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. Burgers are not on our … Read more
National Trails Day is observed each year on the first Saturday in June. Celebrate by exploring your local trails at Skinner State Park! The park protects 843 acres of forest and farmland – and most notably, the historic Prospect House. The Prospect House, or Summit House, is an old hotel that was first opened in … 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 … Read more
Barstow’s Dairy Store and Bakery is partnering with The South Hadley Family Center to play a big game of Bingo! Join us at Barstow’s May Burger Night, Wednesday, May 23 to purchase a square and play Cow Plop “Bingo”! Squares, which are randomly assigned, are available by donation of 1 square for $5 or 5 … 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! Helga by Emilia Swiech Hadley by Kathy Ventry Heritage … Read more
We want to wish the incredible Mom’s in our community a Happy Mother’s Day! Daily we host kiddos and their Mom’s at Barstow’s Dairy Store and Bakery. Kids plates, M&M cookies, BBQ chips, PB&Js, grilled ham and cheeses, and the occasional egg salad on an Asiago bagel, go over the counter to some super cool … Read more
Sirloin, tenderloin, rib-eye, brisket, hamburger, meatloaf, meatballs – BEEF (it’s what’s for dinner!) May is Beef Month, so why not celebrate with local, sustainable, beef from Barstow’s Longview Farm!? Barstow’s Beef is raised on the Barstow family farm in Hadley, MA. Our meat does not contain antibiotics, steroids, or added hormones. We feed our cattle … 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! Glory by Janet Lipscomb Gretel by Sean Harnish Gouda … Read more
May 1, 2018 Juggling with Julia by Julia Robarts I had the chance to attend a dairy farm tour recently, at Barstow’s Longview Farm, a 7th generation family farm in Hadley, Massachusetts. If you’ve never done a farm tour before, I highly recommend it! Much like my recent tour of The Country Hen, I learned so much about … Read more
Barstow’s Longview Farm’s anaerobic digester receives more than 14,000 tons of food waste annually from food manufacturers, processors, and users such as Cabot Creamery, Geissler’s Supermarkets, HP Hood, Wind River, Cains, Garelick, Amenico, and McDonalds. Add in the 9,000 annual tons of cow manure from the farm and we’re in business! The zero-waste, closed-loop Farm … Read more