WRSI: Sixteen Acres Garden Center
Sixteen Acres Garden Center in Springfield, a local business touched by COVID loss, helps others find hope by nurturing green thumbs. Hear more about what[...]
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WRSI: Clark Brothers’ Orchards
Naomi Clark, the lone sister at Clark Brothers Orchards in Ashfield, joins Phil and Monte to chat about the family business — growing apples on[...]
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Valley Bounty: Phoenix Fruit Farm
At Phoenix Fruit Farm in Belchertown, owner Elly Vaughan is reimagining how a mid-size orchard like hers — one of hundreds in the hills of[...]
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Columnist Claire Morenon: The burdens farmers carry
Daily Hampshire Gazette, October 1, 2021 Farming is a tough business — that’s no secret. Farmers work long, physically demanding hours and farm businesses run[...]
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WRSI: Special 500th Episode
500 episodes. 10 years. In celebration of this milestone, two of the very first Local Hero Spotlight guests from 2011, Casey Steinberg of Old Friends[...]
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Valley Bounty: Flourish Farm
Flourish Farm, a one-woman operation owned by Linda Fuchs, is a small farm with an oversized impact. Fuchs grows specialized crops on “half an acre[...]
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WRSI: Antonellis Farm and Ciesluk Farm Stand
Siblings Jen and Mike Antonellis dish on their roles running Antonellis Farm and the attached Ciesluk Farm Stand in Deerfield and all the fall things[...]
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Valley Bounty: McKinstry’s Market Garden, Part 2
Farms are made by people. And when a farmer retires, the question of who farms next can be a heavy one to answer. Here, Bill[...]
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WRSI: Red Gate Farm Education Center
WRSI, September 13, 2021. Jake Krain, Assistant Director of Red Gate Farm Education Center in Ashfield, talks about farming with children & families and the[...]
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Valley Bounty: McKinstry’s Market Garden, Part 1
By JACOB NELSON, For the Gazette, Published: 9/12/2021 Editor’s note: This is the first of a two-part series about farm succession in the Pioneer Valley through[...]
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Valley Bounty: Sutter Meats
In a time where distance and isolation have become a new norm, a local butcher shop in Northampton, Sutter Meats, has been providing a sense[...]
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WRSI BridgeSide Grille
WRSI, August 27, 2021. John Reilly, owner of BridgeSide Grille, talks about the local food they have on the menu.
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