Franklin County farmers open gates for pick-your-own blueberry season
By GRACE BIRD for The Recorder, July 18, 2019
SHELBURNE — While strawberry season spans three weeks, blueberries have just ripened and the plants[...]
HEALTHY FOOD starts with HEALTHY SOIL
By REMA BOSCOV
For the Recorder, July 17, 2019
For those concerned about global warming and about eating healthfully, it’s possible[...]
Winter Honeybee Loss In Massachusetts Reflected Nationwide Trend
By Pamela Larkin, NEPR, July 15, 2019
Honeybee losses in Massachusetts last winter were roughly 40 percent.
That’s according to Hannah Whitehead, a honeybee specialist at UMass[...]
River Valley Co-op owners invest over $5 million in new Easthampton store
Quonquont Farm in Whately to host second annual blueberry festival
By TINKY WEISBLAT, For the Recorder, July 10, 2019
The local blueberry season is upon us. Fat, high-bush blueberries have appeared[...]
Biking for a good cause: Food Justice
Max Marcus, The Recorder, July 1, 2019
GREENFIELD — The on-and-off rain Sunday started just as the Food Justice Bike Ride’s 42-mile ride took off from[...]
Forest Park Farmers’ Market works with SNAP families
Cold, wet spring made for some stressed-out farmers — and delayed strawberries
Boston Globe, June 10, 2019, By Alison Arnett
The stands at the Copley Square Farmers Market recently were bursting with green — lettuces, kale, bok choy,[...]
Martha Stewart’s a Fan
Amy Klippenstein and Paul Lacinski didn’t set out to be the largest local yogurt producers in western Massachusetts. “The idea was to homestead,” Klippenstein told[...]
State lawmakers want to expand Healthy Incentives Program
The cost of cage-free chickens at Wendell farm
Ducks, chicks and lambs a hit at Winterberry Farm
COLRAIN – Spring has sprung and so have the animals at Winterberry Farm.