We hope your 2025 is off to a great start! Barstow’s Dairy Store and Bakery took a short break but we are back OPEN daily and eager to see you! Even as the dark and cold persists, you can be sure to count on bright smiles, hot coffee, and warm … Read more
By EMILEE KLEIN Staff Writer Published: 12-26-2024 12:39 PM Modified: 12-26-2024 4:33 PM SOUTH HADLEY — The 205-acre Lauzier Farm off Alvord Street is the last large farm property in South Hadley, and it will remain so for generations to come as permanently protected agricultural land. That’s because the farm … Read more
Sign up for 10 weeks of homemade soups! Dinner has never been easier! Pick from one of our 7 ways to Soup CSA: CSA Size Price Quarts per Week Total Quarts Pickup Weeks Full CSA Couple $145 1 quart per week 10 Weeks 1-10 Family $290 2 quarts per week … Read more
Volunteers walked our farmland early yesterday morning in search of birds for the annual Audubon Christmas Bird Count. The Christmas Bird Count happens annually in December around the nation. Here’s what they found: 21 Canada Goose 1 Wood Duck 9 Mallard 13 American Black Duck 17 Hooded Merganser 7 Common … Read more
On Posted on December 13, 2024 by Tina Deines to Environment, Farm, Massachusetts Environment David and Diane Barstow, daughter Denise Barstow Manz and grandson Arthur of Barstow’s Longview Farm; Photo credit: Shayna Cooley In July 2023, Barstow’s Longview Farm in Hadley, Massachusetts, suffered a major blow, as heavy rain and flooding from the nearby Connecticut River inundated 145 acres of … Read more
The holidays are a time for family and for excellent food! Barstow’s Dairy Store and Bakery offers custom baked goods, pies, cakes, cheesecakes, and desserts for the holiday season. Christmas orders are due by Wednesday, December 18 by 4pm. All orders placed after that time will need baker approval, we may … Read more
Thanksgiving is a time for family and for excellent food! Barstow’s Dairy Store and Bakery offers custom baked goods, pies, cakes, cheesecakes, and desserts for the holiday season. Thanksgiving orders are due by Thursday, November 21 by 4pm. All orders placed after that time will need baker approval, we may not … Read more
By PAIGE HANSON For the Gazette Published: 08-15-2024 6:22 PM This summer, ice cream enthusiasts statewide can explore the newly established Massachusetts Ice Cream Trail, a self-guided tour of more than 100 ice cream shops in Massachusetts. Of the 100 locations statewide, seven of them are in Hampshire County. These … Read more
A local-food lovers’ paradise by Nell Porter Brown JULY-AUGUST 2024 FOR MILWAUKEE CHEF and restaurateur Sanford D’Amato, the move to Massachusetts’s Pioneer Valley turned not on the providential bite of an apple, but of a ridiculously juicy peach. It was in 2007, when he and his wife Angie were visiting … Read more