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Valley Bounty: Phoenix Fruit Farm

October 2, 2021 Posted in: CISA News, CISA's Valley Bounty Column, Press Room

At Phoenix Fruit Farm in Belchertown, owner Elly Vaughan is reimagining how a mid-size orchard like hers — one of hundreds in the hills of[...]

Valley Bounty: Flourish Farm

September 25, 2021 Posted in: CISA News, CISA's Valley Bounty Column, Press Room

Flourish Farm, a one-woman operation owned by Linda Fuchs, is a small farm with an oversized impact. Fuchs grows specialized crops on “half an acre[...]

Valley Bounty: McKinstry’s Market Garden, Part 2

September 18, 2021 Posted in: CISA News, CISA's Valley Bounty Column, Press Room

Farms are made by people. And when a farmer retires, the question of who farms next can be a heavy one to answer. Here, Bill[...]

Valley Bounty: McKinstry’s Market Garden, Part 1

September 12, 2021 Posted in: CISA News, CISA's Valley Bounty Column, Press Room

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[...]

Valley Bounty: Sutter Meats

August 28, 2021 Posted in: CISA News, CISA's Valley Bounty Column, Press Room

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[...]

Valley Bounty: Vollinger Farm

August 21, 2021 Posted in: CISA News, CISA's Valley Bounty Column, Press Room

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[...]

Valley Bounty: Yellow Stonehouse Farm

August 14, 2021 Posted in: CISA News, CISA's Valley Bounty Column, Press Room

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[...]

Valley Bounty: Sylvester’s Restaurant

August 7, 2021 Posted in: CISA's Valley Bounty Column, Press Room

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[...]

Valley Bounty: Oak Hollow Livestock

August 2, 2021 Posted in: CISA's Valley Bounty Column, Press Room

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[...]