Valley Bounty: UMass Amherst Dining
Buying local is one way to “vote with your fork,” using consumer demand to help shape the economy. Individuals, families and businesses all have some[...]
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Valley Bounty: Fletcher Farm
Fletcher Farm, just off Rt. 10 in Southampton, is the kind of place many probably envision when they hear the phrase “family farm.” A[...]
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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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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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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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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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Valley Bounty: Vollinger Farm
Hay is for horses. Sometimes for cows. It’s an important source of income for many farms in the Valley, but tricky to rely on in[...]
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Valley Bounty: Yellow Stonehouse Farm
Many paths lead to a life of farming. Some are born into it, others answer the call decades later, bringing past experience and skills to[...]
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Valley Bounty: Sylvester’s Restaurant
Sylvester’s Restaurant has been a bakery, breakfast, and lunch joint serving homemade meals on Pleasant St. in downtown Northampton since 1983, and a key supporter[...]
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Valley Bounty: Oak Hollow Livestock
All farming leaves a legacy, etched into the soil, plants, animals, the farmers themselves, and the greater community. That fact is high on Sara Davis’s[...]
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Valley Bounty: Crooked Stick Pops
“You know that feeling when you eat something and the taste buds in the very back of your cheeks go bonkers, and it almost hurts[...]
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