Pretend it’s Summer!

Barstow’s Dairy Store and Bakery is open year round. But even though dairy is our middle name, we aren’t MOOving much ice cream in January. That’s why on Thursday, January 17 we are pretending it’s summer! Select ice cream flavors are $1 any size, $2 for a milkshake. All other flavors are $1-off each size … Read more

Eat the Season | January

Eating what is in season throughout the year can better connect you to your home and community.  When you eat what is being harvested locally, your food is travelling fewer miles, you are supporting your neighborhood farmers, and you are enjoying nutritious and varied foods throughout the seasons. #EatTheSeason and enjoy the season at Barstow’s … Read more

6 Reasons you Should Care about New England Dairy

Dairy farms are dotted across the New England landscape. But with recent trends of low milk prices, over-supply, increased costs of doing business, consolidation of agricultural conglomerates, and the power and wealth in ag going to only a few: those dairies are being shuttered. Dairy farmers, especially small family farms in New England, are in … Read more

National Ice Cream Day

National Ice Cream Day is celebrated on the third Sunday of July (National Ice Cream Month!). Celebrate with local, super premium Maple Valley Creamery Ice Cream at Barstow’s Dairy Store and Bakery. Here are a few ideas on how to enjoy ice cream at Barstow’s today: After your hike up Mount Holyoke Before your hike … Read more

National Chocolate Ice Cream Day

You heard it here first!  National Chocolate Ice Cream Day is on June 7! June is Dairy Month, so we are celebrating ice cream all month! You can join us, and 6 other farmstands, on our Dairy Crawl.  Pick up your passport at any location and buy an ice cream to get a stamp! If you’re … Read more

Dairy Month Dairy Crawl

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 … Read more

The Dairy Crawl 2018

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 … Read more

Eat the Season | April

Eating what is in season throughout the year can better connect you to your home and community.  When you eat what is being harvested locally, your food is travelling fewer miles, you are supporting your neighborhood farmers, and you are enjoying nutritious and varied foods throughout the seasons. #EatTheSeason and enjoy the season at Barstow’s … Read more

Ice Cream One Up

In honor of Barstow’s Dairy Store and Bakery’s 10 Year Anniversary, celebrate with us all of 2018 on the 10th of every month! We’ve put together a series of mini events and giveaways throughout the year to thank our customers, regulars, supporters, friends, and family! On June 10, all day long, join us for Ice … Read more

Name the Calf Contest Winners “D”

Here at Barstow’s Longview Farm everybody has a personality so everybody has a name. Calves born around the same time have names that begin with the same letter. These calves were born in the last half of February. Congratulations to our Name the Calf Contest winners! Dolly by Sophie S Denise by Adele Mack Daphne … Read more

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