Valley Bounty: Teddy C. Smiarowski Farm
The Smiarowski family name has been a fixture in valley farming since around 1923, when Alexander Smiarowski came from Poland, and purchased farmland in Montague[...]
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Valley Bounty: Moody Family Farm in Bernardston
When farming is in the family, the land calls no matter where else life takes a person. Aaron Moody, owner-operator of Moody Family Farm, was[...]
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Valley Bounty: Good Bunch Farm
“It’s usually around April 20th when I plant things in the field that can handle light frost,” says farmer Dan Greene of Good Bunch[...]
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Valley Bounty: Hillside Nursery
The spring planting season is upon us, and home gardeners are out in full force on weekends, visiting farm stands and garden centers hunting for[...]
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Valley Bounty: Wild Life Flowers
For Kimberly Longey, Farmer-Florist at Wild Life Flowers in Plainfield, the idea of the slow flower movement began with an appreciation for local food. “As[...]
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NEPM: Nordica Street Community Farm
. Claire takes Monte and Kaliis to visit Nordica Street Community Farm in Springfield, where they talk to farmers Anne Richmond and Todd Crosset and[...]
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Valley Bounty: Free Living Farm
“Being outside, providing for yourself, providing for your community – and the health changes I saw in myself, eating fresh food from the land –[...]
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Valley Bounty: Lemon Bakery
Published in the Daily Hampshire Gazette 4/5/25 Named for sunny citrus fruit grown far from the valley, Lemon Bakery in Amherst mixes the sweet with[...]
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Valley Bounty: Little Brook Farm
Spring is here, and with it are signs of new life on farms around the Valley. Leaves are beginning to bud on fruit trees,[...]
WAMC: In Hadley, farmers gather to protest cuts and freezes to programs under Trump administration
First aired March 27, 2025 on WAMC Listen to the story here (or read below) Massachusetts Congressman Jim McGovern of the 2nd district was among[...]
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Valley Bounty: Greenfield Winter Farmers’ Market
“When people think of farms, they tend to think of the summer, abundance, corn fields, and flowers. What people don’t realize is that farms function[...]
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Valley Bounty: Stone Soup Farm
For local farmers, winter is a time for planning the next growing season, catching up on small business tasks, and maintaining structures and equipment. For[...]
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