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Hampshire Farmer Pete Solis Shares his “Eggspertise” on WBUR’s Here and Now

Date: 27 May 2015
By: Jess Marsh Wissemann
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eggsHampshire’s Livestock and Pasture Manager Pete Solis met up with reporter Jeremy Hobson of WBUR’s Here and Now this spring to walk the aisles of a Boston supermarket and decode the various certifications, labeling, and marketing of eggs. Have you ever wanted to know the difference between “cage free” “Certified Humane” “pasture raised” and “Organic”?

Listen to Pete’s EGGcellent EGGSplanation in “Egg Buying 101” on Boston’s National Public Radio station WBUR»

About the Author
Jess Marsh Wissemann is the Food, Farm, and Sustainability Program Coordinator at Hampshire College. Her passion for farming has deep roots- from early years spent in her grandfather's garden picking peas and strawberries to managing the CSA at her husband's historic family farm in Sunderland and serving on the board of the Amherst Farmers' Market. She is happy for the opportunity to share her love of food and farming with the students at Hampshire College.

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The Hampshire College Farm and its Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) programs provide our campus and community members with local, sustainably-raised produce and meat, as well as rich educational opportunities.

Begun in the late 1970s for on-campus research purposes, the farm expanded its scope in 1992 when a small group of students began a 30-member organic vegetable CSA as a Division III project. The Hampshire College Farm now produces over 75,000 pounds of organic produce on 15 acres of land, with an additional 65 acres in pasture and livestock production.

The farm, however, still maintains its academic roots. Whether exploring sustainable agriculture, animal behavior, or local food systems, Hampshire College students and faculty use the farm as a hub for investigating the intellectual, political, and scientific issues surrounding food production. Of course, they eat well while doing so!

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