Valley Bounty: Greenfield Winter Farmers’ Market
“When people think of farms, they tend to think of the summer, abundance, corn fields, and flowers. What people don’t realize is that farms function[...]
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NEPM: Shattuck’s Sugarhouse
“We all have to be stewards of the forest in order to benefit from the trees,” says Nick Shattuck of Shattuck’s Sugarhouse in Belchertown. The[...]
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Valley Bounty: Stone Soup Farm
For local farmers, winter is a time for planning the next growing season, catching up on small business tasks, and maintaining structures and equipment. For[...]
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NEPM: Impact of federal cuts to climate-smart program with Abby Ferla
Abby Ferla, manager of Foxtrot Farm, talks with Monte and Kaliis about how her farm and other small farms in the Northeast were informed that[...]
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NEPM: Holyoke Winter Farmers’ Markets During Tumultuous Times
For the city of Holyoke, their winter farmer’s market is bringing fresh produce to those who need it most, amidst funding changes, shifts in leadership,[...]
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Recorder: Trump spending freeze has Pioneer Valley farmers worried
Since the Trump administration took office, 78 USDA contracts, equaling $132 million, have been canceled...At least $7 million of those funds were set to[...]
NEPM: Protocol
🍸 Claire , Monte, and Kaliis visit Protocol, new-ish bar and restaurant bringing upscale dining and nightlife to Amherst. They talk with operations manager Alden[...]
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Valley Bounty: Bear Hill Sugar Farm
Plenty of young kids tap a few maple trees, inspired by the sweet promise of maple syrup. Few become enamored with it to the point[...]
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NEPM: Headwater Cider
🍏 Peter Mitchell of Headwater Cider and (“almost Dr.”) Elizabeth Garofalo of UMass Extension give Claire, Monte, and Kaliis a peek at the winter wonderland[...]
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NEPM: Just Roots, and Field Notes!
❤️ Food is love. That is the ethos of Kyle Zegel‘s Field Notes story, and how he approaches his work at Just Roots, teaching kids[...]
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Valley Bounty: Smith College Dining, and Field Notes!
From Puerto Rico to Northampton, from popular steakhouses to college cafeterias, Jamil Asad-Ubinas, has helped run a lot of kitchens in his life. Today, he[...]
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NEPM: Local Burger
🍔 Claire, Monte, and Kaliis talk to Joe Igneri, Tabitha Salfrank and Lexi Badelucci from Local Burger about their incredibly good (and incredibly inventive) food,[...]
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