VB: Golonka Farm
Golonka Farm is a beloved institution in Whately, famous locally for growing a wide variety of vegetables, for their fresh-picked sweet corn, and for the[...]
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NEPM: Carrot Corner Farm
What do living on a boat in Boston harbor, a carrot-shaped parcel of land in North Amherst, and a climate battery have in common? They[...]
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NEPM: Sapowsky Farm Transition
What happens when a farmer retires? This week’s #localherospotlight explores exactly this topic. Jennifer, Monte, and Kaliis visited Sapowsky Farm in Granby, where they learned[...]
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NEPM: Fern Hill Farm
It’s time for another Local Hero Spotlight with Claire, Monte, and Kaliis! This week, they visit Lindsay Allen from Fern Hill Farm in Buckland. Fern[...]
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NEPM: Growing a Bunch Farm
This week, Monte, Kaliis, and Claire form a knitting group to head to Ashfield to visit Lisa Fortin, of Growing a Bunch Farm. The family[...]
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VB: Starview Gardens
Laurenitis Farm stand was built in the 1973 by Robert and Benigna Laurenitis, the fourth generation to farm on the family land in Sunderland. Karina[...]
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VB: Many Graces
Rebecca Maillet started growing flowers in 2016 as a tribute to her soulmate, Ruth, whom she lost to cancer. In the denouement of their time[...]
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NEPM: Conway Natives
Everything in nature changes, and so do the businesses who help us bring nature to our homes and yards. Monte, Claire and Kaliis visited Lilian[...]
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VB: Letendre Farm
Spring is here and backyard chickens all around the Valley are responding to the longer days by laying more eggs – but at Letendre Farm[...]
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NEPM: Flora Farm
Jennifer, Kaliis, and Monte visit flower farmer, Aspen Bey, of Flora Farm in Williamsburg. They grow spring tulips and will be having a massive Mother’s[...]
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NEPM: Sixteen Acres Garden Center
If you haven’t found Sixteen Acres Garden Center yet, it’s time for a field trip–just in time for Mother’s Day! This week, join Monte, Kaliis,[...]
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VB: Mi Tierra Tortillas
Longtime friends and business partners, Michael Docter and Jorge Sosa first met in Hadley, when Sosa was operating the Mi Tierra Restaurant in Hadley. Docter[...]
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