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Farmers and food advocates push healthy soils, APR and food‑security funds in bond bill
Summary
Farm, land‑trust and food‑access groups asked the committee to earmark $5.5 million annually for the Healthy Soils Program and increase funding for farmland preservation, food hub and farm infrastructure grants in the Mass Ready Act.
Representatives of farming and food system groups told the committee the Mass Ready Act is an opportunity to protect farmland and to invest in soil health, food security infrastructure and climate‑smart agriculture.
Speakers from NOFA Massachusetts, American Farmland Trust, the Massachusetts Food System Collaborative and local community farming nonprofits outlined program needs: a dedicated $5.5 million annual earmark for the Healthy Soils…
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