Barstow’s Blog

Name the Calf Contest Winners “F”

April 15, 2019

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 March.   Congratulations to our Name the Calf Contest winners! Froyo by Megan … Read more

Gratitude Journal: dinner & a speaker event

April 10, 2019

Last night was Barstow’s second ever Dinner & a Speaker event titled Rural Prosperity: how we lost it and how we get it back. A huge thank you to Dr. Holly Hanson, history professor at Mount Holyoke College, for her fascinating lecture! Dr. Hanson outlined four relationships that contribute to … Read more

Gratitude Journal: Northampton Meadows

April 6, 2019

I grew up in the Pioneer Valley, and as the kid of dairy farmers, my parents perfected the economical values of a “stay-cation.” I love my home and I’ve been lucky to have gotten to explore as a kid – and now as an adult. One place I had never … Read more

Name the Calf Contest Winners “E”

April 4, 2019

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 first half of March. Congratulations to our Name the Calf Contest winners! Enid by Colleen Byrnes … Read more

Love Your Land Trust Membership Drive

April 2, 2019

Barstow’s Dairy Store and Bakery and Barstow’s Longview Farm are proud supporters of Kestrel Land Trust, a local nonprofit that protects and cares for land in the Pioneer Valley. Kestrel Land Trust has just launched their Spring Membership Drive! A gift of any amount makes you a Kestrel Land Trust … Read more

We fixed our Contact Form!

March 29, 2019

Hello neighbors! It has come to our attention that the contact form on the Barstow’s Dairy Store and Bakery website was broken – which means we haven’t been receiving your emails, questions, orders, comments, and feedback! We are very sorry if your email to our family business has gone unanswered! … Read more

Our Latest Local Artist

March 29, 2019

I am a watercolorist currently, with a varied past of working in oils, printmaking, stained glass and relief printing.  I enjoy depicting my local environment of flowers, fields and fruits of the farmer’s labors.  What could be nicer than to celebrate Hadley with a day outside painting crows picking over a cut … Read more

March 2019: news roundup

March 25, 2019

Here are a few articles the Barstow family was reading this month: Fresh Talk: It’s hard to be a dairy farmer. But it’s worth it. But every farm has some important similarities. We all take the best care possible of our cows, and we do everything in our power to … Read more

Name the Calf Contest Winners “D”

March 16, 2019

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 February. Congratulations to our Name the Calf Contest winners! Dixie by Ashley Wynaronski … Read more

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