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Recipes and Cooking Tips

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

Valley Bounty: Mache

April 1, 2019 Posted in: Recipes and Cooking Tips, Mache, Valley Bounty Recipes

Last month, a wind storm swept across the Valley and at Blossoming Acres Farm in Southwick, the massive gusts ripped the plastic roof off their[...]

Valley Bounty: Maple Syrup

March 25, 2019 Posted in: Recipes and Cooking Tips, Maple, Valley Bounty Recipes

During the deep days of winter, JP Welch trudged through snow drifts, chainsaw in hand, felling beech and hemlock trees. JP produces maple syrup on[...]

Valley Bounty: Onions

March 18, 2019 Posted in: Recipes and Cooking Tips, Onions, Valley Bounty Recipes

Storage onions are harvested in August in the Valley, but many farmers continue pulling onions out of storage for sale all the way through to[...]

Valley Bounty: Kimchi

March 11, 2019 Posted in: Recipes and Cooking Tips, Kimchi, Valley Bounty Recipes

Each year in July, a steady stream of vegetables begins arriving at Hosta Hill in Pittsfield. I recently spoke with Maddie Elling who, along with[...]

Valley Bounty: Garlic

March 4, 2019 Posted in: Recipes and Cooking Tips, Garlic, Valley Bounty Recipes

Last October, Deb Habib began cracking bulbs of garlic and filling buckets to the brim with cloves. Deb runs Seeds of Solidarity Farm in Orange[...]

Valley Bounty: Ghee

February 25, 2019 Posted in: Recipes and Cooking Tips, Ghee, Valley Bounty Recipes

Pastures across the Valley are covered in snow, but we can all find a taste of local summer grass in ghee—which is clarified butter. I[...]

Valley Bounty: Mushrooms

February 13, 2019 Posted in: Recipes and Cooking Tips, Mushrooms, Valley Bounty Recipes

High season for foraging mushrooms is still months away but luckily for all of us, mushroom farmers across the Valley cultivate the tasty fungus indoors[...]

Valley Bounty: Cabbage

February 13, 2019 Posted in: Recipes and Cooking Tips, Cabbage, Valley Bounty Recipes

Cabbage harvest wraps up in November, but the leafy green stores well and is available from local farms all winter long. I recently spoke with[...]

Valley Bounty: Spinach

February 4, 2019 Posted in: Recipes and Cooking Tips, Spinach, Valley Bounty Recipes

Spinach is a remarkably cold-hardy crop. Across the Valley, farmers are spending these wintery February days harvesting the popular green. I recently spoke with Dan[...]

Valley Bounty: Honey

January 28, 2019 Posted in: Recipes and Cooking Tips, Honey, Valley Bounty Recipes

With the honey harvest done for the season, Valley beekeepers are busy packaging and selling 2018’s bounty. I recently spoke with Dan Conlon who, with[...]

Valley Bounty: Sprouts

January 21, 2019 Posted in: Recipes and Cooking Tips, Sprouts/Shoots, Valley Bounty Recipes

It’s the season for heavy, hearty meals, but it’s a treat to sneak some locally grown greens in between those proteins and starches during the[...]

Valley Bounty: Beets

January 12, 2019 Posted in: Recipes and Cooking Tips, Beets, Valley Bounty Recipes

I think we’re all ready to leave 2018 in the rearview but with winter stretching out ahead of us, last year’s hearty storage crops will[...]

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