WRSI: Laurenitis Farm
“I wanted to be an archeologist when I was growing up,” says Karina Laurenitis of Laurenitis Farm in Sunderland. “This is a different version of[...]
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Valley Bounty: Green Acres Fruit Farm
Flexibility is a critical skill in farming. Physical flexibility for sure – any farmer who’s contorted themselves to pull hard to reach weeds, prune a[...]
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WRSI: The Little White Goat Dairy
Rachel Scherer, the woman behind The Little White Goat Dairy at Heritage Fields in Orange talks with Phil and Monte about: The differences between cow[...]
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Valley Bounty: Just Roots
Published March 26th, 2022 in the Daily Hampshire Gazette By Jacob Nelson The ground is thawing. Days are more light than dark now. Songbirds call[...]
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WRSI: Prospect Meadow Farm (ServiceNet)
Prospect Meadow Farm in Hatfield, run by human services agency ServiceNet, provides meaningful employment to people with developmental disabilities. Farm Director Shawn Robinson and Operations[...]
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WRSI: Cornucopia Natural Wellness Market
Nate Clifford, co-owner of Cornucopia Natural Wellness Market in Thorne’s Marketplace in Northampton, talks to Phil and Monte about the history of the natural foods[...]
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WAMC: Emergency loan fund helps western Massachusetts farms impacted by last summer’s record rains
Since its inception, the CISA fund has loaned out nearly $500,000 Listen to the full story here. Zero-interest loans have been awarded to help several[...]
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Valley Bounty: Great Falls Aquaculture
Here’s a surprise: one of the biggest animal farms in western Massachusetts is in Turners Falls. Perhaps also a surprise – they raise fish.
"Our facility[...]
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WRSI: Hart Farm
It's CSA season! Anna Meyer, farm owner and manager at Hart Farm in Conway talks to Phil and Monte about their highly flexible "farm-to-door"[...]
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Valley Bounty: Mountainside Maple Farm
“A breath of spring.” That’s how Luke Longstreeth, owner of Mountainside Maple Farm in Hatfield, describes the recent arrival of maple sugaring season to[...]
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WRSI: Black Birch Vineyard
WRSI, February 25, 2022. Ian Modestow, Director of Wine Growing at Black Birch Vineyards, Hatfield, talks about farming and growing grapes and how the weather[...]
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Valley Bounty: Keystone Market
For Krunal Patel, owner of Keystone Market in Shelburne Falls, selling local food is his form of civic engagement. “I want to be part[...]
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