Tag: Warner Farm

Local Hero Video Profile – Daily Operation

October 8, 2019 Posted in: Restaurant Profiles, Local Hero Profiles

Chef David Schrier and his partners at Daily Operation in Easthampton have built a remarkable restaurant. Their menu is driven by[...]

Turn up the heat: Chilifest in Sunderland caps off summer

September 17, 2017 Posted in: Local Heroes in the News, Press Room

The Recorder, September 17, 2017, by Miranda Davis. Clear sinuses and spicy peppers were abound at this weekend’s Chilifest at Mike’s Maze. About 2,000 attended[...]

Local Hero Profile: Bub’s BBQ

August 6, 2017 Posted in: Restaurant Profiles, Local Hero Profiles

Owners Chris and Andrea Moroney took over Bub’s BBQ in 2011 after the previous owners deemed them the perfect people to treat the restaurant right. At Bub’s,[...]

Local Hero Profile: The Blue Heron

August 6, 2017 Posted in: Restaurant Profiles, Local Hero Profiles

The owners and staff of Blue Heron Restaurant believe in serving meals with integrity: knowing where the ingredients came from, knowing how the animals and earth were[...]

Strawberry Crop Waiting on Warm Weather

June 6, 2017 Posted in: Local Heroes in the News, Press Room

The Recorder, June 6, 2017, by Richie Davis. Strawberry fields, whenever? All of those unseasonably chilly, largely cloudy and rainy days have been wreaking havoc[...]

Haunted Attractions Are Scaring Up Huge Crowds

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

BusinessWest.com, October 18, 2016, by Joseph Bednar. Haunted houses and other Halloween attractions are nothing new, but they’re enjoying somewhat of a renaissance in America today,[...]

Husk Cherry French Pastry at Bistro Les Gras in Northampton Highlights a Local, But Unusual Fruit

September 30, 2016 Posted in: Local Heroes in the News, Press Room

The Daily Hampshire Gazette, September 30, 2016, by Lisa Spear. French baking is world renowned as a delicious art form, but husk cherries can take it[...]

America’s Most Elaborate Corn Maze Is Made of GPS and Math

September 23, 2016 Posted in: Local Heroes in the News, Press Room

Wired, September 23, 2016, by Diane Kelly. Mike Wissemann's 300-year-old Massachusetts farm grows asparagus, strawberries, sweet corn. And each year since 2000, it also sprouts[...]

Mike’s Maze A-maze-s Again: Popular Sunderland Attraction Opens for Season

September 3, 2016 Posted in: Local Heroes in the News, Press Room

The Recorder, September 3, 2016, by Shelby Ashline. Four-year-old Nathan Bijur stood surrounded by tall, thin corn stalks that towered up into the bright blue sky.[...]

Farming, Soil, and Water in the Time of Climate Change

August 24, 2016 Posted in: Local Heroes in the News, Press Room

NEPR, August 24, 2016, by Jill Kaufman. In the Northeast, according to the USDA, about 175,000 farms produce more than $21-billion a year in food, hay[...]

Sunderland’s Popular Mike’s Maze Honors the National Park Service This Fall

August 23, 2016 Posted in: Local Heroes in the News, Press Room

The Recorder, August 22, 2016, by Andy Castillo. The 1930s National Park Service’s slogan “See America” is inscribed in corn-stalks next to naturalist John Muir, and[...]

Recent Rain a Salve for Farmers

August 4, 2016 Posted in: Local Heroes in the News, Press Room

The Recorder, August 4, 2016, by Andy Castillo. “It’s the first significant rain we’ve had in a while,” said Chipper Sullivan, wholesale manager for Atlas Farm,[...]

Tag Search