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Massachusetts is the second-largest cranberry-producing (Vaccinium macrocarpon) state in the union after Wisconsin. [4] Agriculture in the state is served and represented by the Department of Agricultural Resources (MDAR). Fruit cultivation is an important part of the state's agricultural revenues. [5]
Massachusetts is the sixth-smallest state by land area. With a 2024 U.S. Census Bureau-estimated population of 7,136,171, [5] its highest estimated count ever, Massachusetts is the most populous state in New England, the 16th-most-populous in the United States, and the third-most densely populated U.S. state, after New Jersey and Rhode Island.
Following the establishment of the Massachusetts State Board of Agriculture in 1852, 24 individuals have served as the head of this institution, which has since been known as the Massachusetts Department of Food and Agriculture and presently the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources.
Departments and agencies that support the state's agriculture industry work to promote local purchase and consumption of fresh and Massachusetts grown
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Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc. is an American agricultural cooperative of cranberry growers headquartered in Plymouth County, Massachusetts.It currently has over 700 member growers (in Massachusetts, Wisconsin, New Jersey, Oregon, Washington, Florida, British Columbia and other parts of Canada, as well as Chile).
The Stockbridge School of Agriculture offers Associate of Science, Bachelor of Science, and graduate degrees as an academic unit of the University of Massachusetts Amherst campus. It was founded as part of the Massachusetts Agricultural College (now University of Massachusetts Amherst) in 1918.
The Southeastern Massachusetts Agricultural Partnership (SEMAP) is an organization based in Massachusetts that comprises farmers, farm technical assistance providers, landscape designers, policy makers, bakers, brewers, and other food systems experts all working in conjunction to further the region's understanding of, access to, and support for more local and sustainable farming.