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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Video Profile: Bardwell Farm
Ninth generation Hatfield farmer Harrison Bardwell talks about farming the family land and being part of a farming community.
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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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