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Maize: Mysteries of an Ancient Grain at Smith

Explore the science of maize, one of the most significant crops to humankind for thousands of years, and why it continues to surprise us today at the Smith College Botanical Garden’s fall exhibit, “Maize: Mysteries of an Ancient Grain…”

Category: Food, Hampshire County, History Tags: Corn, History, maize

Food, Inc.: Special Benefit Screening in Amherst for CISA

Food, Inc.: Discover What “Big Agriculture” Doesn’t Want Farmers to Tell You Tomorrow, Monday June 29, at 7:00pm at the Amherst Cinema there will be a special screening of Food, Inc. to benefit Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture (CISA), followed by a discussion panel. In Food, Inc., filmmaker Robert Kenner lifts the veil on our nation’s food industry, exposing the highly mechanized underbelly that has been hidden from the American consumer with… Read More