Chris Grant, owner of Grants Plants of Essex, MA and a graduate of the Stockbridge School of Agriculture also earning a Bachelor of Sciences degree from the University of Massachusetts, spoke at the IGNITE UMass event on Earth Day, 2012.  Chris spoke on the advantages of buying from a local farm.

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