Archive for Farmstands and Markets
Valley Bounty: Pears
Oct
1
2016
We tend to think of pears as the also-ran fall fruit, the apple’s palatable but less absorbing relative: the Frank Stallone to the apple’s Sly, the Donnie Wahlberg to the apple’s Mark, etc. I’m inclined to think that this is because we’ve allowed the similarities between the two to eclipse their differences in our minds. [continue reading]
Valley Bounty: Eggplant
Sep
24
2016
There’s a role that players on baseball teams occasionally fill called a “utility player”, meaning that, unlike most players, they routinely play a variety of different positions. Their value to the team comes from their adaptability to whatever the team happens to need at the moment.
I’m going to call eggplant a “utility vegetable”. [continue reading]
I’m going to call eggplant a “utility vegetable”. [continue reading]
Valley Bounty: Cantaloupe
Sep
17
2016
Local melon season is short and sweet here in the Valley. It seems like almost as soon as local cantaloupe start showing up at farmers’ markets and farm stands, their season is already starting to wind down. And in a year when local stone fruit are mostly missing from the harvest, the opportunity to savor [continue reading]
Valley Bounty: Broccoli
Sep
10
2016
When I was little, part of the allure of adulthood was the idea that I’d have the freedom not to have to do things I didn’t like doing, like going to bed early and eating my broccoli. I imagine my child self would be disgusted to learn that, granted that freedom, I now often choose [continue reading]
MassAppeal: Understanding Mushrooms
Sep
8
2016
WWLP, September 8, 2016.
Do you know how to identify, grow or cook mushrooms? Willie Crosby is the owner of Fungi Ally helped us get over Mycophobia (fear of mushrooms) and told us how mushrooms can benefit us. [continue reading]
How is the Drought Impacting the Apple Harvest in Western Mass?
Sep
1
2016
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 Massachusetts.
Many of these farms were unable to sell as much fruit during the summer with the lack of peaches due to the February [continue reading]
Valley Bounty: Cucumber
Aug
27
2016
Enter, stage left, the humble cucumber: well-regarded for its starring role as The Pickle, a stalwart supporting character in salads and tzatziki, and lately making popular cameos in water and gin-based mixed drinks. The cuke is a dependable, workaday vegetable, often welcome but only occasionally the star. But have we typecast our friend into too [continue reading]
Valley Bounty: Watermelon
Aug
20
2016
Though the dry weather may be making headaches for farmers in the Valley and throughout the state, it might actually have certain benefits for some crops like watermelon; assuming our hard-working farmers provide them with enough irrigation to grow, dry conditions help prevent disease and can concentrate flavor in the fruit (since more of the [continue reading]
Go Fresh Springfield Launches New Mobile Farmers Market
Aug
10
2016
WWLP, August 5, 2016, by Kristen Linnartz. Go Fresh Springfield’s new Mobile Farmers Market vehicle was launched Friday morning with help from Mayor Domenic Sarno. The Go Fresh Project enters into its sixth season of bringing fresh, local produce to low income neighborhoods throughout Springfield. [continue reading]
Valley Bounty: Corn
Aug
6
2016
Corn on the cob has a sort of Norman Rockwell quality about it. It’s one of relatively few foods that can capture some of the feelings about summer in New England that I remember having as a kid. There’s something about the little ritual of shucking ears before dinner, the cut-grass smell of fresh corn [continue reading]
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