CISA | Local Hero Profiles

Local Hero Profile: The Bement School

April 10, 2019 Posted in: Restaurant Profiles, Local Hero Profiles

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[...]

Local Hero Profile: Hickory Hill Farm

March 14, 2019 Posted in: Farm Profiles, Local Hero Profiles

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[...]

Local Hero Profile: Blossoming Acres

February 13, 2019 Posted in: Farm Profiles, Local Hero Profiles

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[...]

Local Hero Profile: Fairview Farms Inc.

January 8, 2019 Posted in: Farm Profiles, Local Hero Profiles

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[...]

Local Hero Profile: Jay’s Wicked Gourmet Sauces

December 13, 2018 Posted in: Specialty Producer Profiles, Local Hero Profiles

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[...]

Local Hero Profile: Hettie Belle Farm

November 8, 2018 Posted in: Farm Profiles, Local Hero Profiles

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[...]

Local Hero Profile: Northfield Mount Hermon Farm

October 11, 2018 Posted in: Farm Profiles, Local Hero Profiles

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[...]

Breaking Ground: Foxtrot Herb Farm

September 12, 2018 Posted in: Farm Profiles, Local Hero Profiles

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[...]

Local Hero Profile: Stony Hill Farm

September 12, 2018 Posted in: Farm Profiles

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[...]