MDAR State-Owned Farmland Properties

State-owned farmland properties that are under the Care and Control of the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources, and are licensed to local farmers.

Agawam Agricultural Reserve
Town: Agawam
Acreage: 44.5
Cultivated Acreage: 14.4
No public access.
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Danvers Agricultural Reserve
Town: Danvers and Middleton
Acreage: 205.50
Cultivated Acreage: 202.4 commercial agriculture and 2.6 as community garden.
No public access.
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Grafton Agricultural Reserve
Town: Westborough
Acreage: 11.8
Cultivated Acreage: 11.8
No public access.
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Hersey Farm
Town: Foxborough
Acreage: 68.3
Cultivated Acreage: 16.2
No public access except designated farmstand. 
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Middleborough Agricultural Reserve
Town: Middleborough
Acreage: 33.9 
Cultivated Acreage: 14.9 
No public access. Email ryan.p.burke@mass.gov to request permission for limited deer hunting. 
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Monson Agricultural Reserve 
Town: Monson  
Acreage: 42.5 
Cultivated Acreage: 25 
No public access. 
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Northampton Agricultural Reserve 
Town: Northampton  
Acreage: 309.7 
Cultivated Acreage: 302.9 
No public access except on existing trails. Dogs must remain leashed at all times. 
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Templeton Agricultural Reserve 
Town: Templeton 
Acreage: 259 
Cultivated Acreage: 203.3 
No public access. Email Jasper.L.Cowley@mass.gov to request permission for limited deer and turkey hunting. 
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Westborough Agricultural Reserve
Town: Westborough and Northborough 
Acreage: 78 
Cultivated Acreage: 68.66 
No public access.
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The Department also licenses out farmland on other state properties under agreement with the appropriate state agency. These properties abut active state facilities.

  • State Police Academy, New Braintree (100.8 cultivated acres) 
  • Westfield State Hospital, Westfield (41.4 cultivated acres) 

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