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Northshore May 2020

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Top and middle, Willow Spring grows a variety of grapes. Bottom, Marshview Farm in early summer. Opposite page, Cider Hill Farm in Amesbury has a number of DIY programs. 74 Local farms have always been beloved places for North Shore residents to find fresh, locally grown food and connect with the abundance of our region. We cherish participating in tra- ditional agricultural activities, too, like apple picking, hayrides, and feeding farm animals. But this spring, of course, is different. As the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic emp- ties grocery shelves, shutters businesses, and disrupts supply chains, local farms feel more important than ever before. "The local food system sometimes gets taken for granted, but it's good to know that local food production is happening," says Jamie Barrett, farmer and CSA manager at Marsh- view Farm in Ipswich (marshview.farm), which is operating a CSA for the first time this year. In fact, farm workers were among those PHOTOGRAPHS COURTESY OF WILLOW SPRING VINEYARDS (TOP AND MIDDLE), COURTESY OF MARSHVIEW FARM (BOTTOM)

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