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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: Carrots

September 2, 2019 Posted in: Recipes and Cooking Tips, Carrots, Valley Bounty Recipes

Temperatures have dipped down into the 50’s during the nights this week. With September just around the corner, it feels as though summer has finally[...]

Valley Bounty: Canteloupe

August 26, 2019 Posted in: Recipes and Cooking Tips, Canteloupe, Valley Bounty Recipes

Late August is exciting because it brings the short window here in the Valley when local cantaloupe is in season. I recently spoke with Charlie[...]

Valley Bounty: Tomatoes

August 19, 2019 Posted in: Recipes and Cooking Tips, Tomatoes, Valley Bounty Recipes

The field tomato harvest is in full swing at farms across the Pioneer Valley. For Dean Landale, owner of The Bars Farm in Deerfield, the[...]

Valley Bounty: Peppers

August 12, 2019 Posted in: Recipes and Cooking Tips, Peppers, Valley Bounty Recipes

On farms across the Valley, pepper season has kicked into gear. The peppers are looking good at Kitchen Garden Farm in Sunderland, says Tim Wilcox,[...]

Valley Bounty: Sweet Corn

August 5, 2019 Posted in: Recipes and Cooking Tips, Corn, Valley Bounty Recipes

Steve Sapowsky knows that the Valley community starts looking for local sweet corn on the 4th of July. “People have gotten used to it but[...]

Valley Bounty: Peaches

July 29, 2019 Posted in: Recipes and Cooking Tips, Peaches, Valley Bounty Recipes

Ben Clark reports that the peach harvest is off to a great start. “So far, it’s been amazing flavor,” he told me during a recent[...]

Valley Bounty: Tulsi

July 22, 2019 Posted in: Recipes and Cooking Tips, Tulsi, Valley Bounty Recipes

Last week, Susan Pincus hosted a tour group of 20 teenagers on Sawmill Herb Farm, the farm she owns in Florence. “I was walking them[...]

Valley Bounty: Raspberries

July 15, 2019 Posted in: Recipes and Cooking Tips, Raspberries, Valley Bounty Recipes

By the 4th of July every year, phone calls are already rolling into Joe and Donna Pease. The question on everyone’s mind: when will raspberry[...]

Valley Bounty: Blueberries

July 8, 2019 Posted in: Recipes and Cooking Tips, Blueberries, Valley Bounty Recipes

Robert Sobieski is a man who loves blueberries. “I never get sick of them,” he told me during a recent conversation. “Every time I’m out[...]

Valley Bounty: Fennel

July 1, 2019 Posted in: Recipes and Cooking Tips, Fennel, Valley Bounty Recipes

Liz Adler is glad it’s June. On Mountain View Farm in Easthampton, which Adler owns with her husband Ben Perrault, May is a month of[...]

Valley Bounty: Radishes

June 24, 2019 Posted in: Recipes and Cooking Tips, Radishes, Valley Bounty Recipes

When Derrick Mason planted his cucumbers and squash three weeks ago, he planted a set of radishes alongside them. Mason, one of three brothers who[...]

Valley Bounty: Swiss chard

June 17, 2019 Posted in: Recipes and Cooking Tips, Swiss Chard, Valley Bounty Recipes

The Swiss chard harvest recently began on Bardwell Farm in Hatfield. It was nearly three weeks later than usual. “Last year, we had a nice[...]

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