The Daily Hampshire Gazette. May 23, 2014. By Claire Hopley.
‘I’m a farm wife,” says Karen Romanowski of Brookfield Farm on Hulst Road in Amherst. “I didn’t used to like that term, but now I do because that’s basically what I am.”
Romanowski is also a nurse at the McDuffie School [continue reading]
Archive for Hampshire County
Can local dairies skim more cream from their efforts?
May
23
2014
The Recorder. May 22, 2014. By Richie Davis HADLEY — Some of the roughly 110 Jersey milking cows at Mapleline Farm were looking on Thursday as a few dozen representatives of Hampshire College, Whole Foods Market, Go Berry Frozen Yogurt and other businesses talked about the one local agricultural commodity that some see as nearly [continue reading]
Mapleline Farm, CISA: Massachusetts dairy farms depend on local consumers, creativity and enterprise
May
22
2014
MassLive. May 22, 2014. By Jim Kinney.
Hadley- The 150 Jersey cows currently in production at Mapleline Farms in Hadley will each give about 65 pounds, or 7 1/2 gallons, of rich thick milk a day, every day, and getting that milk to market at the highest price possible is [continue reading]
Hadley- The 150 Jersey cows currently in production at Mapleline Farms in Hadley will each give about 65 pounds, or 7 1/2 gallons, of rich thick milk a day, every day, and getting that milk to market at the highest price possible is [continue reading]
Profile: Left Field Farm
Apr
9
2014
By Jenny Miller Sechler
Published in the CISA April 2014 ENewsletter
Left Field Farm is an intimate place surrounded by forests full of life, with small greenhouses connected by stone walkways and a farm field alive with songbirds. “We didn’t grow this place,” says Maureen Sullivan, who, along with her [continue reading]
Published in the CISA April 2014 ENewsletter
Left Field Farm is an intimate place surrounded by forests full of life, with small greenhouses connected by stone walkways and a farm field alive with songbirds. “We didn’t grow this place,” says Maureen Sullivan, who, along with her [continue reading]
Hats, Architecture, and Industry: Things that Inspired Dr. Seuss
Feb
26
2014
“The Hats Off to Dr. Seuss!” exhibition at R. Michelson Galleries in Northampton, provides a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to view a selection of original hats collected by Dr. Seuss over a period of 60 years. Special Dr. Seuss Birthday celebration on Saturday, March 1st… [continue reading]
Recycling activists Donna Gibson and Michael Superson reduce waste by changing behavior
Dec
4
2013
Daily Hampshire Gazette, December 4, 2013. By Gena Mangiaratti
Environmental activist Donna Gibson finds it hard to change people’s behavior.
This is why in the late 1980s she came up with the idea for a “commercial break” at a spring Town Meeting to educate as many of her fellow Williamsburg residents as [continue reading]
Environmental activist Donna Gibson finds it hard to change people’s behavior.
This is why in the late 1980s she came up with the idea for a “commercial break” at a spring Town Meeting to educate as many of her fellow Williamsburg residents as [continue reading]
Gorge Aprés Gorge: Best Little Walk/Run in the Hilltowns
Nov
26
2013
The Sunday morning following your Thanksgiving dinner gorge, rise and shine to join friends and neighbors for the 10th annual Gorge Aprés Gorge run/walk at the Chesterfield Gorge in West Chesterfield, MA… [continue reading]
Video: Farm to Pub
Nov
8
2013
WGBY, October 17, 2013. WGBY’s Connecting Point and CISA visit Four Star Farm and hear from Northampton Brewery and Valley Malt on the farm to pub movement in Western Mass.
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Sculptural Bike Racks Installed
Oct
24
2013
Matt Evald Johnson, Carolyn Clayton and Benjamin Westbrook are installing original sculptural bike racks in downtown Easthampton, a public art project organized by Easthampton City Arts+.
The selected works were chosen by an ECA+ sub-committee of local arts leaders, bicycle advocates, and other community members. Prominently located on Cottage and Union Streets, the [continue reading]
The selected works were chosen by an ECA+ sub-committee of local arts leaders, bicycle advocates, and other community members. Prominently located on Cottage and Union Streets, the [continue reading]
For Over 250 Years, Porter-Phelps-Huntington Museum Brings Culture & More to the Pioneer Valley
May
15
2013
Porter-Phelps-Huntington Museum Opens for 2013 Season The Porter-Phelps-Huntington Museum, an historic house museum dating to 1752 in Hadley, MA opens today (Wednesday, May 15) for its 64th season, and will continue their summer music engagement series, Wednesday Folk Traditions and A Perfect Spot of Tea this summer. Known as Forty Acres, the museum is an [continue reading]
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