Valley Bounty: Bergeron Sugar House
Bob Bergeron, of Bergeron’s Sugar House in Leyden, has been sugaring for over fifty years. He first got hooked on maple during high school, at[...]
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Valley Bounty: Mayval Farm
Mayval Farm raises dairy and beef cows, makes maple syrup, and turns some of their milk into a variety of specialty dairy products in their[...]
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Valley Bounty: Sunrise Farms Maple
"We call it liquid gold,” Erik Lively says of maple syrup. This is his favorite time of year at Sunrise Farms in the hills of[...]
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Valley Bounty: Cooley Dickinson Hospital
As day breaks each morning, Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton is already a hive of activity. Doctors and nurses on overnight shifts trade places[...]
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Valley Bounty: Wells Provisions
At first glance, Charlemont may seem an unlikely place to open a restaurant that features New Orleans cooking. When the pandemic offered a chance to[...]
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Valley Bounty: Bostrom Farm
Talk to most farmers raising animals on pasture, and they’ll tell you the same thing – from a farming perspective, the animals are secondary.
"Our mantra[...]
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Valley Bounty: Pause and Pivot Farm
‘When people think about farming, a lot of specific imagery may come to mind,” says Miana Hoyt Dawson of Pause and Pivot Farm in[...]
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Valley Bounty: Winter Farmers Market at the Hampshire Mall
The Winter Farmers' Market at the Hampshire Mall, located in the mall’s Target hallway, offers a social bright spot and a splash of local[...]
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Valley Bounty: Chicopee Fresh
Many Chicopee families rely on school food to ensure their kids get enough to eat, and Chicopee Fresh has a mission to combat food insecurity[...]
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Valley Bounty: Big River Chestnuts
“Think about this – on a somewhat degraded hillside in the northeast, we could grow a staple carbohydrate to use like corn or wheat,” says[...]
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Valley Bounty: Atlas Farm Store
“We live in a really interesting spot, where you can almost get all your food from within the region,” says Kelly Hickey, owner and[...]
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Valley Bounty: 30Boltwood
At 30Boltwood, a restaurant housed within the Inn on Boltwood in downtown Amherst, scratch-cooking using high quality and often local ingredients is the[...]
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