Barstow’s Blog

‘The ice cream is just better here’: New Massachusetts Ice Cream Trail features many Hampshire County shops

August 18, 2024

By PAIGE HANSON For the Gazette Published: 08-15-2024 6:22 PM This summer, ice cream enthusiasts statewide can explore the newly established Massachusetts Ice Cream Trail, a self-guided tour of more than 100 ice cream shops in Massachusetts. Of the 100 locations statewide, seven of them are in Hampshire County. These … Read more

Pioneer Valley Bounty

June 18, 2024

A local-food lovers’ paradise by Nell Porter Brown JULY-AUGUST 2024 FOR MILWAUKEE CHEF and restaurateur Sanford D’Amato, the move to Massachusetts’s Pioneer Valley turned not on the providential bite of an apple, but of a ridiculously juicy peach. It was in 2007, when he and his wife Angie were visiting … Read more

June 2024 Burger Night Menu

May 31, 2024

Here on Barstow’s Longview Farm, we raise about 600 animals for dairy. But we also raise ~20 steers each year for our Barstow’s Farm Raised Beef! The beef – ground, patties, steaks, and roasts, is exclusively sold at Barstow’s Dairy Store and Bakery and can be found in our freezer section. … Read more

Vanguard Renewables: A Circular Solution

May 10, 2024

Provided by Accesswire May 8, 2024 7:05pm NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESSWIRE / May 8, 2024 / Vanguard Renewables partners with leading food and beverage companies to recycle food and beverage waste on multi-generational dairy farms across the country to make renewable gas via anaerobic digestion. Vanguard has a long-standing partnership with Barstow’s … Read more

How Your Food Scraps Help Power 1,600 Homes

May 1, 2024

By Tony Peterson | May 1, 2024 The Suffield Observer  When you throw your food scraps into the town dumpster at 42 Ffyler Place, you free up landfill space and prevent destructive methane gas from entering the atmosphere. But that’s just the beginning of the good you’re doing for the … Read more

How climate change is impacting Pioneer Valley farmers

April 20, 2024

By Staasi Heropoulos | Special to The Republican HADLEY — In the barns at Barstow’s Longview Farm, workers will be drawing the curtains and turning on fans this summer to cool the cows and lower humidity. Cattle can’t endure the scorching summer heat many are blaming on climate change. “When … Read more

Meet our New Farm Robots

April 14, 2024

From Green to Greener Between the cover crop on the fields and the serious lack of snow this winter, green never really left for the season…. But without a doubt, it is looking GREENER out here! Happy spring! It won’t be long before: 🐮 the cows are on pasture (Pasture … Read more

National Carrot Cake Day: Where to get the best carrot cake in western Massachusetts

February 3, 2024

CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – Saturday is National Carrot Cake Day, which is one of America’s favorite cake flavors. According to the National Day Calender, this cake closely resembles a quick bread from its preparation to its final consistency, as it is a mix of wet and dry ingredients that are made … Read more

Barstow’s Soup CSA 2024

December 28, 2023

Sign up for 8 weeks of homemade soups!  Dinner has never been easier! Pick from one of our 7 ways to Soup CSA: CSA Size Price Quarts per Week Total Quarts Pickup Weeks Full CSA Couple $115 1 quart per week 8 Weeks 1-8 Family $230 2 quarts per week … Read more

Signup for Barstow's monthly newsletter