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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Local Hero Profile: Crooked Stick Pops
Julie Tuman remembers a young customer approaching her pop stand with a determined look on her face. “I don’t think she was old enough to[...]
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Local Hero Profile: Belly of the Beast
Before Aimee Francaes and Jesse Hassinger opened the doors to their restaurant, Belly of the Beast, the couple hit the road – touring pastures[...]
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Local Hero Profile: FoodLove!
Tonianne Paquette was preparing corn tortillas at a client’s birthday party when the party’s youngest attendee, at 8 years old, asked if she could help.[...]
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