Valley Bounty: Broadfork Permaculture
In our farms, forests, yards, and everything in between, we say we grow things. Plants, animals, and fungi mostly. But do we grow them, or[...]
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Valley Bounty: Porter Family Farm
"I got my first team of oxen when I was 8 years old,” says Josh Porter of Porter Family Farm in Ashfield. “I’d get[...]
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Valley Bounty: Green Acres Fruit Farm
Flexibility is a critical skill in farming. Physical flexibility for sure – any farmer who’s contorted themselves to pull hard to reach weeds, prune a[...]
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Valley Bounty: Just Roots
Published March 26th, 2022 in the Daily Hampshire Gazette By Jacob Nelson The ground is thawing. Days are more light than dark now. Songbirds call[...]
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Valley Bounty: Great Falls Aquaculture
Here’s a surprise: one of the biggest animal farms in western Massachusetts is in Turners Falls. Perhaps also a surprise – they raise fish.
"Our facility[...]
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Valley Bounty: Mountainside Maple Farm
“A breath of spring.” That’s how Luke Longstreeth, owner of Mountainside Maple Farm in Hatfield, describes the recent arrival of maple sugaring season to[...]
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Valley Bounty: Keystone Market
For Krunal Patel, owner of Keystone Market in Shelburne Falls, selling local food is his form of civic engagement. “I want to be part[...]
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Valley Bounty: Something Special Cafe
Restaurants feed us. And when they use locally grown food, they feed our community in more ways than one. That’s something special – at least[...]
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Valley Bounty: Walking Cloud Farm
Supporting local farms might involve choosing to eat local, but what about dressing local? After all, farms grow more than food.
Choosing locally grown fiber and fabrics[...]
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Valley Bounty: Quabbin Hill Farms
Every farm looks a bit different. Some have fields full of plants rooted in the earth, while for others, their "fields" are soil-filled trays, set[...]
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Valley Bounty: Winter Farmers’ Market at Forest Park
Farmers’ markets. There’s more to them than meets the eye. They’re places to buy your favorite locally grown food, and handmade treats and crafts. For[...]
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Valley Bounty: Glendale Ridge Vineyard
Rolling hills and pastoral mountain views. A welcoming place for all ages, and a glass of wine for those of age. With Glendale Ridge[...]
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