The Healey-Driscoll Administration announced $24.6 million in grants to 163 Massachusetts food system enterprises Wednesday, helping to sustain Massachusetts’ food production and distribution sectors, while at the same time working to ensure that fresh, healthy, local food is available to all residents.
One of those award recipients is Shaw Farms in Dracut. Shaw Farms is among only ten entities receiving $500,000, and the only one in Middlesex County to do so.
“We are fortunate to live in a state where farms and food production are valued by the citizens and their political leaders,” Shaw Farms Owner Warren Shaw tells InsideLowell. “The food shortages brought about by the pandemic of 2020 have shown that we should be prioritizing local agriculture and food supply chain we can count on.”…