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 Equinox by Eva Reineke You … Read more
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 member for one year. You … Read more
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! Please be assured that our … Read more
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 cornfield in the fall or … Read more
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 protect our soils and waterways. … 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 February. Congratulations to our Name the Calf Contest winners! Dixie by Ashley Wynaronski Dusty by Pat Ryan Dancer … Read more
The winter is slow at Barstow’s Dairy Store and Bakery. We would love to be busy all the time – we miss seeing our high season customers and it would help us pay our bills a little more easily – but with longer nights, colder days, and shorter hours, it does make sense. For that … Read more
Dear wonderful people! It is with such gratitude and joy that we write this letter to our farmhands at Barstow’s Longview Farm and our Barstow’s Dairy Store and Bakery staff, past and present! We trust you to not only handle cash, prepare food, and be welcoming to our customers – to treat our herd with … Read more
Ooof this one hurt. I subscribe to the New York Times Climate Forward Newsletter and also their Daily Email Newsletter. I love them, I learn a lot, and it’s a great addition to my day. On Wednesday afternoon I was scrambling to catch up on emails before feeding the calves and into my inbox popped: … 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 February. Congratulations to our Name the Calf Contest winners! Celeste by Laurel Stewart Claire by Nora Raphael Charlotte … Read more