ALLEGRA BOVERMAN/Gloucester Daily Times Ralph Sweet of Lattof Farm in Rockport replenishes his supply of freshly quartered watermelon at his stand on Tuesday afternoon.
ALLEGRA BOVERMAN/Gloucester Daily Times Ralph Sweet of Lattof Farm in Rockport, left, chats with Pat Brown of Rockport, right, as she selects the perfect tomato at his stand on Tuesday afternoon. She buys produce from him daily.
JIM VAIKNORAS/Staff photo. Gloucester Daily Times. Essex: Chicks busily peck for food at Apple Street Farm on Monday morning.
JIM VAIKNORAS/Staff photo. Gloucester Daily Times. Essex: Piglets rummage happily at Apple Street Farm on Monday morning.
Essex: Liz Green, of the Apple Street Farm in Essex, checks on her piglets as they graze in an open field. JIm Vaiknoras/staff photo
Essex: Liz Green, of the Apple Street Farm in Essex, checks on her piglets as they graze in an open field. JIm Vaiknoras/staff photo
Essex: Liz Green, of the Apple Street Farm in Essex,poses at her barn door. JIm Vaiknoras/staff photo
Essex: Lindsay Allen and Liz Green, of the Apple Street Farm in Essex, 
fill planters in the greenhouse at the farm. JIm Vaiknoras/staff photo
Essex: Lindsay Allen and Liz Green, of the Apple Street Farm in Essex, 
fill planters in the greenhouse at the farm. JIm Vaiknoras/staff photo
ALLEGRA BOVERMAN/Gloucester Daily Times Ralph Sweet of Lattof Farm in Rockport replenishes his supply of freshly quartered watermelon at his stand on Tuesday afternoon.
ALLEGRA BOVERMAN/Gloucester Daily Times Ralph Sweet of Lattof Farm in Rockport replenishes his supply of freshly quartered watermelon at his stand on Tuesday afternoon.
ALLEGRA BOVERMAN/Gloucester Daily Times Ralph Sweet of Lattof Farm in Rockport replenishes his supply of freshly quartered watermelon at his stand on Tuesday afternoon.
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