National Agriculture Day
Barstow's Dairy Store and Bakery 172 Hockanum Road, Hadley, MA, United StatesMarch 23 is National Agriculture Day. Here at Barstow’s Longview Farm, every day is Ag Day. Agriculture isn’t only our livelihood, it is a way of life. Today we invite you to consider how agriculture impacts your life. Farmers raise fruits, veggies, livestock, trees, and seafood.
Winter Dinner: Chicken & Biscuits
Barstow's Dairy Store and Bakery 172 Hockanum Road, Hadley, MA, United StatesPlace your orders for our March Winter Dinner on Tuesday, March 23 between 3:30pm and 5:30pm! The menu will feature our homemade chicken and biscuits, mashed potatoes, and green beans. For dessert, a chocolate chip cookie, fresh from the bakery! Plates are $14.50 each and $10.50 for kid’s sized plates. Need a farmer sized helping? ... Read more
Easter Bunny visits Barstow’s!
Barstow's Dairy Store and Bakery 172 Hockanum Road, Hadley, MA, United StatesHadley Parks and Recreation and Fire Department are bringing a VERY special visitor around town on Saturday, April 3! The Easter Bunny is parading through Hadley, and one of their stops is at Barstow's Dairy Store and Bakery! The fire truck and Easter Bunny are expected to arrive at Barstow's Dairy Store and Bakery up ... Read more
Winter Dinner: Mac & Cheese
Barstow's Dairy Store and Bakery 172 Hockanum Road, Hadley, MA, United StatesPlace your orders for our April Winter Dinner on Tuesday, April 13 between 3:30pm and 5:30pm! The menu will feature our homemade Cabot mac & cheese (regular or spicy), sweet and sour kielbasa, and oven roasted broccoli. For dessert, a cream cheese brownie, fresh from the bakery! Plates are $14.50 each and $10.50 for kid’s ... Read more
Pasture Day 2021
Barstow's Dairy Store and Bakery 172 Hockanum Road, Hadley, MA, United StatesToday is Pasture Day! Surprise! This fairly last minute decision is consciously made to limit gathering and sustain our commitment to our community's health and safety. In 2019, our Pasture Day event gathered well over 250 people. And while relaxed restrictions are here or on the horizon, we are not yet ready for this to ... Read more
The Dirt on Composting Webinar by the Center for EcoTechology
Barstow's Dairy Store and Bakery 172 Hockanum Road, Hadley, MA, United StatesFood waste makes up over 20% of the Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) stream in the U.S. This waste can be managed by diverting it to feed people, feed animals, composting it, or using it for anaerobic digestion. Composting diverts food waste from the landfill, reducing methane emissions (a potent greenhouse gas), saving resources, and returning ... Read more
Dairy Month Dairy Crawl 2021
June is Dairy Month! Local farmstands in Hadley, South Hadley, and Sunderland are celebrating with the Dairy Month Dairy Crawl! Visit the participating farmstands; Barstow’s Dairy Store and Bakery, McCray’s Country Creamery, Flayvors of Cook Farm, Maple Valley’s Hadley Scoop, North Hadley Sugar Shack and Market, and Smiarowski’s Farmstand and Creamery; and purchase an ice cream to get your Dairy Crawl ... Read more
Barstow’s 13th Anniversary
Barstow's Dairy Store and Bakery 172 Hockanum Road, Hadley, MA, United StatesWednesday, June 30 marks our 13 Year Anniversary at Barstow's Dairy Store and Bakery! To celebrate, we are offering one cookie per customer today to say THANK YOU! Thank you for what you might ask? Well where do we begin?! We opened Barstow’s Dairy Store and Bakery in 2008 because the milk market was crashing and ... Read more
July Burger Night 2021
Barstow's Dairy Store and Bakery 172 Hockanum Road, Hadley, MA, United StatesIt goes without saying that we missed a lot of things last year. And one of them was definitely Burger Nights! Summer sunsets with our community, great food, live music. But good news.... Burger Nights are BACK! Join us at Burger Night on Tuesday, July 27, 5pm-7pm. Born and raised right here on Barstow’s Longview ... Read more
Cows & Conservation: An Innovative Farm Tour
Barstow's Dairy Store and Bakery 172 Hockanum Road, Hadley, MA, United StatesIn 2014, the Barstow family worked with Kestrel and the Commonwealth to place an Agricultural Preservation Restriction (APR) on 123 acres of their farmland, preserving it forever. The Barstows reinvested the funds from the sale of the APR back into their 215 year-old dairy farm to secure its future. They purchased robotic milkers, a tool that improves milk production, ... Read more
Barstow’s Dairy Store and Bakery and Barstow’s Longview Farm is owned and operated by sixth and seventh generation Barstow’s. Nestled at the base of Skinner State Park and right alongside the Connecticut River, the dairy farm has been a part of the landscape since 1806.
Barstow’s Dairy Store and Bakery offers homemade baked goods and pies, lunch from local ingredients, farm fresh produce, farm raised beef, ice cream, and scenic views of protected farmland from the porch and dining room. This family friendly store is open daily year round. Come meet your neighborhood dairy farmer!