CISA’s Valley Bounty Column

If you purchase potatoes from the grocery store or get a side of fries when out to eat, there is a good chance you may[...]

Though the high heat and dry weather we have seen through the Valley has negatively impacted many field crops, it has provided optimal growing conditions[...]

Abby Ferla, owner of Foxtrot Farm in Shelburne Falls, has spent her summer nights camping in a tent in her fields, accompanied by her partner[...]

The hot and dry conditions across western Massachusetts have caused many crops to come earlier than in previous years, and that is okay with Alice[...]

The meat industry, like most industries, has been under immense pressure due to COVID-19. While rural communities have generally had lower infection rates than their[...]

When Andrew Endris first picked up the phone, he had just come in from chasing a black bear out of his blueberry fields. “This was[...]

Carrie Chickering-Sears breeds cattle that win awards. Chickering-Sears and her husband David Sears own Indian Acres Farm in South Deerfield. The pair currently cares for[...]