You may be cursing the cold, but many farmers in the Pioneer Valley are grateful for winter. “It’s relaxing,” said Katie Bodzinski. “We really need...
With Christmas on Friday, local Christmas tree farms are still welcoming families in the search for their new living room centerpiece. You might...
Carrie Chickering-Sears breeds cattle that win awards.Chickering-Sears and her husband, David Sears, own Indian Acres Farm in South Deerfield. The...
It’s officially summer. On farms across the Valley, there’s no doubt that we’re in the warm season.“It’s hot and dry here, just like for everybody...
What is June like at McCray’s Farm and Country Creamery?“Insanity,” according to Steve McCray.McCray runs the South Hadley farm along with the rest...
As the weather continues to warm, field crop season is beginning to hit full stride across the Valley, and Maureen Dempsey is battling to keep up...
Pasture Day is Denise Barstow’s favorite time on the farm.The event is an annual celebration of spring at Barstow’s Longview Farm in Hadley. In a...
‘This year, March felt like April and April felt like March,” said David Paysnick, who owns Rainbow Harvest Farm in Greenfield, during a recent...
Flowers decorate the milestone events in our lives. John LaSalle, the owner of LaSalle Florists in Whately, has been brightening those landmark...
Shawn Robinson remembers a ServiceNet client who wouldn’t leave the house for long periods of time. But then the agency brought in some farm...
When Nick Martinelli saw Gov. Charlie Baker’s emergency order that shut down schools and in-person dining at restaurants, he knew his business was...
Our new routines of constant sanitization have been unfamiliar to many of us. But the team at Mycoterra Farm has been keeping it clean for years...