Farm Profile: River Maple Farm
"As I pull in at River Maple Farm in Bernardston, two large goats lie right in the middle of the driveway. Both are completely unfazed[...]
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Farm Profile: Hager Brothers Farm
Massachusetts is home to 149 dairy farms, 42% of which are in Franklin, Hampden, and Hampshire Counties. Dairy farms represent only about two percent of[...]
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Local Hero Profile: Meadow View Farms
As the last mounds of snow melt away and the sap stops flowing from the maple trees, farmers across the Pioneer Valley are gearing up[...]
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Local Hero Profile: Twenty Acres Farm
Tom Zuzgo’s relationship with his farm, Twenty Acres in Hadley, rivals the best stories of high school sweethearts. “I knew I wanted the land[...]
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2015 Local Hero Awardee: Enterprise Farm
Enterprise Farm was one of the first Massachusetts farms to be certified organic in 1987, just after owner Dave Jackson graduated from UMass.[...]
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Local Hero Profile: Bergeron Sugar House
Bob tells me that the warm weather today is likely to fill the tanks and require a boil tomorrow or even possibly tonight. “But hopefully[...]
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Local Hero Profile: Falls Brook Farm
Falls Brook Farm, built by Eileen and her husband Dick, is a true labor of love.
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Local Hero Profile: Brook’s Bend Farm
Suzanne Webber and Al Miller started farming on their Montague property over ten years ago. After first trying their hand at raising beef cows, turkey[...]
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Local Hero Profile: Mount Warner Vineyards
Fifteen years ago, when Gary and Bobbie Kamen bought the Hadley property that was to become Mount Warner Vineyards, they were drawn to the[...]
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Local Hero Profile: Twin Oaks Farm
Even a quick conversation with Edwin Matuszko, Linda Kingsley, and their son Josef of Twin Oaks Farm reveals that the family loves to grow[...]
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Local Hero Profile: West Granville Blueberries
For anyone who has had the delight of a blueberry pancake at Maple Corner Farm, you may already know about the treasure of West Granville[...]
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Local Hero Profile: Blue Heaven Berry Farm
A visitor to Blue Heaven berry farm in Middlefield can easily imagine the many reasons farmers Joe and Donna Pease decided to build their home[...]
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