47 Acres Conserved in Deerfield North Meadows

We are delighted to announce the successful completion of a conservation restriction in collaboration with Historic Deerfield. The conservation restriction donated from Historic Deerfield to the Franklin Land Trust was recorded on May 10th, 2024. The project secures 47.9 acres of ecologically valuable land, encompassing more than 25 acres of Prime Farmland Soils, diverse wetlands,…

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Local Farms, Local Food

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We are nestled within one of the country’s great agricultural hubs. Once called The Breadbasket of New England, the Connecticut River Valley is home to some of the most productive farmland in the nation. In western Massachusetts, Franklin, Hampshire, and Hampden Counties account for 28 percent of farms in the entire state. Built on a…

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