Tag: agriculture
Maine mulls legislation mandating cage-free eggs
Maine might join a growing number of states that require cage-free facilities for chickens that lay eggs for commercial consumption, but some industry advocates...
JAYNE MERNER SENECAL, 38
40 Under Forty 2019 winner:
JAYNE MERNER SENECAL | 38
OWNER/MANAGER, EARTH CARE FARM
What is the best advice you have ever received? Do what you love...
PBN on WJAR-TV, May 14, 2018
Every week, PBN Editor Mark S. Murphy appears on WJAR-TV NBC 10’s Coffee Break to discuss the newspaper’s most recent cover story and other...
DEM announces opening of state park farmers markets
PROVIDENCE – Three weekly farmers markets are now open in Rhode Island state parks, the R.I. Department of Environmental Management announced Friday.
The three markets...
Finlays celebrates ribbon cutting at new Quonset Park facility
NORTH KINGSTOWN – Finlay Extracts & Ingredients USA Inc. celebrated the ribbon cutting for its 28,800-square-foot global research and development, and manufacturing center at...
Gotham Greens awarded $2.2M in economic incentives for urban greenhouse development
PROVIDENCE – A company that grows and distributes pesticide-free vegetables and herbs from rooftop urban greenhouses plans to build a 95,000-square-foot facility in Providence,...
Five Questions With: Matt Tortora
Matt Tortora is the founder and CEO of WhatsGood, a Providence-based online marketplace that uses web and mobile apps to connect wholesale food purchasers...















