Weekly Food Photo Contest

The Corned Beef Reuben Special for the month of March at Barstow’s Dairy Store and Bakery in Hadley. How to enter: @Snap a pic of something delicious-looking and send it with your name, town and a sentence or two to features@gazettenet.com! See this post in the Gazette here!

Seventh Generation Entrepreneurs Fighting Climate Change With Robots And A Giant Mechanical Stomach

Erik Kobayashi-Solomon, Contributor Forbes Working in the start-up community for a while, I have become irritated with all the psychopathic man-children founders sporting carefully cultivated “brilliant entrepreneur” personas (Exhibits A, B, and C: Sam Bankman-Fried, Mark Zuckerberg, and Elon Musk). How refreshing I found it to speak with Denise Barstow Manz, the engaging scion of … Read more

Western Massachusetts farms diversify to sell local food, meet their communities

Updated: Feb. 22, 2023, 5:05 a.m. | Published: Feb. 22, 2023, 5:01 a.m. Barstow’s Longview Farm and store in Hadley is an example of how Western Massachusetts farms are finding ways to sell local food and welcome their communities to their farms. By Tina Lesniak | Special to The Republican Farms across Western Massachusetts have … Read more

How one Mass. farm is transforming waste into energy

By Hannah Nguyen Globe Correspondent, Updated February 19, 2023 The Boston Globe A digester at Barstow’s Longview Farm in Hadley takes methane from cow manure and food waste and turns it into enough electricity to power 1,600 homes. Barstow’s Longview Farm in Hadley is working to help businesses by taking their food waste and turning … Read more

Name the Calf Contest: January 2023

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 January. Congratulations to our Name the Calf Contest winners! Alina by Bailey Austin Artura by Paul Peelle Anchor by Ashley Hogall Althea … Read more

5 Love Languages on the Farm

The 5 Love Languages In honor of the upcoming V-Day holiday, this newsletter is dedicated to the 5 Love Languages that you might find in a healthy relationship, or on a multi-generational dairy farm like ours! Love Language #1 – Words of Affirmation We have the special opportunity to work with our family members daily … Read more

FeBrrrrrruary

Brrrr! Pass the…Ice Cream! 🍨 Today, of all days, bitterly cold and wind blown, is National Ice Cream for Breakfast Day! But don’t let the weather keep you away from this obscure/delicious holiday! We’re celebrating at Barstow’s Dairy Store and Bakery 8am-noon with Quakes (a milkshake but with iced coffee) and Coffee Floats (iced coffee … Read more

Cabot’s Farmer Pen Pal Program

The farm families of Cabot want to bring life on a dairy farm to kids at home and in their classrooms. Our Pen Pal Program is designed to give a first-hand account about life on a dairy farm, the journey from cow to cheese, and all things farming. What better way to connect kids to the food they enjoy! Meet … Read more

Happy Moo Year 2023

Happy Moo Year! Barstow’s Dairy Store and Bakery reopens tomorrow, Monday, January 9, after our annual winter break. We can’t wait to see you! Tomorrow before 3pm is also the final window to sign up for the Barstow’s 2023 Soup CSA. You can sign up tomorrow in person or online here right now. We’ve been … Read more

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