Valley Bounty: Chestnut Farms
It’s officially summer. On farms across the Valley, there’s no doubt that we’re in the warm season. “It’s hot and dry here, just like for[...]
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Valley Bounty: McCray’s Farm and Country Creamery
What is June like at McCray’s Farm and Country Creamery? “Insanity,” according to Steve McCray. Steve McCray runs the South Hadley farm along with the[...]
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Valley Bounty: Pie in the Sky Berry Farm
Pie in the Sky Berry Farm kicked off their second season of pick-your-own strawberries last weekend. “We hadn’t done any advertising but still, so many[...]
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Valley Bounty: Intervale Farm
As the weather continues to warm, field crop season is beginning to hit full stride across the Valley, and Maureen Dempsey is battling to keep[...]
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Valley Bounty: Meat
Spring is in full force on Freeman Farm. “We’re getting animals out to pasture, repairing fences, and waiting for the hay to grow,” Mike Freeman[...]
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Valley Bounty: Milk and Barstow’s Longview Farm
Pasture Day is Denise Barstow’s favorite time to be on the farm. The event is an annual celebration of spring on Barstow’s Longview Farm in[...]
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Valley Bounty: Plainville Farm
Each spring, asparagus’ arrival at farm stands across the Valley marks the beginning of the field crop season. After months of cold, Wally Czajkowski is[...]
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Valley Bounty: Flowers
Flowers decorate the milestone events in our lives. John LaSalle, the owner of LaSalle Florists in Whately, has been brightening those landmark occasions for a[...]
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Valley Bounty: Rainbow Harvest Farm
“This year, March felt like April and April felt like March,” said David Paysnick, who owns Rainbow Harvest Farm in Greenfield, during a recent conversation.[...]
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Valley Bounty: Marty’s Local
When Nick Martinelli saw Governor Baker’s emergency order that shut down schools and in-person dining at restaurants, he knew his business was about to enter[...]
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Valley Bounty: CSAs
Shawn Robinson remembers a ServiceNet client who wouldn’t leave the house for long periods of time. But then the agency brought in some farm animals[...]
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Valley Bounty: Mass Food Delivery, Mycoterra Farm
Our new routines of constant sanitization have been unfamiliar to many of us. But the team at Mycoterra Farm has been keeping it clean for[...]
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