AGRICULTURE

Artistic director Jane Eilber and dancer Anne Souder of The Martha Graham company chat with us on legacy and evolution ahead of their show at Umass, and we hang out with Laurie Cuevas of Thomas Farm & Dairy in Sunderland, who lets us hug it out with all the baby goats.

CISA comes through with Alice Coleman of Stony Hill Farm in Wilbraham to let us know what's good growing in the wintertimes. And professor Ilan Stavans gets expansive on his new book "The People's Tongue," in which Peter Sokolowski of NEPM and Merriam-Webster has an article, so we bring him along too.

The milder-than-average winter has meant an early season for maple syrup producers in Massachusetts. And some say, that's been the trend of late.

After agreeing to a $110 million one-year extension, lawmakers, advocates and families are calling for the state to make school meals free for all Massachusetts students permanently.

Bill Bartlett says he’s seen winters warm up over the last few decades on the blueberry farm he owns with his wife in Newport.

Farmers in Massachusetts will soon be able to receive enhanced mental health support from peers in the farming community who understand the challenges and stressors of agriculture.

A Connecticut egg producer said prices should drop a bit after the holidays.

Many places in New England have already sold out or have sparser supplies than usual. And even when you can find a tree, expect to pay more.

Organic dairy farmers are in crisis. Costs are way up for fuel, feed and fertilizer. And without matching increases in the pay price for milk, advocates, officials and farmers themselves are worried they might leave the industry altogether.A lot of those same people are trying to crack this problem, including one organization that wants to use consumer power to get more local organic dairy on supermarket shelves.

According to a recent study, more than half of Vermont’s farmworker housing units are in need of repairs, including for health and safety issues.