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New Farm Grant for GCC Student Internships

Dec 22 2015

Published by CISA under Food in the Pioneer Valley, Greenfield

Source: Greenfield Community College
The Recorder, December 22nd, 2015, by Recorder Staff.
A community college association has awarded Greenfield Community College, Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture, and the Franklin Community Co-op $25,000 to fund paid internships for six GCC students at the local agriculture promoters and the co-op business.
The [continue reading]

Real Pickles Lauded by Jobs Board

Dec 1 2015

Published by CISA under Food in the Pioneer Valley, Greenfield, South Deerfield

Source: RealPickles.com
The Recorder, December 1, 2015 by Richie Davis
SOUTH DEERFIELD — Worker-owned Real Pickles Cooperative was lauded Friday as a “workforce development leader,” recognizing the 14-year-old maker of organic pickles and relishes for its recognition of its own employees and for its “public spirit, being visible and active in [continue reading]

Five Things to Love About Greenfield

Oct 27 2015

Published by CISA under Art, Poetry and Musings, Food in the Pioneer Valley, Greenfield

Valley Advocate, October 19, 2015 by Advocate Staff.
G reenfield doesn’t get the same attention for being an arts and cultural center like Northampton, Amherst or Springfield, but we’d like to help change that perception. There’s a lot to love about this town and not just for its obvious [continue reading]

Schools try ‘Just Soup,’ Just Roots Community Farm’s New Product

Oct 24 2015

Published by CISA under Especially for Kids, Food in the Pioneer Valley, Greenfield, Politics and the Economy

The Recorder, October 21, 2015 by Chris Curtis
GREENFIELD — The Just Roots community farm’s new Tuscan bean soup had a test run in Greenfield’s elementary schools this week.
The soup was one of the six to emerge from 10 sample varieties the nonprofit farm on town-owned land [continue reading]

Battle of the burritos: Writer Amanda Drane chows her way through three counties

Nov 12 2014

Published by Abby Getman under Amherst, Chicopee, Food in the Pioneer Valley, Greenfield, Northampton, Springfield

Daily Hampshire Gazette. November 8, 2014. By Amanda Drane.
Allow me to interrupt my grumbling gastrointestinal system to tell you what I learned during my recent burrito crawl — the region has no shortage of big, bruising burritos. And some of them even taste good.
Mine was a journey of [continue reading]

Tweaking financial recipe

Jan 20 2014

Published by Abby Getman under Food in the Pioneer Valley, Greenfield

The Recorder, January 20, 2014. By Richie Davis
The year 2013 will go down in history for plenty of historically significant events, but in Franklin County, even local food enthusiasts may not have taken notice of three homegrown food purveyors changing the way they do business. The three — Real Pickles, Artisan [continue reading]