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Pasture Day 2021
Barstow's Dairy Store and Bakery 172 Hockanum Road, Hadley, MA, United StatesToday is Pasture Day! Surprise! This fairly last minute decision is consciously made to limit gathering and sustain our commitment to our community's health and safety. In 2019, our Pasture Day event gathered well over 250 people. And while relaxed restrictions are here or on the horizon, we are not yet ready for this to ... Read more
The Dirt on Composting Webinar by the Center for EcoTechology
Barstow's Dairy Store and Bakery 172 Hockanum Road, Hadley, MA, United StatesFood waste makes up over 20% of the Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) stream in the U.S. This waste can be managed by diverting it to feed people, feed animals, composting it, or using it for anaerobic digestion. Composting diverts food waste from the landfill, reducing methane emissions (a potent greenhouse gas), saving resources, and returning ... Read more
Barstow’s 13th Anniversary
Barstow's Dairy Store and Bakery 172 Hockanum Road, Hadley, MA, United StatesWednesday, June 30 marks our 13 Year Anniversary at Barstow's Dairy Store and Bakery! To celebrate, we are offering one cookie per customer today to say THANK YOU! Thank you for what you might ask? Well where do we begin?! We opened Barstow’s Dairy Store and Bakery in 2008 because the milk market was crashing and ... Read more
July Burger Night 2021
Barstow's Dairy Store and Bakery 172 Hockanum Road, Hadley, MA, United StatesIt goes without saying that we missed a lot of things last year. And one of them was definitely Burger Nights! Summer sunsets with our community, great food, live music. But good news.... Burger Nights are BACK! Join us at Burger Night on Tuesday, July 27, 5pm-7pm. Born and raised right here on Barstow’s Longview ... Read more
Santa visits Barstow’s
Barstow's Dairy Store and Bakery 172 Hockanum Road, Hadley, MA, United StatesThe Hadley Fire Department and Hadley Parks and Recreation Department are bringing a special visitor again this year! Traveling all around town, Santa and Mrs. Claus will be stopping by Barstow’s via firetruck on Saturday, December 18 around noon. Listen for the sirens and look for the lights! Barstow’s will offer free M&M cookies available for all! ... Read more
Pi Day
Barstow's Dairy Store and Bakery 172 Hockanum Road, Hadley, MA, United StatesPi Day is celebrated on March 14th, or 3.14. Pi (Greek letter “π”) is the symbol used in mathematics to represent a constant — the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter — which is approximately 3.14159. At Barstow’s, we celebrate with something else that is round and constant. Constantly delicious that ... Read more
Pasture Day 2022
Barstow's Dairy Store and Bakery 172 Hockanum Road, Hadley, MA, United StatesPasture Day is a farm favorite! And for the first time since 2019, it will be back as we love it most: in person, with our community, together again on the farmstand lawn. After inspecting and repairing fence, the farmers are ready to let the girls out of the barn and into the field. Spring ... Read more
National Chocolate Milkshake Day 2022
Barstow's Dairy Store and Bakery 172 Hockanum Road, Hadley, MA, United StatesNational Chocolate Milkshake is celebrated on September 12. And here at Barstow’s, we celebrate milkshakes of all flavors nearly every day of the year. But in honor of this day, it’s time to enjoy a cold, thick, CHOCOLATE milkshake at your neighborhood dairy farm! Made with super premium chocolate Maple Valley Creamery ice cream and McCray’s ... Read more
Hockanum Day 2022
Barstow's Dairy Store and Bakery 172 Hockanum Road, Hadley, MA, United StatesThe Hockanum Rural Historic District, added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1993, is a rural community encompassing a classically famous landscape along the Connecticut River in Hadley, Massachusetts. The fertile farmland and quiet village is home to families that have been here for generations. On Hockanum Day, meet, discuss, and learn about ... Read more
Live Music by Ben & Ed
Barstow's Dairy Store and Bakery 172 Hockanum Road, Hadley, MA, United StatesNext show with Ben and Ed will be Friday, October 7, on the porch right around lunch time!
Barstow’s Dairy Store and Bakery and Barstow’s Longview Farm is owned and operated by sixth and seventh generation Barstow’s. Nestled at the base of Skinner State Park and right alongside the Connecticut River, the dairy farm has been a part of the landscape since 1806.
Barstow’s Dairy Store and Bakery offers homemade baked goods and pies, lunch from local ingredients, farm fresh produce, farm raised beef, ice cream, and scenic views of protected farmland from the porch and dining room. This family friendly store is open daily year round. Come meet your neighborhood dairy farmer!