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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Valley Bounty: Field Notes and Five College Farms
Jacob Nelson, Daily Hampshire Gazette, June 12, 2021. Lots of things are edible. “Food” is usually what’s also desirable and socially normal to eat. As[...]
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Valley Bounty: Kosinksi Farms
Daily Hampshire Gazette, June 5, 2021 It’s strawberry season in the Valley. Maybe the earliest in recent memory, and certainly one of the most prolific[...]
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