VB: Plum Brook Farm
Clem Clay grew up the child of back-to-the land farmers in Vermont. In 2022, Clay and his wife, Tiffany, bought Small Ones Farm on Bay[...]
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VB: Ciesluk’s Farm Stand
The family history behind Ciesluk’s Farmstand, a roadside mainstay on Routes 5 and 10 in Deerfield, mirrors the trajectory of many Polish arrivals to the[...]
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VB: Blue Heron Restaurant
Blue Heron Restaurant and Catering, tucked into the old town hall in Sunderland, is a lot of things to a lot of people. It’s a[...]
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VB: Ashfield Farmers’ Market
The Berkshire Mountains of western Massachusetts are among the oldest mountain formations in the country, continuing the Green Mountain Range from Vermont to the south.[...]
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Valley Bounty: Great Falls Farmers’ Market
While many of the legacy farmers’ markets in the Valley have been in existence for decades and have dozens of vendors with thousands of customers[...]
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VB: Barstow’s Dairy Store and Bakery and Barstow’s Longview Farm
The Barstow family has been producing milk in Hadley since the 1920s – and after nearly 90 years, they knew they had to make some[...]
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Valley Bounty: Teddy C. Smiarowski Farm
The Smiarowski family name has been a fixture in valley farming since around 1923, when Alexander Smiarowski came from Poland, and purchased farmland in Montague[...]
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Valley Bounty: Moody Family Farm in Bernardston
When farming is in the family, the land calls no matter where else life takes a person. Aaron Moody, owner-operator of Moody Family Farm, was[...]
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Valley Bounty: Good Bunch Farm
“It’s usually around April 20th when I plant things in the field that can handle light frost,” says farmer Dan Greene of Good Bunch[...]
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Valley Bounty: Hillside Nursery
The spring planting season is upon us, and home gardeners are out in full force on weekends, visiting farm stands and garden centers hunting for[...]
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Valley Bounty: Wild Life Flowers
For Kimberly Longey, Farmer-Florist at Wild Life Flowers in Plainfield, the idea of the slow flower movement began with an appreciation for local food. “As[...]
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NEPM: Nordica Street Community Farm
. Claire takes Monte and Kaliis to visit Nordica Street Community Farm in Springfield, where they talk to farmers Anne Richmond and Todd Crosset and[...]
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