Local Hero Profile: Blossoming Acres
Blossoming Acres is known for having fresh, delicious sweet corn at their farm stand—as Lenita proudly says, “We pick it every day!” During 2018, one[...]
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Local Hero Profile: Fairview Farms Inc.
Alan Sanderson Jr.’s father was a farmer. So was his grandfather. His great grandfather too. On a recent windy afternoon Alan leaned back in his[...]
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Local Hero Profile: Hettie Belle Farm
As Jennifer Core and I strolled up the sloping dirt road to the pig pens, she turned to me with a smile. “You know, the[...]
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Local Hero Profile: Northfield Mount Hermon Farm
When what is now the Northfield Mount Hermon (NMH) School Farm was first established in the 1880s at the Mount Hermon School for Boys, it[...]
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Breaking Ground: Foxtrot Herb Farm
In the fourth installment of CISA's series of videos profiling newer farmers, Foxtrot Herb Farm farmers Abby and Christopher talk about returning to family land[...]
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Local Hero Profile: Stony Hill Farm
Five years ago, Alice Colman and Brian Cunningham looked out over the invasive Oriental Bittersweet vines that were creeping onto their recently-purchased Wilbraham farm property[...]
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Video Profile: Bardwell Farm
Ninth generation Hatfield farmer Harrison Bardwell talks about farming the family land and being part of a farming community.
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Local Hero Profile: Amherst Nurseries
Each spring, John Kinchla and the crew at Amherst Nurseries take on a high-stakes guessing game with the New England weather. John needs to get[...]
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Video Profile: Mycoterra Farm
From a multi-million-dollar mushroom farm on the west coast, to a closet in the basement, to a former equestrian center, Julia Coffey has grown mushrooms[...]
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Local Hero Profile: Hartman’s Herb Farm and B&B
“The calls start at 7 in the morning and keep going until 11 at night,” says Lynn Hartman. “The kids say that we’re the 7-Eleven[...]
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2018 Local Hero Awardee: Bonita and Dan Conlon, Warm Colors Apiary
Bonita and Dan Conlon of Warm Colors Apiary in South Deerfield have set a high bar for local honey production, educated countless new beekeepers, and[...]
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Video Profile: Ferrindino Maple
In the first installment of CISA's "Breaking Ground: Beginning Farmer Stories", we profile Ferrindino Maple in Hampden, where the Ferrindino family harvest, boil, and bottle[...]
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