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Scott Soares
MA Dept. of Agricultural Resources
251 Causeway St., Suite 500
Boston, MA 02114
617-626-1702
Scott.Soares@state.ma.us

Agricultural Commissions Network List:

Towns with Agricultural Commissions

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W

Adams Doug Stefancik 413-743-8317, dstefanc@town.adams.ma.us
Alford Billie Best, Chair of Agricultural Commission
413.644.8971, billie@billiebest.com
Amherst Town Hall: 413.256.4035
Ashby John Mickola, Chair of Agricultural Commission
Phone: 978.386.5557
Email: johnmick@massed.net
Ashfield Nancy Garvin 413-625-6234
Barnstable
Barre Dave Petrovich 978-355-4519
Becket Gale La Belle, quarry007@verizon.net
Belchertown Grace Adzima 413-323-7194
Bernardston Becky Jurek
Bolton
Boxford Town Hall: 978.887.6000 Ext. 502
Randy Johnson 978-887-8091
Brookfield
Charlemont Town Hall: 413.339.4335
Cheshire Mark Warner, 413-743-4733
Chester Joe Sullivan 413-354-2340
Chesterfield Town Hall: 413.296.4771
Paul Catanzaro 413-296-0303
Colrain

Town Hall: 413.624.3454
Diana Schindler, Member of Agricultural Commission
413.624.6306

Conway
Cummington Town Hall: 413.634.5354
Gabby Immerman 413-634-5341
Danvers Ann Freitas 978-777-0001 x3069
Dartmouth Town Hall: 508.910.1800
Sue Guiducci, Member of Agricultural Commission
sguiducci@earthlink.ne, Eric Perry
Deerfield Town Hall: 413.665.2130
Dracut Warren Shaw Jr. 978-835-7423
Dunstable Al Horton, Chair 978-649-7763, ANHLJP@aol.com
Duxbury Jeff Chandler
E. Otis Elaine Kelly, 413-269-4713
East Bridgewater Robert Lundberg 508-378-1606
Framingham
Gill Tim Storrow 413-772-2146
Granby Ryan Voiland
Granville Kathy Martin 413-357-8585
Great Barrington Sean Stanton, seanstanton@hotmail.com
Groton Ned O'Neill, (800) 370-2700 ext.29, noneill@jpsullivan.com
Hadley Michael Doctor 413- 586-0221
Town Hall: 413.584.1590
Hamilton Peter Britton 978-468-2733
Hancock Judy Leab, 413-738-5915
Hardwick Rick Jakshtis 413-477-6656
Harvard Franklin Carlson 978-456-8568
Harwich Town Hall: 508.430.7516
Peter Herrmann 508-333-0215
Hatfield Town Hall: 413.247.0492
Robert Wagner, Chair of Agricultural Commission
Heath Town Hall: 413.337.6695
David Freeman 413-337-4934
Holliston

Donna Kramer, 508-429-6233. www.hollistonagcom.org

Hubbardston Tom Colyer 978-928-5175
Lanesborough Aimee Thayer
Ipswich Laura Russell, 978-340-0547, abner@russellorchardsma.com
Kingston Barry Mathias
Leverett Bill Rivers
Leyden

Town Hall: 413.774.4111
William Glabach, Member of Agricultural Commission and Select Board Chair
Phone: 413.774.7704
Warren Facey 413-774-3757

Littleton Frank Matthiesson 978-486-3824
Ludlow Lenore Paul 413-583-2153
Marshfield Karen Biagini 781-837-3645
Middleborough Town Hall: 508.946.2415
Darlene Anastas
Middlefield Charles Hunter 413-623-0260
Millers Falls Peter Diemand 978-544-3806
Monson Richard Guertin
Montague Gary Gardner 413-367-2021
Monterey Laurilie K Epstein 413-528-0577
Montgomery
Newton Peter Lewenberg, plewenberg@aol.com
North Falmouth Heidi Walz 508-548-2672
North Harwich Alan Hall
Northampton Bruce Young 413-587-1263
Northfield

Town Hall: 413.498.2901
Nathan L'Etoile, Member of Agricultural Commission
508.881.4766, William Ames 413-498-5088

Oakham Carol Poole 508-882-3536
Paxton
Pepperell Bob Hansen 978-433-0333
Plainfield Paula King
Plympton Town Hall: 781.585.3220
Rick Burnet
Princeton Lisa Dawson 978-464-0039
Rehoboth Town Offices: 508.252.6502
Patrick Gouveia, Chair, gouveiafarm@yahoo.com
Rowe Carol Lively
Rowley Town Hall: 978.948.2081
Lane Bourn, Selectman
978.948.2372
George Pacenka 978-948-7918
Rutland Kathy Ketonen-Clark 508-886-2952
Savoy Town Hall: 413.743.4290
Farm Committee
Sheffield Kathy Orlando
Shelburne Cynthia Boettner
South Deerfield Gordon Oakes
South Egremont David Sheldon, 413-528-1378
Southampton Alison Rogers
Southwick Rick Solek 413-569-6305
Sterling Town Hall: 978.422.8111
Richard Sheppherd 978-422-6952
Stow Dwight Sipler 978-897-5996
Sudbury Laura McCarthy 978-443-8851
Sunderland

Town Hall: 413.665.1441, Mike Wissemann, Member of Agricultural Commission, 413.374.0081
Bob Williams 413-665-7309

Templeton Roger Henshaw 978-939-5642
Topsfield Trudi Perry, 978-887-0447
West Brookfield Johanna Barry, Town Administrator, 508.867.1421
Brad Quigley 508-867-1415
West Groton George Moore
West Stockbridge Tina Skorput Cooper, Town Clerk at 413-232-0300, Marc Fadding, 298-5447
Westford Paul Rohs, Chair, paul.rohs@verizon.net
Westhampton Kate Parsons
Weston Lisa Keer Carusone, Chair, l.keer@comcast.net, 781-647-1847
Westport Town Hall: 508.636.1000
Rob Russell - http://westport-ma.com/agcom/index.html
Whately Town Hall: 413.665.4400
Chris Coffin
Phone: 413.586.9330
Tim Nourse
Wilbraham Wendy Foxmyn
Williamsburg Bill Sayre
Williamstown Leslie Reed-Evans 413-458-2494, lre@rnetworx.com; Sam Smith, sam@caretakerfarm.org
Worthington
 
Organizations Lending Assistance to Agricultural Commissions:
American Farmland Trust:

New England Field Office
Robert Wagner
1 Short Street, Suite 2
Northampton, MA 01060-3952
413-586-9330 x29
413-586-9332 (f)
www.farmland.org


Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture (CISA)

Annie Cheatham
One Sugarloaf Street
South Deerfield, MA 01373
Phone: 413-665-7100
Fax: 413-665-7101
www.buylocalfood.com


Patriot RC & D:

319 Littleton Road, Suite 302
Westford, MA 01886
Phone: (978) 692-1904
stephanie.parrish@ma.usda.gov


Pilgrim RC & D:

15 Cranberry Highway
West Wareham, MA 02576
Phone: (508) 295-1317
irene.winkler@ma.usda.gov


Berkshire-Pioneer RC & D:

433 West Street, Suite #8
Amherst, MA 01002
(413)256-1607 ext. 1 phone
(413)253-5542 fax
Darlene.Monds@ma.usda.gov


MA Farm Bureau:

466 Chestnut Street
Ashland, MA 01721
Phone: (508) 881-4766

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