Tag: Brookfield Farm

Valley Bounty: Brookfield Farm

April 28, 2023 Posted in: CISA News, CISA's Valley Bounty Column, Local Heroes in the News, Press Room

This week at Brookfield Farm, a community supported agriculture (CSA) farm in Amherst, spring crops continue to take root in freshly tilled fields, gratefully[...]

WRSI: Brookfield Farm

November 15, 2021 Posted in: CISA News, WRSI's "Local Hero Spotlight" interviews, Press Room

Brookfield is the third oldest community supported agriculture (CSA) farm in the country, and a biodynamic farm to boot. Anyone who buys a "share" (with[...]

Longtime manager at Valley’s first CSA steps down, leads fundraising campaign to buy farm

July 26, 2021 Posted in: Local Heroes in the News, Press Room

Since the mid-1990s, Dan Kaplan, with the help of his wife, Karen Romanowski, has managed Brookfield Farm in Amherst, one of the oldest CSAs (Community[...]

Local Hero Profile: Wheelhouse Farm Truck

August 8, 2017 Posted in: Restaurant Profiles, Local Hero Profiles

The inspiration for Wheelhouse Farm Truck came from Jake Mazar, Will Van Heuvelen, and Zoë Abram’s time spent working at Brookfield Farm, where cooking and[...]

Field to Feast… and Back Again

February 2, 2017 Posted in: Local Heroes in the News, Press Room

Edible Pioneer Valley, February 2, 2017, by Nikki Gardner. On a rain-soaked Sunday in October, Brookfield Farm hosted the second annual On Farm Dinner prepared[...]

Feast in the Fields at Brookfield Farm

August 30, 2016

Brookfield Farm and Wheelhouse (started by former Brookfield apprentices!) are thrilled to host our second annual On Farm Dinner: an afternoon of community, celebration &[...]

Interview: Wheelhouse Farm Truck and Brookfield Farm

August 22, 2016 Posted in: CISA News, WRSI's "Local Hero Spotlight" interviews, Press Room

WRSI, August 22, 2016. Dan Kaplan of Brookfield Farm in Amherst and Jake Mazar of Wheelhouse Farm Truck join us to talk about the relationship between[...]

The 7th (mostly) Annual Full-Belly Benefit Dance Party

February 22, 2016

The Full-Belly Benefit Dance Party was created eight years ago to capture the incredible outpouring of support and community involvement during the Obama campaign and[...]

Feast in the Fields

October 26, 2015

The Idea We’re setting the table this fall for a new kind of on-farm dinner. On November 1st, we’re serving our first feast in the[...]

Valley Bounty, November 1: Brussels Sprouts

November 1, 2014 Posted in: Brussels Sprouts, Valley Bounty

Brussels sprouts are the fun, mini-cabbage-like buds seen on stalks in your CSA share or at the store. For fear of turning them to mush[...]

Interview: Brookfield Farm

March 31, 2014 Posted in: CISA News, Local Heroes in the News, WRSI's "Local Hero Spotlight" interviews, Press Room

WRSI, March 31, 2014. Monte & Phil talk with Dan Kaplan of Brookfield Farm, the oldest CSA farm in the country, about farm shares and[...]

Valley Bounty, February 22, 2014: Sweet Potatoes

February 22, 2014 Posted in: Recipes and Cooking Tips, Sweet Potatoes, Valley Bounty

Despite their tropical origins, sweet potato varieties suited for our climate are a great storage crop, lasting well through the winter. Local farmers offer recipes[...]

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