Wagon Ride Farm Tours

Sunday, August 12, 2012 we will be hosting free wagon ride farm tours, leaving from the store between 1pm and 3pm.  Great for a family outing and to learn more about a local family dairy farm.  We have 450 cows and steers in our herd and they'd like to meet you! 

Raisin' the Roof

Longview Farm has just finished the new calf barn!  The new calf facility measures 104' x 34' and holds 36 calves.  It's been designed to maximize sun exposure and ventilation and also with doors to allow wagon tours to roll right through the barn.  

Farm Digester coming to Barstow’s!

One cow produces enough electricity to power one average Massachusetts home and removes the equivalent greenhouse gases of two cars per cow from the atmosphere!  

Barstow's Longview Farm, along with four other local dairy farms have partnered with Quasar Energy Group and other investors to form AGreen Energy, LLC. The current project will put five methane digesters on farms in Massachusetts. Construction for the digester at Barstow’s Longview Farm is currently happening!!

Anaerobic digesters convert manure and food scraps into environmentally friendly energy and keep small dairy farms, like Barstow's, economically viable.

For more information regarding the digester please visit www.agreenenergyllc.com

Barstow’s Absolutely Local Beef

Are you the average American adult who eats 75–100 lbs of beef a year? If so, maybe you should consider a beef share!

Barstow’s now offers wholesale beef prices. Buy in bulk and save money. Select preferred cuts, thicknesses, and weights!

When purchasing Barstow’s Absolutely Beef, you know where your meat is coming from and that our animals are treated well.

Our Beef does NOT contain steroids, antibiotics, or added hormones. For more information see the Barstow’s Beef page.

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Burger Fest 2012

We broke out the grill and grilled our own, Barstow burgers to order on July 21, 2012.  Burger Fest was a hit, we had quite a crowd to try our farm raised beef with our specialty toppings for one day only!  We featured the burn-your-face-off burger, the heart-attack burger, the chili burger, and many more.  We also hosted farm tours from 1-3, sprinkler fun for kids, and face painting. 

One hungry guy walked away with a Barstow's pint glass and a $25 gift certificate to the store after winning the pie eating contest! 

Eddy C. and his toe tapping polka music set the tone out on the porch. 

And to the perfect end to a great burger, was some ice cream from Maple Valley Creamery out of their ice cream truck. 

This event will definitely be back next year, so keep an eye out!

Barstow's DSB 4th Anniversary Celebration

On June 30, 2012, we celebrated our 4th year since our doors opened in 2008!  We were selling ice cream from the Maple Valley Creamery truck, listening to the wonderful folk band Appalachian Still, even the Hadley Fire Department joined in the fun!  We also had farm tours, the famous cow train from the Boisvert's, decorate your own cookie, and face painting.  It was a great way to end Dairy Month and an awesome way to kick off Ice Cream Month July! 

Check out our Facebook for more pictures from the event!

HOORAY HOORAY! the cows are coming out to play!

Come to Barstow’s Saturday, May 5th at 1PM and watch the heifers take to the front pasture! Enjoy some Maple Valley Creamery ice cream, and some Cabot award winning cheddar cheese! Take a wagon ride farm tour, where you'll get to ride right through our new calf barn!  Hope to see you all there!

Open Farm Sunday - Fall Festival

Autumn is finally here!! You know what that means!! … Butternut Squash, Acorn Squash, Carnival Squash, Blue Hubbard Squash, Pumpkins, Apples and Mums!!

Take a wagon ride tour of our farm. Enjoy activities with the kids; pumpkin painting, face painting, and sugar cookie decorating.

Cabot will be here doing a cooking demo. Come down to Barstow’s and try some delicious Cabot Cheese and the many specials we’ll have here made with Cabot Cheese: Tomato Cheddar Soup, Cabot flavored varieties of Mac n’ Cheese ... 
And don't forget the other delicious Autumn treats!! We'll have Pumpkin Pie, Pumpkin muffins and bread, and the famous glazed pumpkin cookies!

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Drew Ritter - About the artist

Drew Ritter currently resides in Watertown MA but grew up in Belchertown
and Hadley. He graduated from Hopkins Academy in 2000, received his
Bachelor of Arts from UMass Amherst in 2006 after returning from Iraq with
the Army National Guard, and currently works in human services.  He has
been teaching himself photography for the past four years and jumps at any
chance to combine this passion with his lifelong interests in nature and
travel.

Drew uses photography as a tool to explore and document the world around
him. Inspiration for his photos comes from the Zen-like moment/mood
freezing magic of photography and the beauty that can be found in
approaching everyday objects/scenes from different perspectives. It is not
uncommon for Drew to be set up before sunrise or well into the night to get
the right mood and light. He receives tremendous help and support from the
people in his life; his girlfriend, parents, and brother have all played
subject or assistant at one time or another.

Drew can be contacted at drew.ritter@gmail.com to request prints or to
schedule portrait work.