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Conserving Farmland in the Pioneer Valley
Barstow's Dairy Store and Bakery 172 Hockanum Road, Hadley, MA, United StatesJune is Dairy Month! Learn more about how dairy impacts our economy, our planet, our diet, our 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 Farm and Barstow’s Dairy ... Read more
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National Ag Day Farm Tours
Barstow's Dairy Store and Bakery 172 Hockanum Road, Hadley, MA, United StatesMarch 14 is National Agriculture Day. Here at Barstow’s Longview Farm, every day is Ag Day. Agriculture isn’t only our livelihood, it is a way of life. Today we invite you to consider how agriculture impacts your life. Farmers raise fruits, veggies, livestock, trees, and seafood. In honor of Ag Day, join us for a ... Read more
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Free Earth Day Farm Tour
Barstow's Dairy Store and Bakery 172 Hockanum Road, Hadley, MA, United StatesAt Barstow's Longview Farm, every day is Earth Day! Tour our facility and experience how animal care, technology, and the engagement of the next farming generation play a role in farm sustainability. Learn how Barstow's Longview Farm turns food waste and cow manure into enough electricity for 1,600 homes with an anaerobic digester. The system ... Read more
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Pasture Day 2019
Barstow's Dairy Store and Bakery 172 Hockanum Road, Hadley, MA, United StatesPasture Day is a farm favorite! After inspecting and repairing fence, the farmers are ready to let the girls out of the barn and into the field. Spring is here! And with winter months in the barn behind them, the cows will be frolicking their way into the green green grass! This event is not ... Read more
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Safe Milk Begins on the Farm
Barstow's Dairy Store and Bakery 172 Hockanum Road, Hadley, MA, United StatesJune 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 Farm and Barstow’s Dairy Store and Bakery. ... Read more
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Milk Matters | at Odyssey Bookshop
Odyssey Bookshop 9 College Street, South Hadley, MA, United StatesVisit Odyssey Bookshop in South Hadley on Wednesday, August 21 at 6:30pm for Milk Matters, a presentation of dairy farms, food, and all things bovine with Lucille Benoit, author of Come, Bos, and Denise Barstow of Barstow's Dairy Store and Bakery. Journalist and dairymaid Lucille Benoit speaks about the current crisis for small dairy farms ... Read more
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TEDxAmherstSalon: Roots
Amherst Works 11 Amity Street, Amherst, MA, United StatesThis TEDx event, ROOTS, will focus on the agriculture and sustainability scenes in and around Amherst. At AmherstWorks, a modern coworking space in the heart of downtown Amherst, we will spend two action-packed hours learning about what the agricultural and sustainable scenes the Pioneer Valley has to offer. There will be finger food catered by ... Read more
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Open Farm Sunday | Barstow’s Longview Farm
Barstow's Dairy Store and Bakery 172 Hockanum Road, Hadley, MA, United StatesThis fall, Cabot's farm family owners are opening their farms to thank YOU for your support. Cabot Creamery Cooperative has over 800 farmer owners; but for this event, Open Farm Sunday will be celebrated at 21 farms in New England and New York: Freund's Farm (CT), Fletcher Farm (MA), Fort Hill Farms (CT), Thorncrest Farm ... Read more
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EVENT FULL Cows & Conservation
Barstow's Dairy Store and Bakery 172 Hockanum Road, Hadley, MA, United States*Please note that this event is currently full but you may register for the wait-list on Kestrel Land Trust's page. Registration is required for this event. Barstow's Dairy Store and Bakery will not be processing registration or wait-list requests.* In 2014, the Barstow family worked with Kestrel and the Commonwealth to place an Agricultural Preservation ... Read more
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Pioneer Valley Regional Agricultural Conference
Smith Vocational and Agricultural High School 80 Locust Street, Northampton, MA, United States2020 Pioneer Valley Regional Agricultural Conference on January 18th from 9am to noon at the Smith Vocational and Agricultural High School in Northampton. This is a free event. Doors open at 8:30am. The snow date is on January 25th at the same time and place. Farmers, foresters, landowners, landscapers and others will have the opportunity ... Read more
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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!