Description: Rep. Jonathan Healy proposes milk tax to subsidize state's ailing dairy farmers. Supermarket dairy section. Cows prancing, eating hay, being milked mechanically. Tractors, farm equipment.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 04/13/1989
Description: DEMISE OF FAMILY DAIRY FARMING. COWS IN BRIDGEWATER
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 06/27/1986
Description: Rumor flies that Food and Agriculture Department will be eliminated in state spending cuts. Richard Voke, Charles Flaherty deny it. Produce at Wilson Farms. Hens, rooster, calf. Greenhouse, plants.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 11/03/1989
Description: Young children at Audubon Society's Drumlin Farm talk about endangered species and damage to the environment. Deer, bird, pig.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 04/16/1990
Description: Michael Dukakis at press conference with Worcester police. Answers campaign questions, shakes hands with public safety secretary Charles Barry. Visits orchard in Northboro to learn about integrated pest management as alternative to insecticides in apple growing. Environmental affairs secretary James Hoyte.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 08/16/1988
Description: HAVERHILL ORCHARD, PEARS, TRUCK, CHECK BOOK, BILLS PAID, APPLE HOUSE
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 09/08/1983
Description: HAVERHILL FARMLAND GENERICS, APPLES, PEACHES, NECTARINES, GRAPES, STRAWBERRIES, BLUEBERRIES, FRUIT ORCHARD, TRACTOR, FERTILIZER
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 08/19/1983
Description: FARMLAND IN HAVERHILL, CRATES OF BEES, INTERVIEW WITH WOMAN FARMER
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 09/08/1983
Description: Power lines in Weymouth adjacent to residential neighborhood were sprayed with herbicide. Interview with Mr. and Mrs. Carson about ruinous effect on their vegetable garden and concern for their health because of presumed toxicity of chemical. Boston Edison claimed not to intend to spray close to homes.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 05/21/1980
Description: Ranch in West Barnstable employs at-risk youth, teaching them how to care for horses and clean stables. Also provides recreational therapy for special needs children.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 07/30/1990