NEPM: Fletcher Farm
Fletcher Farm on Gunn Road in Southampton raises primarily Holstein and Jersey dairy cows for milk that goes to the Agrimark plant in West Springfield,[...]
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NEPM: Ruffled Feathers Farm
This program aired on NEPM on July 2, 2025. Dreams really can come true! Tune it to this week’s #Fabulous413 with Kaliis, Monte, and Claire[...]
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Valley Bounty: Great Falls Farmers’ Market
While many of the legacy farmers’ markets in the Valley have been in existence for decades and have dozens of vendors with thousands of customers[...]
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NEPM: Nightjar Farm
This program aired on NEPM on June 25, 2025. “What’s a nightjar?” you ask. It’s a nocturnal bird, and like farmer Evan Nawrocki, it works[...]
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VB: Barstow’s Dairy Store and Bakery and Barstow’s Longview Farm
The Barstow family has been producing milk in Hadley since the 1920s – and after nearly 90 years, they knew they had to make some[...]
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NEPM: Dickinson Farm
This program aired on NEPM on June 18, 2025. It’s time for another #LocalHeroSpotlight on the Fabulous 413! Listen using the link above. This week,[...]
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Viewpoint: Immigrants are critical to our local food system. They deserve better.
Published: Jun. 15, 2025 on MassLive July 9, 2025 in the Daily Hampshire Gazette and Greenfield Recorder Opinion by Jennifer Core & Claire Morenon, CISA[...]
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Valley Bounty: Teddy C. Smiarowski Farm
The Smiarowski family name has been a fixture in valley farming since around 1923, when Alexander Smiarowski came from Poland, and purchased farmland in Montague[...]
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NEPM: Ray’s Family Farm
This program aired on NEPM on June 11, 2025. Kaliis visited Ray’s Family Farm on this week’s Fabulous 413. Learn about the wide array of[...]
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Valley Bounty: Moody Family Farm in Bernardston
When farming is in the family, the land calls no matter where else life takes a person. Aaron Moody, owner-operator of Moody Family Farm, was[...]
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NEPM Fabulous 413: Beaumont’s Berries
This show aired on NEPM on June 4, 2025. After sixteen years as CISA’s Local Hero Program manager, Devon Whitney-Deal turned her hand toward farming.[...]
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NEPM Local Hero Spotlight: Boulder Top Farm
Have you ever wondered about what it takes to grow mushrooms? This week, Monte and Kaliis talk to Elijah Lagreze, of Boulder Top Farm in[...]
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