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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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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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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VB: Senior Farm Share
While food is fuel for the human body, community sustains the human psyche. For senior citizens living on their own, social interaction and nutrition become[...]
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VB: Bascom Hollow Farm
At first glance, Bascom Hollow Farm in Gill is a straightforward operation. Co-owner Brian Donahue says, “we raise primarily grass-fed beef along with 10 pigs[...]
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VB: Family Farming Westhampton
Intervale Farm in Westhampton lies in a bucolic valley under the east slopes of the Berkshire hills, surrounded by a patchwork of farms. Rick Tracy[...]
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VB: Justamere Tree Farm
Deb Rocque, Kim Trust and Kelly Auer met in Alaska. Rocque and Trust worked in conservation for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and Auer[...]
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VB: Cook Farm & Flayvors at Cook Farm
The history of Cook Farm stretches back over a century, and the Cook family has been experimenting and adapting for just as long. Flayvors of[...]
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VB: 2026 Sugar Shacks
For some people, the sweetest time of the year is upon us—maple sugar season! Maple is the first major crop of the calendar year for[...]
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VB: Prospect Meadow Farm
There is so much to learn by working on a farm. There are things to learn about growing plants and caring for animals, of course,[...]
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VB: Wild Bramble Farm
On Wild Bramble Farm in Northfield, Shannon Goddard grows fresh flowers for sale, raises chickens for meat, and runs a small farmstand. Along with her[...]
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