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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Valley Bounty: Bub’s Bar-B-Q
Fingers sticky with barbecue sauce. Belly full. Smoky, spicy flavors lingering on your tongue as you lean back and sigh, the light fading on the[...]
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Valley Bounty: Falls Farm LLC
Published July 30, 2022 in the Daily Hampshire Gazette By Lisa Goodrich Farming is not for the faint of heart, so who better to cultivate[...]
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Valley Bounty: Old Creamery Co-op
What does the Old Creamery Co-op in Cummington have in common with Preservation Hall, a celebrated jazz venue in New Orleans? More than you[...]
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Valley Bounty: Dave’s Natural Garden
Published July 16th 2022 in the Daily Hampshire Gazette By Jacob Nelson Meghan Hastings has a secret to share about sweet corn. “The variety really doesn’t matter,”[...]
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Valley Bounty: Nourse Farms
"Berry season is a wild ride,” says Rachel Monette, a longtime employee of Nourse Farms in Whately. Every summer it hits with intensity, like[...]
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Valley Bounty: Hilltown Mobile Market
“They're not part of the Valley. They're not covered by the Berkshires. The Hilltowns really are their own thing,” observes Seva Water, who coordinates the[...]
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Valley Bounty: Four Star Brewery
Imagine holding the relaxation of a beautiful summer day in the palm of your hand. If you’re lucky enough to live in the Pioneer Valley,[...]
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Valley Bounty: Chase Hill Farm
“How many people get a chance where someone walks up to you and says, 'do you want your dream?'" asks Laura Wells-Tolley. In 2017, she[...]
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Valley Bounty: Rise Above Bakery
"It was always my dream to own a bakery,” Brian Meunier says. A bakery with a café that evoked warmth and familiarity. Somewhere to enjoy[...]
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