Franklin County Farmland & Foodshed Study

FRANKLIN COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS

Miles 8

ASHFIELD CONWAY

SUNDERLAND

DEERFIELD

SHUTESBURY

WENDELL

ERVING

NORTHFIELD

LEVERETT

MONTAGUE

GILL

BERNARDSTON

GREENFIELD

LEYDEN

WHATELY

SHELBURNE

COLRAIN

FOREST IN FRANKLIN COUNTY

BUCKLAND

HEATH

Data Sources: OFFICE OF GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Information Technology Division: 2005 Land Use - Land Cover Layer 1991 County Boundaries Layer 2009 Community Boundaries Layer.

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Water

HAWLEY

CHARLEMONT

ROWE

Not TownForested Boundaries

Forest

Legend

MONROE

NEW SALEM

ORANGE

WARWICK

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Franklin County Farmland & Foodshed Study

Published on Oct 18, 2012

The Conway School

Does Franklin County, Massachusetts, have the land resources needed to achieve complete food self-sufficiency—to sustainably produce all of the food needed to feed its population? If such food independence is not achievable in the near future, how might a model of increased food self-reliance—with expanded local food production for local consumption and for the regional market—improve the community’s resilience and strengthen relationships that would benefit the residents of the county and of the larger region? These are the questions the Franklin Regional Council of Governments (FRCOG), working with a consortium of governmental and non-profit organizations, asked the Conway School to help it address. For this Conway School report the approach of an innovative foodshed analysis currently being developed by Brandeis University Professor Dr. Brian Donahue—the New England Good Food Vision—was adapted to help overcome the lack of Franklin County-specific data.

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