Valley Bounty: Big River Chestnuts
By reviving a historical crop, one farmer has a plan to feed our community while stewarding the land into the future. Jono Neiger is trained[...]
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VB: Flowerwork Farm
Flowerwork Farm sits on a small patch of land within the Grow Food Northampton Community Farm in Florence. There, owner Suna Turgay grows flowers and[...]
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VB: Fall Fun
For some, the best time of year is when the air cools, the children return to school and the trees blush with color. At the[...]
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VB: River Maple Farm
For many family farms, each new generation brings a wave of change. Whether they’re responding to shifting market conditions, the changing climate or just following[...]
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VB: Abundance Farm
Abundance Farm grows a sense of community alongside food. Nat Ross is the farm manager and says, “We serve a wide-ranging and diverse community, and[...]
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VB: Sweet Lucy’s Bakeshop
“My Dad was obsessed with farms; for a few years when I was growing up, we had a huge garden,” says Lucy Damkoehler, chef and[...]
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VB: Bashista Orchards
“Our little part of Whiteloaf Mountain probably hasn’t changed much, other than I’ve added more trees and we got rid of the cows,” says Tom[...]
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VB: Summer Fun on the Farm
Summer sparkles with family vacations, catching up with friends and children enjoying school break. For many farms in the Valley, summer is the peak growing[...]
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VB: Nasami Farm
June is National Pollinator Month, which celebrates the pollinators that keep our ecosystem—and food system—healthy. It’s an invitation for home gardeners to think about the[...]
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VB: Crooked Stick Pops
Although not a farmer, Julie Tuman’s first job as a kid in North Carolina was throwing hay bales and her second job was picking blackberries.[...]
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VB: Golonka Farm
Golonka Farm is a beloved institution in Whately, famous locally for growing a wide variety of vegetables, for their fresh-picked sweet corn, and for the[...]
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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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