Gift local this holiday season with these 6 great picks from Barstow’s Dairy Store and Bakery! A Barstow’s gift certificate for the Barstow’s addict A Barstow’s ceramic mug for the coffee drinker A Barstow’s T-shirt for the Barstow’s lover A Cabot Creamery Cookbook for the baker A scheduled half of a Barstow’s cow for the … Read more
Eat local, meat local this holiday season with farm raised beef from Barstow’s Longview Farm! Barstow’s Beef is raised right here on the farm. Our meat does not contain antibiotics, steroids, or added hormones. We feed our cattle from the land we farm. Our animals receive a varied diet that includes grass, clover, alfalfa, corn … Read more
This holiday season, stuff your stockings with local products that support local farmers and artisans in Western Massachusetts! You can pick up all of these great stocking stuffers and more at your neighborhood dairy farm – yep you guessed it – Barstow’s Dairy Store and Bakery! 15 Local Stocking Stuffers A Barstow’s ceramic mug for … Read more
This holiday season, you’re going to end up at neighborhood gatherings, family dinners, office parties, and plenty of other events where you may bring a gift. Here are 5 gifts that will have your host or hostess over the moon! A balsam wreath or kissing ball A 2 lb. block of Cabot Seriously Sharp Cheddar … Read more
What’s the holiday season without sweets?! Barstow’s oven is fired up and ready to bake some fresh pies, mouth watering cakes, and to-die-for cookies! You’ll be the hero at your family get together or office event. It’s as simple as pie, just call us with what you need and when you need it and we … Read more
Happy Thanksgiving! 2017 brought a lot to be thankful for! Like a good crop year and a drought free summer. We are thankful for our healthy and productive herd of 557. We are thankful for the new anaerobic digester engine, bringing more green energy to the grid and soon more recycled heat to our homes … Read more
The Boston Globe By Lucy M. Casale| November 20, 2017 Go homemade for the holidays with favorite dessert recipes from friends and family of the Cabot Creamery Co-operative. Turtle Cheesecake Serves 12 Cabot farmer Denise Barstow of Longview Farm in Hadley, Mass. describes the holidays in her house with one word: loud. “It isn’t a … Read more
Ingredients Crust ingredients: 2 sleeves of Oreos, crushed ¼ cup Cabot Salted Butter, melted 1 teaspoon cinnamon Filling ingredients: 2¼ pounds Cabot Cream Cheese (4½ -8 ounce packages) softened 1 cup light brown sugar ¼ cup plus 1 tablespoon corn syrup ¼ cup plus 1 tablespoon corn starch 1 tablespoon vanilla 3 whole farm fresh eggs 1 egg … Read more
Thanksgiving is only days away and farmers and bakers alike are looking forward to spending time together…..not at work. We may see each other every day, but in that time we are making business decisions, baking cookies, feeding cows, discussing what needs to be done next. And yes the farmers still work on Thanksgiving Day, … Read more
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 October. Congratulations to our Name the Calf Contest winners! Theresa by Jeanne Young Tuesday by Niko Lauer Tricky … Read more