Franklin County farmers open gates for pick-your-own blueberry season
By GRACE BIRD for The Recorder, July 18, 2019
SHELBURNE — While strawberry season spans three weeks, blueberries have just ripened and the plants[...]
HEALTHY FOOD starts with HEALTHY SOIL
By REMA BOSCOV
For the Recorder, July 17, 2019
For those concerned about global warming and about eating healthfully, it’s possible[...]
WRSI: Burnt Hill
Winter Honeybee Loss In Massachusetts Reflected Nationwide Trend
By Pamela Larkin, NEPR, July 15, 2019
Honeybee losses in Massachusetts last winter were roughly 40 percent.
That’s according to Hannah Whitehead, a honeybee specialist at UMass[...]
River Valley Co-op owners invest over $5 million in new Easthampton store
Quonquont Farm in Whately to host second annual blueberry festival
By TINKY WEISBLAT, For the Recorder, July 10, 2019
The local blueberry season is upon us. Fat, high-bush blueberries have appeared[...]
WRSI: Gran-Val Scoop
Biking for a good cause: Food Justice
Max Marcus, The Recorder, July 1, 2019
GREENFIELD — The on-and-off rain Sunday started just as the Food Justice Bike Ride’s 42-mile ride took off from[...]
WRSI: G.O. Farm
Columnist Claire Morenon: The case for local dairy
Learning with lettuce
Linda Lazarus: Life’s many wonders revealed at the farmers market
Daily Hampshire Gazette, June 24, 2019
One recent day at a gloriously busy farmers’ market, there was an early morning space of relative quiet. I noticed[...]