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My Turn: Roots of wisdom โ€” How small farms preserve their way of life in western Massachusetts

Small family farms are more than businesses; they are a way of life, shaped by generations of experience, sacrifice, and resilience. Every field plowed, every seed planted, every harvest gathered carries with it the wisdom of those who came before. But thereโ€™s no handbook for passing down this knowledge. Instead, it happens in the quiet moments โ€” side by side in the fields, in conversations at the kitchen table, in the habits formed over years of hard work.

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