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1. Berkshire Regional Food and Land Council, West Stockbridge - Website for "Berkshire Grown". Project will establish a Website to inform visitors about the benefits of buying local and provide a link to member farms, B&Bs and restaurant web pages. The site will contain agricultural and environmental news, bulletins and newsletters. $4,400. Click here to visit the Berkshire Grown website.

2. Colleen and Glenn Caffery, Leyden - "Green" Greenhouse Kit: Development of an Affordable, Easily Constructed, Energy Efficient Greenhouse for Massachusetts Growers. By applying advances in super-efficient home construction, an inexpensive energy efficient greenhouse will be demonstrated. It will be fabricated from readily available materials, and be designed for commercial plant production that uses no fossil fuels inputs. $7,465 Click here to visit the Caffrey Greenhouse Kit site.

3. Cape Cod Cranberry Growers' Association, Wareham - Economies of Scale and Renovation Efficiency Study for Massachusetts Cranberry Industry. This study proposes to address two of the most common ways growers can minimize their cost of production and maintain their viability 1) evaluate the size of cranberry operations in relationship to profitability and 2) determining when it is time to renovate bogs to improve efficiencies and yields. $10,000
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4. Cranberry Institute, Wareham - Use of Lignocellulosic Materials as Pesticide Residue Sorbents. The goal of the project is to develop environmentally friendly filtration systems to remove trace amounts of toxic compounds in waste water. $9,500

5. The Forest and Wood Products Institute, Gardner - Massachusetts Wood Recovery Project. Market research for furniture "dimension parts" and other value added products will be conducted, prototype pieces will be made, and marketing strategies will be developed in an attempt to create new markets for Massachusetts forest products. $30,000

6. Massachusetts Agriculture in the Classroom, Inc., Seekonk - Applying and Promoting Environmentally Sound Advanced Agricultural Technology on Farms and in the Classroom. Advanced level workshops and agricultural resource materials will be developed for high school students and educators. $15,000

7. Massachusetts Farm Bureau Federation, Inc, Ashland  - Massachusetts Hay Marketing Internet Website. The purpose of the project is to fully implement a hay marketing program with improved production capacity and improved hay quality. $10,000

8. Red Tomato, Canton - Freshness and Flavor: the Last Frontier. A distribution and promotion system will be developed focusing on the last defendable advantage that local fruit and vegetable farmers hold in a competitive global market - the ability to deliver the freshest and most flavorful products. $39,740

9. Edward Stockman, Summit Farm, Plainfield - Growing Crops of Lesser Value Under Row Covers. On farm research will investigate the benefits and economic feasibility of using row covers on lesser value crops to expand early season revenues. $704