Tag: Clarkdale Fruit Farms

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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,[...]

Interview: Clarkdale Fruit Farms

November 3, 2017 Posted in: CISA News, WRSI's "Local Hero Spotlight" interviews, Press Room

WRSI, November 3, 2017. The one and only Ben Clark of Clarkdale Fruit Farms talks pear cider, Franklin County CiderDays, and the upcoming Clarkdale Cider[...]

Apple Picking Season Underway in Western Massachusetts

September 5, 2017 Posted in: Local Heroes in the News, Press Room

WWLP, September 5, 2017, by Mike Masciadrelli. It’s early September but it’s already starting to feel like fall in Franklin County. There’s apple picking and[...]

Farmers bouncing back from terrible 2016 peach season

August 29, 2017 Posted in: Local Heroes in the News, Press Room

The Daily Hampshire Gazette, August 29, 2017, by Domenic Poli Area farmers say peaches are back in full force this year, a complete turnaround from the[...]

Local orchards think peaches will rebound after last year’s crop-killing cold snap

April 28, 2017 Posted in: Local Heroes in the News, Press Room

The Recorder, April 28, 2017, By Richie Davis. Pink, glorious pink! A section of the hillside overlooking Clarkdale Fruit Farms in Deerfield looks like those pink pussycat[...]

Cider Celebration to Sweeten Up the County

November 2, 2016 Posted in: Local Heroes in the News, Press Room

The Recorder, November 2, 2016, by Diane Broncaccio. No matter where you are in Franklin County this weekend, you’re never far from an apple or[...]

Clarkdale Harvest Festival

October 6, 2016

This Sunday is Clarkdale Fruit Farms’ annual Harvest Festival, from 10am-4pm! Morris Dancers kick off the day at 10, and we will have free sampling of apples, pears,[...]

How is the Drought Impacting the Apple Harvest in Western Mass?

September 1, 2016 Posted in: Local Heroes in the News, Press Room

WWLP, September 1, 2016. We’re less than three weeks from the beginning of the fall, and apples are out for sale at farms in western[...]

Sweet or Tart? Kids Taste and Decide

August 18, 2016 Posted in: Local Heroes in the News, Press Room

The Recorder, August 18, 2016, by Shelby Ashline. Children packed the meeting room of Dickinson Memorial Library Thursday afternoon, their lips puckered after tasting sour foods[...]

2nd Annual Clarkdale Cider Run

August 17, 2016

Come celebrate the fall, drink some freshly pressed sweet cider, and support CISA at the 2nd Annual Clarkdale Cider Run, on Sunday, November 13, 2016,[...]

Though Peaches were Sparse, This Year’s Apple Crop Comes Early

August 14, 2016 Posted in: Local Heroes in the News, Press Room

The Recorder, August 14, 2016, by Richie Davis. The first thing you notice at Clarkdale Fruit Farms is the absolute absence of peaches. Wiped out by a[...]

Editorial: Spreading Safety Net for Area Farmers

August 1, 2016 Posted in: CISA News, Press Room

Daily Hampshire Gazette, August 1st, 2016. Last Valentine’s Day proved heartless for Valley orchardists. After relatively mild weather, temperatures took a nosedive in mid-February, falling to[...]

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