Greenfield Recorder: Editorial, Farms, families reap the benefits from food processing center expansion

10/12/17

For 16 years, the role and importance of the nonprofit Western Mass. Food Processing Center on Wells Street in Greenfield has mushroomed.

With its new 2,800-square-foot cold-storage project, which is nearly ready, the Franklin County Community Development Corp.’s facility is helping more and more area farmers reach more and more customers by converting their fruits and vegetables into value-added products like sauces and salsas or by packaging it for use by schools and other large institutions long after the growing season ends.

That means farmers in Hampshire and Franklin counties have been able to expand beyond the traditional harvest season sale of fresh food at farm stands, farmers markets or supermarkets…

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