The Heritage Grain Share, CSA for beans, flour and grains
Daily Hampshire Gazette, March 1, 2019. By Andy Castillo
Standing in a barn at Brookfield Farm in Amherst, Jim Perkins of Leverett scooped a pound of[...]
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Coco chef Unmi Abkin named a semifinalist for James Beard Award — again
Daily Hampshire Gazette, February 28, 2019. By Luis Fieldman.
EASTHAMPTON — Named a semifinalist for a James Beard Award for the fourth year in a row, chef[...]
Columnist Claire Morenon: Late winter on the farm
Daily Hampshire Gazette, February 25, 2019, by Claire Morenon
We’re unarguably in the depths of winter, but signs of the coming spring have started to emerge[...]
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Maple syrup season is here in western Massachusetts!
WWLP, Feburary 23, 2019 - Maple Syrup season is here! Mike Masciadrelli
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Interview: Sunrise Farms
WRSI, February 22, 2019. Listen to Marilyn Lively from Sunrise Farms in Colrain as she talks about her family farm, their 3,500 taps, and the[...]
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Outlook 2019: CISA marks 25 years of growing Local Heroes in Western Massachusetts
The Republican. February 18, 2019. Claire Morenon.
This past year, Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture (CISA) celebrated 25 years of building connections between farms and the communities[...]
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Grow it, save it, share it: Cultivating the Valley’s next generation of food knowledge
Daily Hampshire Gazette, February 15, 2019 by Dana Kuttler
Ah, February: the days are short, and the winds are mighty. It’s prime hunker-down time; in our[...]
Interview: North Hadley Sugar Shack
WRSI, February 15, 2019. Listen to Joe and Shelly Boisvert from the North Hadley Sugar Shack talk about the opening of the 2019 maple season[...]
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Connecting Point: Winter Farmers Market, Pt.1: Meet the Farmers
WGBY, February 12, 2019. Farmers markets are ubiquitous throughout western Mass during the summer and fall, but where do[...]
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Outlook 2019: Diemand Farm in Wendell yokes other endeavors with farm work
MassLive, February 10, 2019 by Cori Urban
Back in 1936 Al Diemand purchased a 125-acre farm in the rural[...]
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AC Produce continues to thrive in Springfield’s South End
MassLive, February 9, 2019 by Elizabeth Román | eroman@repub.com
SPRINGFIELD — In 1998, Antonio Calabrese[...]
CISA loans to offset rain losses
The Recorder, February 8, 2019 by Richie Davis
To help farmers whose fields were drenched by heavy rains late last season, Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture’s[...]
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