Local Hero Profile: Andrew’s Greenhouse
Though a nursery may look like a calm enough place, in reality, young plants are being prepared to withstand a harsh life outdoors. At least[...]
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Local Hero Profile: The Bement School
The dining room of The Bement School is unlike any dining hall I’ve ever seen—or smelled, for that matter. My first clue that Bement does[...]
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Local Hero Profile: Hickory Hill Farm
Hickory Hill Farm taps over 10,000 maple trees each year for sap. The taps can hurt the tree if they stay in year-round, which means[...]
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Local Hero Profile: Blossoming Acres
Blossoming Acres is known for having fresh, delicious sweet corn at their farm stand—as Lenita proudly says, “We pick it every day!” During 2018, one[...]
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Local Hero Profile: Fairview Farms Inc.
Alan Sanderson Jr.’s father was a farmer. So was his grandfather. His great grandfather too. On a recent windy afternoon Alan leaned back in his[...]
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Local Hero Profile: Jay’s Wicked Gourmet Sauces
Shannon Green found out that her husband Jason was a sauce fanatic early on in their relationship. On a recent morning, sitting in front of[...]
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Local Hero Profile: Hettie Belle Farm
As Jennifer Core and I strolled up the sloping dirt road to the pig pens, she turned to me with a smile. “You know, the[...]
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Local Hero Profile: Northfield Mount Hermon Farm
When what is now the Northfield Mount Hermon (NMH) School Farm was first established in the 1880s at the Mount Hermon School for Boys, it[...]
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Breaking Ground: Foxtrot Herb Farm
In the fourth installment of CISA's series of videos profiling newer farmers, Foxtrot Herb Farm farmers Abby and Christopher talk about returning to family land[...]
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Local Hero Profile: Stony Hill Farm
Five years ago, Alice Colman and Brian Cunningham looked out over the invasive Oriental Bittersweet vines that were creeping onto their recently-purchased Wilbraham farm property[...]
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Local Hero Profile: Holyoke Hummus Company
Not a single food truck showed up for the 2013 Great Holyoke Brick Race. John Grossman was mortified to see crowds of Holyokers missing lunch[...]
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Local Hero Profile: Champney’s Restaurant & Tavern
On August 28, 2011, there were five and a half feet of water in the Deerfield Inn. Hurricane Irene, which pummeled much of the east[...]
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