Nourse Farms buying Five Acre Farm in Northfield
The Daily Hampshire Gazette, August 14, 2018, by Max Marcus. In preparation for a change of ownership, Five Acre Farm is closing its retail store[...]
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Best Of Mass ice cream: What we loved about our Western Mass. finalists from East Longmeadow to the Berkshires
MassLive, August 3, 2018, by Kit Maher. Meredith Perri and I traveled to the top 10 ice cream places in the state, as nominated and[...]
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Farmer to Farmer Podcast: Kitchen Garden Farm
Caroline Pam and Tim Wilcox farm 50 acres of vegetables at Kitchen Garden Farm in Western Massachusetts. Starting with an acre of produce in 2006,[...]
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Farmer-brewers hope to sell at farmers markets
The Recorder, July 27, 2018, by Joshua Solomon. Justin Korby works his farm in the hills of Colrain to craft his cold brews. He doesn’t[...]
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Rain taking its toll on some crops
The Recorder, July 27, 2018, by Richie Davis. The tractor pulling a harvest trailer in one of Gideon Porth’s lower-lying fields Friday morning got stuck[...]
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Sawyer Farm: a modern farm with traditional, horse-powered farming methods
The Daily Hampshire Gazette, July 23, 2018, by Luis Fieldman. On a typical summer morning at Sawyer Farm, the loud banging of pots lets horses[...]
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Rites of passage take place at Quonquont Farm’s first blueberry festival
The Recorder, July 22, 2018, by Melina Bourdeau. Eamon Smith, 21 months, completed an agricultural milestone Sunday when he picked blueberries for the first time.[...]
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Local Farms Feeling Hoppy
The Keene Sentinel, July 19, 2018, by Eric Stanway. The cultivation of hops used to be a big deal in New England from the 17th[...]
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HCC and Nuestras Raices to train urban farmers in program to expand local produce availability, and pay farmhands $15 an hour
MassLive, July 18, 2018, by Dennis Hohenberger. Holyoke Community College and Nuestras Raices will train urban farmers the intricacies of modern, sustainable agriculture using former[...]
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Sunderland’s Kitchen Garden gets funding for sauce factory
The Recorder, July 16, 2018, by Richie Davis. Can’t stand the heat? Don’t stay out of the kitchen — start your own. With sriracha and[...]
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Diemand Farm continues to evolve with Smokehouse Dinners
The Recorder, July 13, 2018, by Richie Davis. Things are smoking down in Mormon Hollow. There’s baby back ribs, brisket and, of course, Diemand[...]
Quabbin Harvest co-op starts fundraising campaign
The Recorder, July 9, 2018, by Carson McGrath. In hopes of creating a more stable financial footing, the local Quabbin Harvest food co-op has launched[...]
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