Denise Barstow Manz 
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
Country Folks By Laura Rodley At Barstow’s Longview Farm in Hadley, MA they serve their own beef as hamburgers on their special Burger Night at Barstow’s Dairy Store and Bakery from May through September. The meat contains no antibiotics, steroids or hormones. The farm store is the only place anyone can buy the beef that … Read more
Mass Realty By Jake Levin Since 1806, the Barstow family has been just as lively as the farm it tends to. Located along rural Route 47 in Hadley, Mass., Barstow’s has been looking forward for the past 211 years. The farm encompasses the very best of the world of agriculture both past and present thanks to … Read more
November is Peanut Butter Lovers Month and boy to do we have the stuff for you! STEEM is caffeinated peanut butter locally made. If you need an energy boost in the afternoon but don’t want to settle for an energy drink or ran out of time to stop by the Barstow’s Drive Thru this morning … Read more