By SCOTT MERZBACH, Staff Writer, Daily Hampshire Gazette, September 10, 2019 AMHERST — A program entering its fourth year that shows Amherst elementary school children how to dig in soil, watch plants grow and get pleasure from being outdoors also has another benefit — it teaches them about where their food comes from.
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Archive for Agriculture
After 45 years, class ring found in Sunderland field, returned to owner
Aug
1
2019
By MELINA BOURDEAU The Recorder, July 23, 2019
GREENFIELD — Forty-five years after graduating from Greenfield High School, Caroline Abercrombie not only reunited with classmates on Friday, but with her class ring.
The ring was unearthed in a field at Thomas Farm and Dairy in Sunderland just two weeks earlier on [continue reading]
GREENFIELD — Forty-five years after graduating from Greenfield High School, Caroline Abercrombie not only reunited with classmates on Friday, but with her class ring.
The ring was unearthed in a field at Thomas Farm and Dairy in Sunderland just two weeks earlier on [continue reading]
WRSI: Go Farm
Jul
2
2019
http://www.buylocalfood.org/upload/news/2019/GoFarm7.1.19.mp3
WRSI, July 1, 2019 . Listen to Katie Bodzinski of GO Farm in Amherst, as she talks about chicken tractors, PYO pumpkins, and raising her children to know where their food comes from. [continue reading]
Invasive plant to look out for: Black Swallow-wort
Jun
28
2019
Black Swallow-wort: Pull it if you see it. These plants will start seeding soon. It’s an invasive non-native plant that can cause problems for for monarch butterflies and crowd out native plants.
To learn more and be able to identify it check out this article: https://www.somervillegardenclub.org/2017/10/black-swallow-wort-pod-patrol/?fbclid=IwAR2RCHMtqSxObVTYu-9oeV3k8tuGB_od40099h6yJmQLBWvZi0p5vStLuJQ [continue reading]
To learn more and be able to identify it check out this article: https://www.somervillegardenclub.org/2017/10/black-swallow-wort-pod-patrol/?fbclid=IwAR2RCHMtqSxObVTYu-9oeV3k8tuGB_od40099h6yJmQLBWvZi0p5vStLuJQ [continue reading]
Ducks, chicks and lambs a hit at Winterberry Farm
Apr
29
2019
The Recorder, April 23, 2019, By MELINA BOURDEAU
COLRAIN – Spring has sprung and so have the animals at Winterberry Farm.
At the annual open farm on Easter Sunday, visitors saw rabbits, goats, sheep, as well as ducklings, chicks and lambs.
Jill Horton-Lyons and Jim Lyons opened their doors [continue reading]
COLRAIN – Spring has sprung and so have the animals at Winterberry Farm.
At the annual open farm on Easter Sunday, visitors saw rabbits, goats, sheep, as well as ducklings, chicks and lambs.
Jill Horton-Lyons and Jim Lyons opened their doors [continue reading]
Interview: Sixteen Acres Garden Center
Apr
22
2019
http://www.buylocalfood.org/upload/news/2019/Sixteen.Acres.04.15.19.mp3
WRSI, April 15, 2019 . Listen to Judy Bordenuk of Sixteen Acres Garden Center in Springfield as she talks about her father’s labor of love, the gladiola field that started it all, and the beauty and scents you’ll find when [continue reading]
The Heritage Grain Share, CSA for beans, flour and grains
Mar
8
2019
Daily Hampshire Gazette, March 1, 2019. By Andy Castillo
Standing in a barn at Brookfield Farm in Amherst, Jim Perkins of Leverett scooped a pound of locally grown whole wheat flour into a paper bag.
“I love the fact that we’re encouraging local grains,” Perkins said, gesturing to the surrounding bins filled with [continue reading]
Standing in a barn at Brookfield Farm in Amherst, Jim Perkins of Leverett scooped a pound of locally grown whole wheat flour into a paper bag.
“I love the fact that we’re encouraging local grains,” Perkins said, gesturing to the surrounding bins filled with [continue reading]
Editorial: Plan for state agritourism commission good for WMass
Dec
12
2018
The Daily Hampshire Gazette, December 7, 2018.
Can we agree to help our local farmers diversify and become stronger? In so many ways over recent decades, many organizations and our state government have worked hard to preserve and support farmers.
The state Agricultural Preservation Restriction program has shielded centuries-old farms from [continue reading]
Can we agree to help our local farmers diversify and become stronger? In so many ways over recent decades, many organizations and our state government have worked hard to preserve and support farmers.
The state Agricultural Preservation Restriction program has shielded centuries-old farms from [continue reading]
Columnist Claire Morenon: Climate change and farming in Massachusetts
Dec
4
2018
The Daily Hampshire Gazette, December 3, 2018, by Claire Morenon “Climate change, once considered an issue for a distant future, has moved firmly into the present.” This is the opening statement of the federal government’s new Fourth National Climate Assessment, a sobering analysis of the threats that climate change poses to human [continue reading]
Farmland matchmaking
Oct
16
2018
The Recorder, October 9, 2018, by Richie Davis
Sweetwater Farm in Petersham traces its roots back nearly 270 years to Sylvanus Howe, whose fields fed colonial soldiers in the Revolutionary War with wheat and beef.
Karen Davis and her husband bought what had been the Coolidge dairy farm for 66 years, [continue reading]
Sweetwater Farm in Petersham traces its roots back nearly 270 years to Sylvanus Howe, whose fields fed colonial soldiers in the Revolutionary War with wheat and beef.
Karen Davis and her husband bought what had been the Coolidge dairy farm for 66 years, [continue reading]
