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Interview: Trillium Farm

March 15, 2019 Posted in: WRSI's "Local Hero Spotlight" interviews, Press Room

WRSI, March 15, 2019. Listen to Deby Lee and her fiancé Chuck Neff of Trillium Farm in Northfield talk about their small farm where they[...]

WRSI: Seeds of Solidarity

March 11, 2019 Posted in: WRSI's "Local Hero Spotlight" interviews, Press Room

WRSI, March 11, 2019. Listen to Deb Habib of Seeds of Solidarity Farm talk about Making Love while Farming, which she wrote with Ricky Baruch her[...]

WRSI Interview: Center Square Grill

March 4, 2019 Posted in: WRSI's "Local Hero Spotlight" interviews, Press Room

WRIS, March 4, 2019. Listen to Bill Collins, owner of Center Square Grill, East Longmeadow, as he tells us his vision for his restaurant and[...]

Artifact Cider to open taproom in Florence, double its staff

March 3, 2019 Posted in: Local Heroes in the News, Press Room

Daily Hampshire Gazette, March 3, 2019. By Bera Dunau NORTHAMPTON — Artifact Cider has returned to western Massachusetts, and childhood friends Soham Bhatt and Jake Mazar[...]

The Heritage Grain Share, CSA for beans, flour and grains

March 1, 2019 Posted in: Local Heroes in the News, Press Room

Daily Hampshire Gazette, March 1, 2019. By Andy Castillo Standing in a barn at Brookfield Farm in Amherst, Jim Perkins of Leverett scooped a pound of[...]

Coco chef Unmi Abkin named a semifinalist for James Beard Award — again

February 28, 2019 Posted in: Local Heroes in the News, Press Room

Daily Hampshire Gazette, February 28, 2019. By Luis Fieldman.

EASTHAMPTON — Named a semifinalist for a James Beard Award for the fourth year in a row, chef[...]

Columnist Claire Morenon: Late winter on the farm

February 25, 2019 Posted in: CISA Opinion Pieces

Daily Hampshire Gazette, February 25, 2019, by Claire Morenon We’re unarguably in the depths of winter, but signs of the coming spring have started to emerge[...]

Maple syrup season is here in western Massachusetts!

February 23, 2019 Posted in: Local Heroes in the News, Press Room

WWLP, Feburary 23, 2019 - Maple Syrup season is here! By: Mike Masciadrelli

Interview: Sunrise Farms

February 22, 2019 Posted in: WRSI's "Local Hero Spotlight" interviews, Press Room

WRSI, February 22, 2019. Listen to Marilyn Lively from Sunrise Farms in Colrain as she talks about her family farm, their 3,500 taps, and the[...]

Outlook 2019: CISA marks 25 years of growing Local Heroes in Western Massachusetts

February 18, 2019 Posted in: CISA Opinion Pieces, CISA News, Press Room

The Republican. February 18, 2019. Claire Morenon. This past year, Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture (CISA) celebrated 25 years of building connections between farms and the communities[...]

Grow it, save it, share it: Cultivating the Valley’s next generation of food knowledge

February 15, 2019 Posted in: Press Room

Daily Hampshire Gazette, February 15, 2019 by Dana Kuttler

Ah, February: the days are short, and the winds are mighty. It’s prime hunker-down time; in our[...]

Interview: North Hadley Sugar Shack

February 15, 2019 Posted in: WRSI's "Local Hero Spotlight" interviews, Press Room

WRSI, February 15, 2019. Listen to Joe and Shelly Boisvert from the North Hadley Sugar Shack talk about the opening of the 2019 maple season[...]

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