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February 7, 2022 Employees buy family-owned Pepperell farm for $1.2M By Katherine Hamilton After 94 years of ownership, the Hills family sold Kimball Fruit Farm in Pepperell for almost $1.2 million, according to the Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds and an announcement on the farm’s website. Carl and Marie Hills, who have managed the farm since 1990, announced their retirement on Feb. 3, four days before the sale closed. The Hills family and its relatives have owned the farm since 1928. The farm was sold to Amanda and David Wadleigh, who have been employees at the farm, with David...

Farmers’ markets thrive as customers seek comfort of outdoor shopping Maddy Wiener Sorting through crates of heirloom tomatoes, David Wadleigh, manager at Kimball Fruit Farm, groups the soft ones to be sold for half price. This is one of the many quality control checks at the Kimball Fruit Farm stand in Harvard Square. It’s also one of the few things Wadleigh can control in what’s been an unpredictable time for farmers and farmers’ markets. With so much unknown, Kimball Fruit Farm and other Massachusetts’ farms planned for a farmers’ market season that would look much different than years past. Without...