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Meet the Locals: Coward Farms

Nov 12 2015
Published by under Farmstands and Markets, Food in the Pioneer Valley, Southwick
20151102_161006 By Aja Lippincott, Program Associate
Published in CISA’s November Enews – Sign Up Here !
In case you were wondering, the turnaround time on growing a Christmas tree is between seven and ten years. If you’re going to make a business out of this, you’d better have [continue reading]

A Growing Concern: Water-mold Blight Killing Crops in Sunderland & Deerfield

Nov 12 2015
Published by under Deerfield, Farmstands and Markets, Food in the Pioneer Valley, Gardening, Sunderland
The Recorder, November 12, 2015 by Richie Davis
Even in the risky world of farming, a particularly nasty risk is Phytophthora, the very name of which sounds scary.
A water-mold blight that can kill entire crops of pumpkins, cucumbers or peppers, Phyotopthora capsici is especially problematic because once its spores get [continue reading]

Shelburne Falls: Autumn Market!!

Nov 10 2015
Published by under Farmstands and Markets, Food in the Pioneer Valley, Shelburne Falls
farmThe Shelburne Falls Farmers’ Market is hosting a special Autumn market event just in time for Thanksgiving!
The market will be held on Sunday, November 22nd
at the Buckland Shelburne Elementary School
from 11 a.m.-4p.m.!
You’ll be able to find local cheeses, meats, and veggies just in time [continue reading]

Food Deserts of Springfield: Lack of Access to Healthy Food Underlies High Rates of Diabetes, Obesity

Nov 9 2015
Published by under Food in the Pioneer Valley, Springfield
Photo Credit: chefdanielangerer.typepad.comPhoto Credit: chefdanielangerer.typepad.com
Valley Advocate, November 9, 2015 by Amanda Drane.
Ashley Christian makes one trip to the grocery store every month; it’s a carefully coordinated and premeditated affair.
She needs to buy foods that will still be edible at the end of the month, which means fresh fruits and [continue reading]

Grade A sugarhouses: Syrups awarded in Heath & Conway

Nov 5 2015
Published by under Conway, Farmstands and Markets, Food in the Pioneer Valley, Heath
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The Recorder, October 29, 2015 by Tom Relihan.
CONWAY — On the heels of a record-breaking sugaring season, two Franklin County sugarhouses have been awarded for their maple syrups by the North American Maple Syrup Council.
Girard Sugarhouse of Heath took first place in the [continue reading]

In time of grief, how can a town help? We Can Farm

Nov 5 2015
Published by under Farmstands and Markets, Food in the Pioneer Valley, Gardening, Heath
301904_647736128574931_1824403833_n The Recorder, November 1, 2015 by Richie Davis.
HEATH — In a town where roads may not always connect but people certainly do, the hopes of Jesse and Jeff took root on We Can Farm.
Jessica Van Steensburg still marvels at how much her partner, Robert J. “Jeff” Aho, knew and [continue reading]

(We All Scream for) an interview with Jim Ingram

Nov 2 2015
Published by under Easthampton

It seems like everyone in the valley knows where to get the best ice cream. A mainstay in the city of Easthampton, Jim Ingram’s Mount Tom’s Homemade Ice Cream is a step into yesteryear with its tin ceilings and its icecream parlor style seating with updated flavors and walls [continue reading]

Five Things to Love About Greenfield

Oct 27 2015
Published by under Art, Poetry and Musings, Food in the Pioneer Valley, Greenfield
1062015_13701_0 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]

Fruitful Business: Clarkdale Fruit Farms Weather 100 Years of Change

Oct 26 2015
Published by under Deerfield, Farmstands and Markets, Food in the Pioneer Valley
Photo Credit: greenfieldfarmerscoop.com Photo Credit: greenfieldfarmerscoop.com
The Recorder, October 26, 2015 by Tom Relihan .
DEERFIELD — If you find yourself stopping in at Deerfield’s Clarkdale Fruit Farms on Upper Road this fall to snag a peck or two of crisp McIntosh apples or a bottle of farm-fresh cider, take a moment [continue reading]

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

Oct 24 2015
Published by under Especially for Kids, Food in the Pioneer Valley, Greenfield, Politics and the Economy
1062015_13701_0 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]

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