CISA – Community Involved In Sustaining Agriculture

Recipes and Cooking Tips

In addition to the recipes listed below, check out which farms and local food bloggers CISA staff read for inspiration.

peach tree in full bloom with blue sky above and pink blossoms covering the tree

Valley Bounty: Clarkdale Peaches

July 20, 2024 Posted in: CISA News, CISA's Valley Bounty Column, Press Room, Peaches

Peaches Return this Summer After much anticipation, peaches are ripe and now available on farm stands and at farmers’ markets in the Valley. Ben Clark,[...]

Farm manager and owner, Meghan Hastings, walks between rows of sugar snap peas in a hoop house.

Valley Bounty: Dave’s Natural Garden

June 15, 2024 Posted in: CISA News, CISA's Valley Bounty Column, Local Heroes in the News, Press Room, Peas

Spring Crops Abound at Dave’s Natural Garden After the cold of winter in New England, spring on our region’s farms is a treat for the[...]

Valley Bounty: Hickory Hill Farm

March 13, 2024 Posted in: CISA's Valley Bounty Column, Local Heroes in the News, Press Room, Maple

It turns out pancakes and hot air balloons have at least one thing in common: they both pair well with maple syrup. “Flying over the woods[...]

Valley Bounty: CSAs are the Community Behind the Food

February 17, 2024 Posted in: CISA News, CISA's Valley Bounty Column, Local Heroes in the News, Press Room, Valley Bounty Recipes

Though more weeks of winter lie ahead, National Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) week — Feb. 19-25 — marks the symbolic start of the CSA cycle,[...]

Irida Kakhtiranova wearing an apron, standing near her counter where she rolls pierogi.

Valley Bounty: P’Frogi

December 16, 2023 Posted in: CISA News, CISA's Valley Bounty Column, Press Room, Valley Bounty Recipes

For many local people of Polish and Eastern European descent, pierogi are the ultimate comfort food: little pockets of dough wrap around cheese, potato, cabbage[...]

2022 Annual Meeting Toast: Sparkling Earl Grey Palmer

May 6, 2022 Posted in: Honey

Wheelhouse Catering’s Stephanie Gibbs shook things up a bit with a cocktail/mocktail demonstration at CISA’s 2022 Annual Meeting, and we wanted to share it with[...]

Valley Bounty: Quabbin Hill Farms

January 21, 2022 Posted in: CISA News, CISA's Valley Bounty Column, Press Room, Greens

Every farm looks a bit different. Some have fields full of plants rooted in the earth, while for others, their "fields" are soil-filled trays, set[...]

Food for Life: CISA, Local Farms, and Cooking with Local Food

January 5, 2022 Posted in: CISA News, Press Room, Recipes and Cooking Tips

Claire Morenon talks to Ashely Tresoline of Bella Foodie about how CISA supports local farms and helps everyone afford, find, and use the incredible array[...]

Valley Bounty: Alina’s Ristorante

February 12, 2021 Posted in: CISA News, CISA's Valley Bounty Column, Press Room, Valley Bounty Recipes

Daily Hampshire Gazette, February 12, 2021, by Jacob Nelson Gratitude, hard work and delicious food are themes that run deeply in the lives of Martin[...]

Valley Bounty: Rooted Flowers

February 8, 2021 Posted in: CISA News, CISA's Valley Bounty Column, Press Room, Valley Bounty Recipes

Daily Hampshire Gazette, February 8, 2021 For some, the cold days of February are a winter wonderland. Others wish spring would hurry up. For the[...]

Valley Bounty: Appalachian Naturals

February 3, 2021 Posted in: CISA News, CISA's Valley Bounty Column, Press Room, Valley Bounty Recipes

The Recorder, February 3, 2021 By Jacob Nelson Picture local food and fresh produce: eggs or meat may come to mind first. But we also[...]

Valley Bounty: North Hadley Market

January 25, 2021 Posted in: CISA News, CISA's Valley Bounty Column, Press Room, Valley Bounty Recipes

Shelly Boisvert wishes more people understood just how much the North Hadley Market has to offer, and that the effort is all for us. “We[...]

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