VB: Wheelhouse Catering
Jake Mazar and Will Van Heuvelen weren’t trying to start a catering business. “It makes me chuckle,” Van Heuvelen says, “because this was sort of an accident. Jake and I,[...]
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VB: Birch Brook Farm
Birch Brook Farm is a first-generation farm with ties to a long family history. Owners Molly and Sam Lane produce beef, pork, chicken and turkey[...]
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NEPM: Ellison Farms Beef
Kaliis, Monte, and Claire visit with fourth-generation farmer, Bud Ellison, of Ellison Farms Beef in Ludlow. He and his son, Zach, run about 70 cattle[...]
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VB: Winter Fun on the Farm
As the weather chills, farming may seem a distant memory, but many local area farms remain vibrant by offering farm products and on-farm experiences before[...]
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NEPM: Amherst Farmers’ Market
Catch this week’s #localherospotlight on NEPM! Monte, Kaliis, and Claire visit David Machowski, of the Amherst Farmers’ Market. The gang speaks with Machowski while he[...]
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VB: Hillside Christmas Tree Farm
Most Christmas trees grow for six-to-eight years before they end up in anyone’s living room. So, compared to most crops on local farms, they have[...]
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NEPM: McKinstry Market Garden
McKinstry Farms has been growing strong in Chicopee since 1908. Will and Warren McKinstry are the next generation stewarding the family farm under the guidance[...]
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Valley Bounty: Sweet Birch Herbals
Sweet Birch Herbals is an herb farm, herbal education center, and the working home of clinical herbalist Hannah Morano (formerly Jacobson-Hardy), all packed on three[...]
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NEPM: Crabapple Farm
This week the gang heads to the wilds of Chesterfield to visit with Rachel and Tevis Robertson-Goldberg, of Crabapple Farm. Snuggled in the Berkshire foothills,[...]
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Valley Bounty: Glendale Ridge
Glendale Ridge Vineyard in Southampton is both a farm (vineyard) where grapes for winemaking are grown, and a winery, which harvests, presses, and ages wine[...]
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NEPM: Wellspring Harvest
This week, Kaliis, Jennifer, and Monte visit Wellspring Harvest Co-op in Indian Orchard. They talk with Fred Rose, co-director of the Wellspring Cooperative, and Clive[...]
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VB: Belchertown Winter FM
As the temperatures drop, many local farms remain active, stretching the seasons as long into winter as possible. With the holidays within sight, local farms[...]
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