Autumn Becomes Me: A tour of Bensons’ Pond
Autumn Becomes Me takes you to Benson’s Pond to tour the bogs, learn about wet and dry harvesting techniques, look at old cranberry sorting machines, and pick up a few items from the store.
Mass. cranberry growers fighting to stay competitive in changing landscape
WCVB Channel 5 – In bogs all over southeastern Massachusetts and Cape Cod, a native fruit has thrived for generations: cranberries. But to local cranberry farmers like Cass Gilmore, a third-generation owner of Benson’s Pond in South Middleboro, the future is murky.
These cranberry bog tours will make you feel like you’re in an Ocean Spray commercial
Yahoo News – Joni Sweet
CreatorThese – cranberry bog tours will make you feel like you’re in an Ocean Spray commercial. Step into a real cranberry harvest with these immersive cranberry bog tours, from Cape Cod to Wisconsin.
Podcast: The Soil Matters – Cass Gilmore, Owner of Benson’s Pond, talks regenerative farming
Farming has always leaned conventional — built on a chemical-based culture. But Farmer Cass started learning about plant biology and discovered that nature already has its own system. Plants protect themselves, working in symbiosis with the soil. That knowledge led him to experiment with fermentation, using native weeds from his own farm to create natural fertilizers — work that’s since caught the attention of larger cranberry growers who now seek out his expertise.
Podcast: The Soil Matters – Cass Gilmore, Owner of Benson’s Pond, talks regenerative farming
Farmer Cass didn’t set out to change the way he farmed — but the world changed his mind. Traveling abroad, he watched farmers in other countries tend their crops with care for the land and the waterways running through it. He came home with a new question: what if blanketing your fields in chemicals wasn’t the only path to a good harvest? Slowly, he began trading old habits for the lessons he’d picked up thousands of miles from home.