Valley Bounty: McKinstry’s Market Garden, Part 1
By JACOB NELSON, For the Gazette, Published: 9/12/2021 Editor’s note: This is the first of a two-part series about farm succession in the Pioneer Valley through[...]
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Valley Bounty: Sutter Meats
In a time where distance and isolation have become a new norm, a local butcher shop in Northampton, Sutter Meats, has been providing a sense[...]
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Valley Bounty: Vollinger Farm
Hay is for horses. Sometimes for cows. It’s an important source of income for many farms in the Valley, but tricky to rely on in[...]
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Valley Bounty: Yellow Stonehouse Farm
Many paths lead to a life of farming. Some are born into it, others answer the call decades later, bringing past experience and skills to[...]
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Valley Bounty: Sylvester’s Restaurant
Sylvester’s Restaurant has been a bakery, breakfast, and lunch joint serving homemade meals on Pleasant St. in downtown Northampton since 1983, and a key supporter[...]
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Valley Bounty: Oak Hollow Livestock
All farming leaves a legacy, etched into the soil, plants, animals, the farmers themselves, and the greater community. That fact is high on Sara Davis’s[...]
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Valley Bounty: Crooked Stick Pops
“You know that feeling when you eat something and the taste buds in the very back of your cheeks go bonkers, and it almost hurts[...]
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Valley Bounty: Four Rex Farm
Daily Hampshire Gazette, July 16, 2021 “Some people think it’s a myth,” says Ray Rex, owner of Four Rex Farm in Hadley. “Maybe it is,[...]
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Valley Bounty: E & J Scott Orchards
‘With farming, you have to be adaptable, or you don’t survive,” says Collin Scott, who together with his wife, Laura, runs E& J Scott Orchards[...]
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Valley Bounty: Go Fresh Mobile Market
The Go Fresh Mobile Market brings fresh, local fruits and vegetables to a dozen Springfield neighborhoods each week. As market coordinator Timothy Williams explains, “Many[...]
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Valley Bounty: Kinne Brook Farm
Daily Hampshire Gazette, June 26, 2021. Jacob Nelson Turning sunlight into steaks and burgers. When you strip it down to the basics, that’s what Bart[...]
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Valley Bounty: Kitchen Garden Farm
A kitchen garden is a place for growing food that’s then brought to the kitchen, transformed into delicious dishes, and shared with people. It’s a[...]
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