Valley Bounty: Maple Syrup
When I spoke with Howard Boyden last week, he was in the midst of an all-out maple syrup sprint.
“This season is just killing us. It[...]
WRSI: Ferrindino Maple
Farm food benefits program revived
Commonwealth magazine, March 4, 2020, by Shira Schoenberg
After a nearly two-week hiatus, Massachusetts plans to use $2 million in new state funds to[...]
Fired up for the sugaring season
Fired up for the sugaring season
By CHRIS GOUDREAU, Staff Writer, The Recorder, March 4, 2020
The sweet aroma[...]
WRSI: Ciesluk’s Market
State House backs $2M more for HIP program
By ANITA FRITZ , The Recorder, March 3, 2020
The House has overwhelmingly approved another $2 million for the Healthy Incentives Program (HIP) to put an[...]
Valley Bounty: Sweet Potatoes
For years, Ryan Karb struggled to grow sweet potatoes. “I asked myself, ‘Am I not weeding them enough? Am I not watering them enough?” he[...]
‘We’re getting a product from three miles away’
Columnist Claire Morenon: Valley farms in their teenage years at a critical juncture
The Daily Hampshire Gazette, February 25, 2020
In the farming world, there’s a lot of focus on two groups: family farms that have been sustained[...]
Valley Bounty: Pesto
Jeremy Barker Plotkin has run Simple Gifts Farm on a 30-acre Amherst property with Dave Tepfer since 2006. The pair and their crew grow ten[...]
