[CPEO-BIF] "Former brownfield sprouts back to life as local produce supplier, " Springfield, Massachusetts

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Former brownfield sprouts back to life as local produce supplier

by G. Michael Dobbs
Western Massachusetts Reminder
October 13, 2016


SPRINGFIELD – In the center of urban Indian Orchard on a former brownfield site, there will soon be a greenhouse producing an expected 250,000 pounds of fresh vegetables and herbs.

Mayor Domenic Sarno was among the officials at the announcement on Oct. 6 that Wellspring Cooperative Corp. has purchased 1.7 acres on the former Chapman Valve site from the Springfield Redevelopment Authority to build a greenhouse that will produce an initial five jobs and increase to nine employees.

Fred Rose, co-director of Wellspring Cooperative Corp., explained to Reminder Publications the greenhouse would produce those vegetables for Baystate Medical Center and the Springfield Public School, as well as for retail in Big Y markets.

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For the entire article, see
http://thereminder.com/localnews/springfield/wellspringindianorchard/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice/Fax: 650/961-8918 
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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