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🌱 Patch AM: How rising fuel costs are reshaping Concord’s own Verrill Farm

Also, don't miss Sudbury PMC Kids Ride (all riders welcome!) on the Concord Patch calendar

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  • How rising fuel costs are reshaping Concord's own Verrill Farm

Also on today's calendar: Sudbury PMC Kids Ride (all riders welcome!) and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: How fast is milk when you pour it? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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  • Tuesday: Mostly sunny and nice, temps: high: 78, low: 56.
  • Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 80 and low of 57 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Massachusetts small farms fight to stay afloat amid skyrocketing fuel prices (bostonglobe.com) — Concord's Verrill Farm is changing how it works with restaurants, setting a $75 minimum order instead of raising prices as fuel costs soar. The story looks at how Verrill and other small Massachusetts farms are juggling higher fuel, labor, and supply costs while trying to keep local produce affordable and their businesses sustainable.
   

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: It's "Pasturized" before you know it! (Thank you Judy M. for sending it in!)
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