A watershed for Contra Costa County.
At Los Vaqueros, hike, bike or ride a horse through 18,500 acres of open space Here's the word on Contra Cost a County's newest recreation area: It's big. So big, in fact, that without a map or some trip planning, you could very well hike for hours...

The Beef with Livestock.
Grazing is allowed at about three dozen parks and preserves. Although the practice is legislatively mandated, it frequently causes conflicts with wildlife and natural resource policies. The clash is most apparent at Grand Teton National Park. LAST AUTUMN, a traveler from Tuscany came to America with hopes...

Question on farm resolved just in time.
Byline: Karen Nugent CLINTON - A last-minute acreage question that could have held up the down-to-the-wire closing on the Rauscher Farm was resolved yesterday, but the closing is scheduled for June 30 - the last possible day before a $353,600 state grant would be forfeited. ...

Study Finds Organic Milk From Pasture-Fed Cows to be Higher in Beneficial Nutrients.
FOOD AND BEVERAGE CLOSE-UP-9 June 2008-Study Finds Organic Milk From Pasture-Fed Cows to be Higher in Beneficial Nutrients(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Cows that graze on fresh pasture produce milk with higher levels of antioxidants and beneficial fatty acids, such as conjugated linoleic acid and omega-3s, as...

Research and Markets Adds Report: Milk & Dairy Products in India.
FOOD AND BEVERAGE CLOSE-UP-26 June 2008-Research and Markets Adds Report: Milk & Dairy Products in India(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Milk & Dairy Products in India" report to its offerings. In a release, Research and Markets...

Retiring educators leave longtime posts in style.
Byline: Jacqueline Reis WORCESTER - For many teachers, principals and administrators, yesterday was their last day of school - not just for the year, but forever. And they each went out in their own style: Deborah M. Sinkis left after being the principal of Francis...

Milton J. Weglarz, 85.
HOLLAND Milton J. Weglarz, 85, of Brimfield Rd., died Friday, June 13, 2008 at Quaboag on the Common in West Brookfield. He leaves two sons, Kenneth Weglarz and his wife Karen Newhall of New Braintree and Clifford Weglarz and his wife Faith of Holland; four grandchildren, Lisa...

Farm sale just makes deadline.
Byline: Karen Nugent CLINTON - There was a collective sigh of relief in town yesterday. After months of nail-biting over glitches, questions, setbacks and problems with the town's purchase of the 59-acre Rauscher Farm, the sale finally went through late yesterday morning. It happened in...

Board takes more time to act on grant document; Rauscher Farm $$ needs paperwork in place.
Byline: Karen Nugent CLINTON - The selectmen's self-imposed deadline on completing requirements for a $353,600 state grant, to lower the $2.7 million Rauscher Farm price tag, has been extended at least to next Wednesday's meeting, board Chairman Kevin R. Haley said yesterday. "Things are moving,"...

Dean Foods Developing Anaerobic Digester.
FOOD AND BEVERAGE CLOSE-UP-22 May 2008-Dean Foods Developing Anaerobic Digester(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Dean Foods Company announced that it has begun development of an anaerobic digester on the Big Sky Dairy farm near Gooding, Idaho. The anaerobic digester will capture animal waste from the...