On the farm

I recently completed a story series for the Berkshire Eagle about the past, present and future of the local food economy in western Massachusetts. As America confronts the realities of globalization (both welcoming and opposing it), there is an agricultural movement to keep local food economies alive and sustainable. I interviewed and photographed four of these local producers in the Berkshires: the fifth-generation Fairfields Dairy Farm, the dairy-turned-agritourism operation at Ioka Valley Farm, Indian Line Farm (where the Community Supported Agriculture model started), and Sky View Farm, a newer year-round meat CSA.