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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Valley Bounty: Warm Colors Apiary
Dan and Bonita Conlon began Warm Colors Apiary in South Deerfield around 2000, as Dan Conlon transitioned from a teaching career to full-time beekeeping. The[...]
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Valley Bounty: Wheel-View Farm
Wheel-View Farm in Shelburne is named in homage to the farmers, the Wheelers, and the farm’s enviable vantage point. As Autumn splashes flaming reds[...]
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Valley Bounty: Pioneer Valley Food Tours
Deborah Christakos founded Pioneer Valley Food Tours in 2017 by transforming her passion for fresh, local food into walking and bicycling food tours. Christakos shares[...]
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Valley Bounty: Stillman Quality Meats
Kate Stillman’s farming roots are set in four generations of livestock, dairy, fruit, and vegetable farming. Stillman’s boots stepped onto the family’s path at age[...]
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Valley Bounty: Astarte Farm
"It's basically like a landslide,” Amelia Mead says of tilling the soil. It resets the soil ecosystem to a state of just-post-disaster – a blank[...]
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Valley Bounty: Brook Farm Orchard
“These apples have soul,” claims Alan Suprenant, owner of Brook Farm Orchard. Rooted, appropriately, on Apple Valley Road in Ashfield, the orchard grows nearly[...]
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