Published November 27, 2021 in the Daily Hampshire Gazette
By Jacob Nelson
For the Gazette:
“People have evolved with plants for thousands of years,” Hannah Jacobson-Hardy of Sweet Birch Herbals in Ashfield reminds us. “And herbal medicine is still the most used healing practice in the world.”
Through Sweet [continue reading]
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Valley Bounty: Sweet Birch Herbals
Nov
29
2021
‘Making a difference’: North Star students continue pie-making tradition for Amherst Survival Center’s Thanksgiving feast
Nov
24
2021
‘Making a difference’: North Star students continue pie-making tradition for Amherst Survival Center’s Thanksgiving feast “Surrounding the counter in the middle of the Amherst Survival Center kitchen, three teenagers knead and roll homemade dough before forming crusts that will hold apple and pumpkin filling.”
“North Star: Self Directed Learning for Teens in Sunderland, the [continue reading]
“North Star: Self Directed Learning for Teens in Sunderland, the [continue reading]
WRSI: Fruit Fair Supermarket
Nov
22
2021
https://www.buylocalfood.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/CISA-Fruit-Fair-Food-Bank.mp3
For your Thanksgiving shopping needs and beyond, Fruit Fair Supermarket in Chicopee is “a supermarket with a mission,” as Monte Belmonte puts it in this Local Hero Spotlight on WRSI The River.
Co-owner Sam Newell left a career [continue reading]
Valley Bounty: Sawyer Farm
Nov
9
2021
Published November 6, 2021 in the Daily Hampshire Gazette
By Jacob Nelson
For the Gazette
What does it mean to grow, sell, and eat food ethically? From when seeds hit the soil to when dinner hits your plate, what does that actually look like?
In our interconnected world, what’s “ethical” is [continue reading]
By Jacob Nelson
For the Gazette
What does it mean to grow, sell, and eat food ethically? From when seeds hit the soil to when dinner hits your plate, what does that actually look like?
In our interconnected world, what’s “ethical” is [continue reading]
WRSI: Sixteen Acres Garden Center
Oct
21
2021
https://www.buylocalfood.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/CISA-16-Acres-Full.mp3
Sixteen Acres Garden Center in Springfield, a local business touched by COVID loss, helps others find hope by nurturing green thumbs.
Hear more about what to plant in the fall (and their fall perennial sale), their greenhouse open year round [continue reading]
“Walkin’ the Watershed with Burnsie” Wild & Scenic Westfield River Series
Oct
4
2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=He0_zmlHYNA [continue reading]
Growing nuts a long-term project for this Cummington farm
Sep
24
2021
Growing nuts a long-term project for this Cummington farm “Seva and Kalyan Water are practical idealists. The two live with their toddler son, Rohan, at Nutwood Farm in Cummington.
The 7-acre tract looked a bit wild — one might even say scruffy — when I visited recently. The scruffiness is intentional. The Waters purchased [continue reading]
The 7-acre tract looked a bit wild — one might even say scruffy — when I visited recently. The scruffiness is intentional. The Waters purchased [continue reading]
Valley Bounty: Sutter Meats
Aug
31
2021
In a time where distance and isolation have become a new norm, a local butcher shop in Northampton, Sutter Meats, has been providing a sense of reconnection – to our food and to our farmers at least. Owned and operated by the husband-and-wife duo, Terry and Susan Ragasa, Sutter Meats has always strived to “bring [continue reading]
Backpack giveaway during Farmers Market in Chicopee
Aug
25
2021
Backpack giveaway during Farmers Market in Chicopee “Backpacks filled with school supplies are available to students during the Farmers Market in Chicopee.” Read the full article at: https://www.wwlp.com/news/local-news/backpack-giveaway-at-farmers-market-in-chicopee/ [continue reading]
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