost crops to this month’s floods, the February freeze and May frost will be able to seek compensation from a new $20 million fund announced Monday by Senate President Karen Spilka.“We have added $20 million to the supplemental...

By JAMES PENTLAND

Park Hill Orchard in Easthampton and Antonellis Farm in Deerfield are among 165 recipients of $26.3 million in food security grants announced last week by Gov. Maura Healey.Farms and other organizations applied for the grants for specific projects....

By SCOTT MERZBACH

EASTHAMPTON — Between 30 and 35 acres of fields remain submerged at Pepin Farm in Easthampton, including land with hay and oats for cattle feed.Continuing to reel from floods and wet weather, Pepin Farm owner Ken “Skip” Pepin was among farmers who...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

A federal disaster area declaration for the region is being sought by the U.S. senators from Massachusetts and the U.S. representatives for the state’s four westernmost counties following the floods that have destroyed crops at area farms and the...

By CHRIS LARABEE

DEERFIELD — As more rain pounded the region on Sunday, Gov. Maura Healey and other state officials visited Deerfield on Monday afternoon to hear firsthand accounts of the damage — including disease-related impacts that could be seen in the future —...

By BELLA LEVAVI

DEERFIELD — As farmers assess the impact of last week’s flooding on their livelihoods and the future of the season’s crops, federal lawmakers visited the area on Saturday to see the damage firsthand.U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren and U.S. Rep. Jim...

By CHRIS LARABEE

CONWAY — With Natural Roots anticipating a total loss of its main fields following Monday’s flooding, the farmers have started a GoFundMe to help recoup their losses.After assessing the damage left in the wake of the storm, alongside visits from...