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Tag: Red Fire Farm

NEPM: Violet

July 30, 2026 Posted in: CISA News, NEPM "Fabulous 413" interviews, Press Room

It’s time for a #localherospotlight on New England Public Media –in South Hadley Falls!Monte, Kaliis, and Jennifer visit Laura Bowman, owner of Violet and Blue[...]

NEPM: Something Special Cafe

February 4, 2026 Posted in: CISA News, NEPM "Fabulous 413" interviews, Press Room

This week’s #localherospotlight features Something Special Cafe in Granby. Despite the wintry weather, this cozy cafe makes going out for breakfast & lunch worthwhile. Laurie[...]

VB: Nettlepoint Farm

August 30, 2025 Posted in: CISA News, CISA's Valley Bounty Column, Press Room

Syd St. John has been farming on and off since they were 16 years old. Starting in 2018 with growing microgreens and tomatoes in a[...]

Making Food Fun at Amherst Farmers’ Market

June 18, 2025

Greenfield Recorder: Local Hero Member Op-Ed

March 27, 2025 Posted in: Federal Policy & Local Food, CISA News, Local Heroes in the News, Press Room

My Turn: Slashing of farming, food support senseless By RYAN VOILAND Published: 03-27-2025 12:40 PM The following speech was delivered by Ryan Voiland at a[...]

Farm Aid: Cut Hay, Not USDA!

March 27, 2025 Posted in: Federal Policy & Local Food, CISA News, Local Heroes in the News, Press Room

March 26, 2025 Farmers Rally Against USDA Cuts in Western Massachusetts by Jennifer Fahy On Sunday, an energetic crowd of farmers and farm supporters estimated to[...]

“Attack on Small Farms”: Valley Farmers Gather to Protest USDA Cuts

March 25, 2025 Posted in: Federal Policy & Local Food, CISA News, Local Heroes in the News, Press Room

3/23/25 Farmer Press Release Clad in muck boots and dirt-flecked Carhartts and arriving on tractors and leading goats, over 300 farmers, farmworkers, and their family[...]

Gazette: Irate Valley farmers sound off over ag cuts at ‘Attack on Small Farms’ rally

March 25, 2025 Posted in: Federal Policy & Local Food, CISA News, Local Heroes in the News, Press Room

Published in the Daily Hampshire Gazette: 03-24-2025 4:49 PM Modified: 03-24-2025 5:42 PM by Samuel Gelinas HADLEY — Irate farmers, waving signs and pitchforks, gathered[...]

Republican: WMass farmers protest federal funding cuts they say jeopardize food supplies

March 24, 2025 Posted in: Federal Policy & Local Food, CISA News, Local Heroes in the News, Press Room

Farmers and their allies crowded the lawn of the Hadley Town Hall Sunday afternoon, backed by a line of farm machinery decked[...]

MA commissioner of Agriculture, Ashley Randle, speaks from a podium at Smith College

Recorder: MDAR commissioner pens letter to USDA over uncertain funding and impact on farmers

March 17, 2025 Posted in: Federal Policy & Local Food, CISA News, Local Heroes in the News, Press Room

Published: 03-14-2025 4:59 PM By Chris Larabee, Staff Writer BOSTON — As farmers prepare to head out to the fields for the season, Massachusetts Department[...]

Recorder: Trump spending freeze has Pioneer Valley farmers worried

February 21, 2025 Posted in: Federal Policy & Local Food, CISA News, Local Heroes in the News, Press Room

Since the Trump administration took office, 78 USDA contracts, equaling $132 million, have been canceled...At least $7 million of those funds were set to[...]

NEPM: Red Fire Farm – after the fire

March 5, 2024 Posted in: Local Heroes in the News, Press Room

_ Through fires and floods, the folks at Red Fire Farm are still working hard to feed our community. Our friends Monte and Kaliis from[...]

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