Here are a few articles the Barstow family was reading this month: Robotic Milking 101 | Cabot Creamery Cooperative On robotic milking farms, cows set their own schedule and milking is more efficient, which means cows have more time to rest, and our farmers have more time to care for … Read more
Here on Barstow’s Longview Farm, we raise about 550 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
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 April. Congratulations to our Name the Calf Contest winners! Hortense by Jeff Carson … 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 first half of April. Congratulations to our Name the Calf Contest winners! Gratitude by Cheryl Stevens … Read more
June is Dairy Month! Local farmstands in Hadley, South Hadley, and Sunderland are celebrating with the Dairy Month Dairy Crawl! Visit the participating farmstands; Barstow’s Dairy Store and Bakery, McCray’s Country Creamery, Flayvors of Cook Farm, Maple Valley’s Hadley Scoop, North Hadley Sugar Shack and Market, and Smiarowski’s Farmstand and Creamery; and purchase an ice cream … Read more
June is Dairy Month! Learn more about how dairy impacts our economy, planet, diet, land use, and how dairy farming connects us with heritage in the Pioneer Valley. Join the conversation with experts across all fields of dairy (get it?!). The Dairy Month Lecture Series is hosted by Barstow’s Longview … Read more
2019 marks Cabot Creamery Cooperative’s 100th year in operation – a century of commitment to the farmers in their co-op, the quality of their products, and the consumers who support Cabot. As a member farmer of the Cooperative, it’s a real joy to celebrate this milestone with our larger dairy … Read more
May is National Salad Month and we are excited to feature our delicious homemade salads! Of course we offer salads year round here at Barstow’s. You can find Green Salad, Chef Salad, and Craisin Salad on our lunch menu. Our most popular lunch salad is our Taco Salad topped with … Read more
Dairy Farms: Part of the Climate Solution | Must be the Milk According to the EPA, U.S. agriculture contributes 9% of the country’s greenhouse gas emissions. Half comes from animal production, the other half from crop farming. If we did away with animal agriculture, there would be only a 2.6% … Read more