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Farm Profile: River Maple Farm

June 10, 2015 Posted in: Farm Profiles, Local Hero Profiles

"As I pull in at River Maple Farm in Bernardston, two large goats lie right in the middle of the driveway. Both are completely unfazed[...]

Farm Profile: Hager Brothers Farm

May 22, 2015 Posted in: Farm Profiles

Massachusetts is home to 149 dairy farms, 42% of which are in Franklin, Hampden, and Hampshire Counties. Dairy farms represent only about two percent of[...]

Local Hero Profile: Meadow View Farms

May 14, 2015 Posted in: Farm Profiles, Local Hero Profiles

As the last mounds of snow melt away and the sap stops flowing from the maple trees, farmers across the Pioneer Valley are gearing up[...]

Local Hero Profile: Twenty Acres Farm

May 11, 2015 Posted in: Farm Profiles, Local Hero Profiles

Tom Zuzgo’s relationship with his farm, Twenty Acres in Hadley, rivals the best stories of high school sweethearts. “I knew I wanted the land[...]

2015 Local Hero Awardee: Enterprise Farm

May 6, 2015 Posted in: Farm Profiles, 2015

Enterprise Farm was one of the first Massachusetts farms to be certified organic in 1987, just after owner Dave Jackson graduated from UMass.[...]

Local Hero Profile: Bergeron Sugar House

April 9, 2015 Posted in: Farm Profiles, Local Hero Profiles

Bob tells me that the warm weather today is likely to fill the tanks and require a boil tomorrow or even possibly tonight. “But hopefully[...]

Local Hero Profile: Falls Brook Farm

March 11, 2015 Posted in: Farm Profiles, Local Hero Profiles

Falls Brook Farm, built by Eileen and her husband Dick, is a true labor of love.

Local Hero Profile: Brook’s Bend Farm

February 12, 2015 Posted in: Farm Profiles

Suzanne Webber and Al Miller started farming on their Montague property over ten years ago. After first trying their hand at raising beef cows, turkey[...]

Local Hero Profile: Mount Warner Vineyards

October 8, 2014 Posted in: Farm Profiles

Fifteen years ago, when Gary and Bobbie Kamen bought the Hadley property that was to become Mount Warner Vineyards, they were drawn to the[...]

Local Hero Profile: Twin Oaks Farm

September 9, 2014 Posted in: Farm Profiles, Local Hero Profiles

Even a quick conversation with Edwin Matuszko, Linda Kingsley, and their son Josef of Twin Oaks Farm reveals that the family loves to grow[...]

Local Hero Profile: West Granville Blueberries

July 9, 2014 Posted in: Farm Profiles, Local Hero Profiles

For anyone who has had the delight of a blueberry pancake at Maple Corner Farm, you may already know about the treasure of West Granville[...]

Local Hero Profile: Blue Heaven Berry Farm

July 3, 2014 Posted in: Farm Profiles, Local Hero Profiles

A visitor to Blue Heaven berry farm in Middlefield can easily imagine the many reasons farmers Joe and Donna Pease decided to build their home[...]

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