Greenfield Recorder: $446,210 grant expands farm to school connection

10/6/2017
By Richie Davis

As it works to complete its 2,800-square-foot cold storage project within the next four weeks, the Franklin County Community Development Corp. on Friday won a three-year, $446,210 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

The money is intended to help the Community Development Corp.’s Western Massachusetts Food Processing Center ramp up production and marketing of local produce to schools and other institutions around the region.

The collaborative grant, with Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture and the Massachusetts Farm to School Project, will help the 16-year-old commercial kitchen improve efficiencies, expand opportunities for farmers and increase local product sales to institutions and retail markets…

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