NEPM: Windy Ridge Farm
This week, Phil, Monte, and Kaliis celebrate the beginning of spring garden season by speaking with Julia Lemieux of Windy Ridge Farm in Hawley. Their many[...]
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Valley Bounty: Brookfield Farm
This week at Brookfield Farm, a community supported agriculture (CSA) farm in Amherst, spring crops continue to take root in freshly tilled fields, gratefully[...]
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NEPM: American Farmland Trust & Field Notes
How do federal policies about farming trickle down and affect states, towns, and the lives of farmers in our communities? Chelsea Gazillo, New England Policy[...]
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Valley Bounty: Couch Brook Farm
Vibrant yellow and purple pansies coloring local farm stands, their faces turned upward to greet the sun, are sure signs of warmth returning to New England.
“I[...]
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NEPM: Greenfield Farmers’ Market & Field Notes
Trouble Mandeson, fill-in manager at the Greenfield Farmers’ Market joins Monte, Kaliis, and Jacob on NEPM’s Fabulous 413. ?? LISTEN HERE! ?? They chat about:[...]
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NEPM: Valley Malt/Ground Up Grain
Phil, Monte, and Kaliis visit the Holyoke mill building housing Valley Malt and their sister business Ground Up Grain. They talk with founders Andrea and[...]
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Valley Bounty: Everyday Farm
Spring is springing up at Everyday Farm in Gill. Actually, it’s bouncing all over the place.
“We’ve had about a hundred lambs born so far[...]
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NEPM: MDAR Commissioner Ashley Randle
First EVER female commissioner of the MA Department of Agricultural Resources, Ashley Randle, joins Phil, Kaliis, and Monte for a special episode of the Local[...]
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Valley Bounty: Big Y
For Big Y, the commitment to serving neighbors food from local farms started at the beginning. In 1936, Paul D’Amour and his brother, Gerry D’Amour,[...]
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Valley Bounty: Song Sparrow Farm
Toni Hall is a farmer hoping to turn some heads. A diminutive plant known as spilanthes, with flowers called buzz buttons, is helping get[...]
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Valley Bounty: Bergeron Sugar House
Bob Bergeron, of Bergeron’s Sugar House in Leyden, has been sugaring for over fifty years. He first got hooked on maple during high school, at[...]
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Valley Bounty: Mayval Farm
Mayval Farm raises dairy and beef cows, makes maple syrup, and turns some of their milk into a variety of specialty dairy products in their[...]
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