PHOTOS ; (adjacent to pages 34 and 35) 



Front Page ; (clockwise from top left) 



Growers at Copley Square Farmers Market include John Arena and family of Con- 

 cord (left), and Gilbert Griggs of Billerica (right); Channel 5 consumer re- 

 porter Paula Lyons visits Russo's Greenhouses in Randolph; recipients of direct 

 marketing grants made possible by U.S. Department of Agriculture funding; U.S. 

 Agriculture Secretary John R. Block presents one of awards to representatives 

 of Massachusetts Federation of Farmers and Gardeners Markets and Dorchester 

 Gardenlands Preserve and Development Corporation; dairy and vegetable farmer 

 Stephen Verrill of Concord addresses group at his farm for awarding of direct 

 marketing grants and citations for participation in state agriculture preser- 

 vation restriction program. 



Centerfold Page ; (clockwise from top left) 



Pictured are some of the farms protected under the Massachusetts Agricultural 

 Preservation Restriction Program: Michael Smolak, North Andover ; Florence 

 Streeter, Cummington; Reynolds' Farm, James R. White, Rochester; Louis DeLucia, 

 Methuen; Crescent Farm, Walter and Blanche Davidowicz, Haverhill; Joslin Hill 

 Farm, Everett Harris, Leominster; Borgesi Brothers Farm, Methuen; Charles 

 Jacque, Amherst; Hillcroft Farm, C. Edward Stillman, Lunenberg ; Joslin Hill 

 Farm, Everett Harris, Leominster; Charles Jacque, Amherst; Retail stand with 

 produce from farm of Mr . & Mrs. William S. Pettengill in Newburyport; center 

 photos are: Borgesi Brothers Farm, Methuen; Retail store adjacent to Griff Farm, 

 Clark B. Sundin, Jr., Holden; Joslin Hill Farm, Everett Harris, Leominster. 



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Harnessing up at Tricounty Fair, Northampton; Standardbred waiting to race at 

 Ralston Fair, Plainville; Standardbred race fans at Marshfield Fair; Race in 

 progress at Sharlu Farms, Leverett; New owners washing down their first win at 

 Spencer Fair; Mare with foal at Sharlu Farms, Leverett. 



Alassachusetts * ' 

 grown. ..and fresher! 



The Annual Report of the Massachusetts Department of Food and Agriculture was 

 edited by Janet Christensen of the Department and Mary Ellen Powers, Framinghara 

 State College student intern. 



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