A free, self-guided exhibition of large outdoor sculptures set amongst the working orchards and fruit gardens.
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Join Great Falls Harvest in Turners Falls for an evening of mingling and sampling as they offer a variety of prepared dishes and value-added products to pair alongside some tasty local beverages. Get a chance to chat with some of the local farmers who supplied the ingredients for these exciting dishes as well as Chef […]
$40
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In collaboration with CISA Bistro Les Gras will be serving a muli-course dinner with a few of their favorite local farmers and producers featuring the lesser knowns of the our food world. In the spirit of a "Staff Meal", a meal that a restaurant would generally hold for their staff, will be a menu full […]
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Learn how to make the most of your CSA share this season! Join us Wednesday, Sept. 6 at the Granby farm stand one Wednesday a month where Tonianne from FoodLove! will help you find your food confidence. Get acquainted with some of FoodLove's simple & easy base recipes that can be adapted to any veggies […]
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Join us for a hyper-local special dinner at the height of harvest! Partnering with CISA (Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture), Belly of the Beast celebrates local women in food with a special multi-course pop-up dinner featuring three local farms with women at the helm: • Caroline Pam (Kitchen Garden Farm, Sunderland, MA) – produce & […]
$53.00
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This unique series offers a window into herbalism from some of the foremost practitioners, teachers, growers, and product makers in our area – join us for this very special opportunity! Are you interested in herbalism? Did you know that the greater Pioneer Valley region is one of the nation’s richest resources for quality herbal health […] |
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Over 30 vendors! Stop and smell the donuts and try a cider slushy. Stroll through the fruit trees while browsing a variety of crafts, collectables, candles and more. Pick your own apples is in full swing and will be available every day through September. No admission charge. Find more info here.
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The Agawam Historical Association, operators of the Agawam Historical & Fire House Museum and owners of the 1757 Thomas Smith House, will reap the benefits of a tractor, antique truck, and implement show to be held on Saturday, September 9, from 11am-3pm. Admission is $2 per person, with children under 12 admitted free of charge. […]
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Learn how lactic acid fermentation works and make two ferments, one pounded (like sauerkraut) and one brined (like dilly beans). Specific recipes used will vary from class to class depending on seasonally available produce. Go home with one jar of each of the ferments we make in class! Fermenting Vegetables is part of a 3 session fermentation […] |
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Dinner to be catered by Wheelhouse Farm. More details TBA. Tickets purchased in advance TBD. This is in partnership with, and hosted by, Grow Food Northampton. |
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HILLTOWN CHAUTAUQUA RETURNS TO CUMMINGTON, SEPT. 15–16, WITH FRANCES MOORE LAPPÉ, FOR FESTIVAL ON ‘FOOD, FARMS, AND THE FUTURE’ Frances Moore Lappé, a pioneer writer and thinker about food and social justice, and author of Diet for a Small Planet, will be the keynote speaker at the Hilltown Chautauqua’s second Earthcare festival on Sept. 15–16, […]
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This unique series offers a window into herbalism from some of the foremost practitioners, teachers, growers, and product makers in our area – join us for this very special opportunity! Are you interested in herbalism? Did you know that the greater Pioneer Valley region is one of the nation’s richest resources for quality herbal health […] |
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Join thousands of spicy-food lovers for a great line-up of bands, fabulous food, and local-ingredient beers. Sample exotic hot peppers grown on the farm in Sunderland, a chili cook-off, and a hot sauce competition.
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Each September, Bonita & Dan Conlon invite friends and customers to the annual Warm Colors Honey Festival. We began this event in 2001 as a way to celebrate the importance of the honeybee, pollinators’, introduce beekeeping to non-bee people, and offer tastings of our new honey crop. Visitors can taste honey, sample mead (Green River […] |
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Come join in at Wildside Gardens a well-established off-grid homestead and permaculture site in Conway, MA. Presented by Luc Bodin Luc, originally from France and a master of many trades, moved from Boston to the Valley 25 years ago. He has studied at the Kushi Institute. His approach to food preservation using lacto- fermentation draws […] |
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The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts has an urgent need for volunteers who want to make a difference in the lives of hundreds of people by volunteering at their local farmers markets, CSAs, and farm stands to help explain a new Massachusetts program called the Healthy Incentive Program, or HIP. Join the Food Bank for […]
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Wright-Locke Farm’s SPEAKER SERIES In the spirit of inspiring and facilitating conversation in a time where it is crucial that we stay informed about the world around us, Wright-Locke Farm invites you to our 2017 Speaker Series. Join us monthly in our beautiful 1827 Barn for an evening of discovery and discussion. Each presentation will […] |
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This unique series offers a window into herbalism from some of the foremost practitioners, teachers, growers, and product makers in our area – join us for this very special opportunity! Are you interested in herbalism? Did you know that the greater Pioneer Valley region is one of the nation’s richest resources for quality herbal health […] |
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Dinner to be catered by Wheelhouse Farm. Tickets purchased in advance HERE This is in partnership with, and hosted by, Farm to Fork Fondo. The ‘Festival that Stinks’ has more than 100 local food, art, agriculture, and community vendors, great music on two solar-powered stages, and only three bags of trash for 10,000 people.
$5 – $8
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Come join in at Wildside Gardens a well-established off-grid homestead and permaculture site in Conway, MA. Presented by Danny Botkin Danny of Laughing Dog Farm, is an icon of sustainable farming in the Valley. He knows what we all need to know about saving heirloom seeds, hoop house season extension, raising and taming goats, the […] |
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Join the Stockbridge School of Agriculture as they highlight campus farms. UMass Student Farm's Amanda Brown and Book & Plow Farm's Maida Ives will share their stories of managing campus farms in the Pioneer Valley, providing food for the institutions in which they are housed, engaging with students and conducting on-farm education and service learning […] |
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Nuestras Raices, Inc. is celebrating its 25th Anniversary this year!! Come and join in this special event. Come to La Finca (The Farm), and spent quality time with friends and family at the Harvest Festival 2017. Don't miss it! Where: 24 Jones Ferry Rd. Holyoke, MA (La Finca) From: 11-4pm When: Sept. 30, 2017 More […] |
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Sunday, October 1, is the First Annual New Salem Harvest Supper! 4:30 p.m. behind the Town Hall. Please bring food or drink for the potluck supper to celebrate the New Salem community, local farms, and the harvest of the season! Please RSVP by Friday, September 29, by e-mail to mollyalvin@gmail.com. All are welcome! |