Farmer Spotlight

Little Leaf Farm’s greenhouse in Devens, MA.  Little Leaf Farms is a three-acre greenhouse operation run by Paul Sellew, Pieter Slaman, and Tim Cunniff in Devens, Massachusetts. Little Leaf Farms grows their greens hydroponically indoors all year round and is dedicated to producing sustainable, nutritious and fresh greens. 95% of the lettuce greens we consumed […]

Queen’s Greens greenhouses.  Queen’s Greens, a charming farm in Amherst, MA, grows certified organic greens, herbs, and vegetables year-round on 30 acres of fields and greenhouses. Although it is rare for farms to grow winter crops, Queen’s Greens harvests spinach twice a week through December!  Queen’s Greens is owned and operated by Matt Biskup and

Atlas Farm tomatoes.  MA Atlas Farm is an organic vegetable farm in its thirteenth year of operation, located just eleven miles from UMass in Deerfield, MA, and grows a variety of certified organic plants and produce.     Gideon Porth, Owner of Atlas Farm  Gideon, the owner of Atlas Farm, grew up in a suburban environment but

The L’Etoile family in one of the their grain fields.  Located in Northfield, Massachusetts with breathtaking views of the Connecticut river and the surrounding hillsides is Four Star Farms, a family enterprise that has been passed down by 14 generations. Four Star Farms provides sustainable and locally grown grains, freshly milled flour, hops, and turf

UMass Student Farmers.  It has been a full year since we have focused on UMass Student Farm, but for them, it has proved to be a successful one. A new portable Wash Station recently built which can be transported between their two locations, allowing CSA shares to grow from 60 to 100. Equally impressive, the

Apple Walnut Wild Rice with Cold Spring apples served in the Dining Commons for Apple Week.  Cold Spring Orchard is a research and education facility of UMass Amherst located just 14 miles from campus. They have more than 100 varieties of apples and a gorgeous view of the Holyoke Mountain Range. Cold Spring Orchard sells

Tara, Pete, and their five children  We last spoke with our partners at PT Farm for Farmer of the Week eighteen months ago. Any farmer will tell you that farms never remain stagnant and are constantly in a state of evolution. So, it was time to check in to find out what’s new on the

Preparing spiralized butternut squash at the Taste of UMass event on 4/7/16.  We checked in with Joe Czajkowski, our largest local farm partner to find out what’s been happening on the farm since we last interviewed him in late 2014. He’s been busy!   Joe is always working to expand his product line. In the past

We are revisiting a local farm that we originally featured in our Farmer of the Week program over fifteen months ago – Diemand Farm in Wendell, MA –  to find out what’s new on the farm!   The farm continues to be operated by siblings Anne, Faith, and Pete Diemand. While their range of products —

When Joe Boisvert was ten years old, he and his older brother John began working on their parents’ farm. They tapped trees, boiled the sap, and learned how to produce maple syrup. Later on, Joe would create the North Hadley Sugar Shack which has now been in operation for over twenty years!  Joe and his wife