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By BELLA LEVAVI

BERNARDSTON — After several setbacks, Amy and Alex Fiorey are back serving food to the community, this time from a truck. The Fioreys opened the Falltown Cruiser in July, specializing in broasted chicken.The couple opened a restaurant called the...

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

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 BELLA LEVAVI

BERNARDSTON — Sweet Lucy’s Bakeshop owner Lucy Damkoehler will soon be sharing her baking and cooking know-how with the community, thanks to a 275-square-foot addition that houses a classroom space. The expansion was made possible by a $20,000...

By MARY BYRNE

GREENFIELD — Building on years of work by the Franklin County Food Council, a collaboration of local farmers, food entrepreneurs and consumers have worked together in recent months to establish a framework for decision-making and communicating...

By MARY BYRNE

GREENFIELD — A handful of residents joined state officials and people associated with the proposed development of Aldi, the discount supermarket chain based in Germany, for an information session on Thursday morning as part of a review process to...

By BELLA LEVAVI

SHELBURNE FALLS — With his new speakeasy-themed bar, Gypsy Apple Bistro owner Michaelangelo Wescott plans to offer a turn-of-the-century vibe that will be the ideal atmosphere to listen to music, socialize with friends or grab a bite to eat.Wescott...

By MARY BYRNE

Dozens of superintendents, including a handful from Franklin County and the North Quabbin region, have signed a letter to lawmakers urging them to make permanent the universal meals program School Meals for All, rather than just extend it for another...

By JULIAN MENDOZA

MILLERS FALLS — Building on its efforts to help the hungry, the Friends of the Montague Public Libraries has partnered with the Food Bank of Western Massachusetts to provide more fresh food than ever before.According to Library Director Caitlin...

By JULIAN MENDOZA

TURNERS FALLS — End-of-year pizza parties are not an uncommon reward for hard-working students. It’s not often, though, that the pizza is prepared by the students and cooked in an oven they made themselves.This is how sophomores in Matt Gancz’s...

By BELLA LEVAVI

GREENFIELD — Alex Giguere has fond memories of growing up on his grandfather’s Shelburne orchard, planting his own garden and subsisting on the food produced by neighboring farms. Today, those memories, and the philosophy his family lives by, are the...

By JULIAN MENDOZA

SOUTH DEERFIELD — In an effort to combat food insecurity throughout the Pioneer Valley, Atlas Farm has more than doubled the number of stops its traveling produce shop will make in Franklin County this season.Atlas Farm’s Mobile Market, housed inside...

By MADDIE FABIAN

NORTHAMPTON — Wild Roots, known for offering local and organic food in Greenfield and Sunderland, has added a third location, replacing Tandem Bagel Co. at the Northampton Athletic Club.Luke Eriksen, who co-owns Wild Roots with his wife, Kelli...

By DOMENIC POLI

ATHOL — Just as crispy bacon pairs with fresh scrambled eggs, Quabbin Food Connector has planned a seven-town, self-guided food and farm tour on Saturday to complement “Crossroads: Change in Rural America,” the traveling exhibit that is on display at...

By BELLA LEVAVI

GREENFIELD — Victoria Tubbs started her baking career at a young age, winning metals for her yeast bread at the Berrien County Youth Fair near her hometown in southwest Michigan. Decades later, she found herself in Greenfield using plants from her...

By TINKY WEISBLAT

About 20 years ago I attended a class at the King Arthur Baking School in Norwich, Vermont. I didn’t actually bake that day; instead, a group of other writers and I learned about food writing from cookbook author Nancy Baggett.I obtained a lot of good...

By DOMENIC POLI

BERNARDSTON — The Farm Table restaurant on the Kringle Candle Co. property is set to reopen under new management at the end of May.Restaurateur Ashley Evans, who grew up in Turners Falls, was home from Florida visiting family last year when she...

By KIM CLARK

Thursday, May 4 is International Respect for Chickens Day! This day was declared in 2005 to promote compassion and respectful treatment of chickens and other domestic fowl.Before you begin to guffaw at a day dedicated to fowl, please take a minute to...

By MARY BYRNE

GREENFIELD — The annual Greenfield Farmers’ Market is returning on Saturday for its 49th year, showcasing a wide variety of new vendors and old favorites.“We have between 26 and 30 vendors,” said Marketing Manager Hannah Logan. “About 15 or so of...