• Cooperative Massachusetts Research, Education & Extension Service Partners
• Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources
• Massachusetts Fact Sheet, Economic Research Service, USDA - This specific fact sheet includes current data on population, per capita income, earnings per job, poverty rates, employment, unemployment, farm and farm-related jobs, farm characteristics, farm financial characteristics, top ag commodities, top export commodities and top counties in ag sales.
• Massachusetts Farmers' Markets
• Massachusetts Marketing Profile
• Massachusetts USDA Rural Development
• More Links
  • Berkshire Grown - To support our farms, Berkshire Grown promotes locally raised and produced food, flowers and plants in the Berkshire region.
  • BuyFresh includes a directory of county-wide farms, buying guide to local produce seasons and area farmers' markets.
  • Community Involved in Sustainable Agriculture (CISA) - This private nonprofit organization is dedicated to sustaining agriculture in western Massachusetts and promoting the products of small farms.
  • Cooperative Life is the Northeast Federation of Cooperatives dedicated to building a thriving cooperative economy.
  • Federal Regulations, New England Extension Food Safety Consortium
  • Food Processing Policies and Guidelines, Massachusetts Department of Public Health Food Protection Program.
  • Massachusetts Agricultural Statistics Service
  • Massachusetts Association of Roadside Stands and Pick Your Own Farms - The organization provides networking and resource information to those producers interested in agritourism, direct marketing, value-added and meetings that partner with other groups to offer solutions to production and marketing challenges.
  • Massachusetts Department Agricultural Resources, Value-Added/Food Processing Development and Marketing - The Department offers assistance to start and expand new businesses and work with development and marketing. They provide “buy local” web sites, crop and product web pages, and business-to-business resources in addition to providing directories, and organizing trade shows and other events.
  • Massachusetts Department of Business and Technology (MBDT) - MBDT is responsible for attracting, retaining and spreading economic prosperity throughout the state.
  • New England Extension Food Safety Consortium promotes a collaboratively developed site promoting web-based resources for starting out as well as working with other regional institutions for information for new food businesses.
  • Northeast Center for Food Entrepreneurship - The Center provides comprehensive assistance to beginning and established food entrepreneurs, promoting sustainable economic development of rural communities. The center provides product assistance, regulatory, and limited business and marketing information.
  • Southeastern Massachusetts Agricultural Partnership (SEMAP) - SEMAP helps the region's farmers and aquaculture operators through technical assistance, business management, education and financial support.
  • The Small Business Resource is designed to help business owners and entrepreneurs solve problems and locate key public and private organizations and individuals.  These are business decision makers - businessmen and women looking to expand their operations, relocate companies and plan a business start-up.
  • University of Massachusetts Extension Agriculture and Landscape Program - Focus of the program is to work in partnership with individual agricultural businesses and industries. Staff and faculty focus their expertise and resources to help develop and apply new technologies and practices that meet the public demand for safe, high-quality food and a clean living environment.
  • University of Massachusetts Nutrition Education Program - Food Safety - The program will provide assistance to clients to identify additional resources in each of the New England states regarding contracts with the Department of Public Health, suppliers of jars and labels, and nutritional information.
  • Western Massachusetts Food Processing Center - The facility is a State Board of Health, NOFA Massachusetts and USDA-approved shared-use, commercial kitchen facility. The facility is operated as a nonprofit agency. For more information, contact Herb Heller, manager, at 413-774-7204, ext. 108.

Individual contacts in Massachusetts for specific value-added agriculture information: