Archive for June 9th, 2009

Summer fun at Farmer’s Market

by: Marie Brennan | Staff Photographer June 9, 2009

The beginning of June brings warmer weather and the beginning of summer.
For area residents, it also means the start of the Coventry Regional Farmers Market - considered one of the best-attended markets statewide.
Opening day was this weekend at Nathan Hale Homestead, with a theme of  “Farm to Market Day.”
In the photo, Brody Byam, 4, of [...]

State bill hopes to close gap for dairy farmers

by: HTNP.Com Staff June 9, 2009

The state’s $20 million dairy farm rescue effort, which last week passed the House and Senate and awaits the governor’s signature, will attempt to close the difference between what farmers spend producing milk and what they are paid for it based on federally set prices.
A farmer who earns $1,100 for 1,000 gallons of milk that [...]


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