The Issue at Hand Roughly 30-40% of the food in the U.S. is wasted, and the majority of this wasted food occurs at the consumer level. Wasted food costs an average family of 4 over $1500 a year, and overall, it costs farmers, businesses, and consumers about $218 billion. Wasting food also wastes resources and contributes
Mountain View Farm in Easthampton, MA was awarded $30,000 through an MDAR grant to obtain their solar panels. The Massachusetts Farm Energy Program (MFEP) is a joint project of the Center for EcoTechnology and the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources (MDAR) that offers a range of services to Massachusetts farms to help them
By Megan Denardo, Program Specialist The Massachusetts Farm Energy Program (MFEP), a joint project of the Center for EcoTechnology (CET) and the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources (MDAR), is hosting two webinars later this month to help farms apply for the upcoming REAP grant. The Rural Energy for America Program, or REAP, is a federal grant