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Hadley farmer’s business is growing

Finds success with project that brings local produce to schools

By Michael Prager

 |  Globe Correspondent  

  November 02, 2011

Joe Czajkowski, 53, who grows organic and conventional produce, is one of the biggest players in the Massachusetts Farm To School Project, supplying locally grown produce to Massachusetts schools. “Joe is probably the best example we have in the state right now of a farmer who has figured out how to make farm-to-institution sales really work for him and for his customers,’’ said Kelly Erwin, project director.

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