Local Hero Profile: Amherst Nurseries
Each spring, John Kinchla and the crew at Amherst Nurseries take on a high-stakes guessing game with the New England weather. John needs to get[...]
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Video Profile: Mycoterra Farm
From a multi-million-dollar mushroom farm on the west coast, to a closet in the basement, to a former equestrian center, Julia Coffey has grown mushrooms[...]
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Local Hero Profile: Hartman’s Herb Farm and B&B
“The calls start at 7 in the morning and keep going until 11 at night,” says Lynn Hartman. “The kids say that we’re the 7-Eleven[...]
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Local Hero Profile: The Old Creamery Co-op
In 1866, a group of dairy farmers banded together to establish a cooperative creamery in Cummington. For decades, farmers and families from throughout the Hilltowns[...]
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2018 Local Hero Awardee: Bonita and Dan Conlon, Warm Colors Apiary
Bonita and Dan Conlon of Warm Colors Apiary in South Deerfield have set a high bar for local honey production, educated countless new beekeepers, and[...]
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Video Profile: Ferrindino Maple
In the first installment of CISA's "Breaking Ground: Beginning Farmer Stories", we profile Ferrindino Maple in Hampden, where the Ferrindino family harvest, boil, and bottle[...]
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Local Hero Profile: The Gill Greenery
After working for 10 years as a technician for Verizon, Seay Minor was ready for a change. He enjoyed the comfortable benefits but he was[...]
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Local Hero Profile: Cream of the Crop Farm
On a recent Tuesday I drove through a light dusting of January snow into the foothills of the Berkshires. I pulled off Route 23 in[...]
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Local Hero Profile: Foster’s Supermarket
By Jack Gardner, CISA Intern Published in CISA’s January 2018 E-Newsletter – Sign Up Here!
The proliferation of “big box” stores and chain supermarkets over the last few[...]
Local Hero Profile: Relish the Harvest
Relish the Harvest, a Chicopee-based specialty food producer founded by Jessica Wisniewski in 2010, began with a Wisniewski family staple: sweet zucchini relish. During the[...]
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Local Hero Profile: Atkins Farms
Although I don’t make it over there too often, Atkins Farms is one of my favorite stores in the Valley. To me, it offers the[...]
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Local Hero Profile: Fungi Ally
Fungi Ally is located on route 47 in Hadley, close to the Sunderland town line. You’d never guess by looking at the unassuming exterior, but[...]
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