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Raisin' the RoofLongview Farm is building a calf barn! The new calf facility measures 104' x 34' and will hold 36 calves. It's been designed to maximize sun exposure and ventilation. If all goes as planned, its completion is scheduled for Spring 2012. Please stay tuned, we'll want you to help us celebrate! Come visit us! Barstow's DS&B is selling Barstow's Absolutley Local Beef and baked goods at The Big Blue Barn on the Swartz Family Farm, located at 11 Meadow Street. The market hours are from 9am-1pm. Farm Digester coming to Barstow’s! 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. Click here to sign up to hear about upcoming events. |
Past events  Open Farm Sunday - Fall FestivalOctober 16, 2011 (11am - 2pm)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 ... Meet Loretta the JettaJoin us at Barstow's! Saturday September 3rd from 2-3pm. Enter to win the key and a 2-year lease for Loretta the Cherry Red Jetta SportWagen We'll also have wagon-ride farm tours and samples from local vendors including Hedgie's Salsa, Maple Valley Creamery and Cabot! HOORAY HOORAY THE FIRST OF MAY! THE COWS ARE COMING OUT TO PLAY. Come to Barstow’s Sunday, May 1st at 1PM and watch the heifers take to the front pasture! Take the farm tour, enjoy an ice cream, and meet this seasons moo-ing mascots.
2010 FALL FESTIVAL Thank you to everyone who came out to our Fall Festival on September 25th. We had a great time painting pumpkins, decorating cookies, listening to Acoustic Brew out on the porch, and taking hayrides around the farm. Hope to see you at our next event.
2ND ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION Thank you, to everyone who made the trip out here on Sunday August 1st to help us celebrate our 2nd anniversary! We had a great time and we hope you all did, too. We would like to give special thanks to the North Hadley Sugar Shack, Maple Valley Creamery, Hedgies Salsa, The Hadley Fire Department, Appalachian Still, our staff, friends, and family for making the day such a success! Click here to sign up to hear about upcoming events. |
