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BOSTON (WBZ NewsRadio) — As the cost of living continues to rise and tariffs strain household budgets across the nation, farmers are bearing the brunt of the crisis.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently canceled a $300 million Increasing Land, Capital, and Market Access Initiative program launched in 2023 to help farmers retain and purchase land. The cancellation comes as the attack on Iran continues to drive up the cost of fuel and fertilizer, two critical necessities for farmers.
While grocery prices are also spiking, with the USDA predicting a general increase of at least 3% in food prices, consumers are rethinking how they spend at the grocery store.
According to the non-profit Land for Good, New England is losing 19 acres of farmland every day, even as millions of adults face food insecurity. Here are 12 farms in and around Massachusetts that grow produce:
- Agric Organics Urban Farming (Springfield, MA)
- Brooksby Farm (Peabody, MA)
- Grow Food Northampton, Inc. (Florence, MA)
- Mumbets Freedom Farm (Sheffield, MA )
- Natick Community Organic Farm (Natick, MA)
- Quaintly Farm (Providence, RI)
- Revival Road Farm (Cambridge, MA)
- Root Life (New Haven, CT)
- Smolak Farms (North Andover, MA)
- Tony Andrews Farm (East Falmouth, MA)
- Valencia Grows (Bloomfield, CT)
- Wilson Farm (Lexington, MA)