Land Use Zoning

Mass. Appeals Court: Wood Processing Isn’t Protected “Agriculture”

November 10, 2026 / November 10, 2026 by Ryan Douglas | Leave a Comment

In its decision last week in Blanche v. Zoning Board of Appeals of Westminster (pdf), the Massachusetts Appeals Court held that processing mostly imported logs into cordwood and woodchips on a parcel in the Town of Westminster (Town) is wood processing, not farming, so it doesn’t qualify as “agriculture” under M.G.L. c. 40A, § 3 […]

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