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Free Walking Farm Tour for Climate Week
Barstow's Dairy Store and Bakery 172 Hockanum Road, HadleyCISA's Climate Change and Farming Week is held annually in September, in conjunction with nationwide Climate Week events and the UN General Assembly meetings in New York. This year, Barstow's Longview Farm will be offering a free walking farm tour at 10:00am with a focus toward climate. We will visit our anaerobic digester, which converts food ... Read more
Hitchcock Harvest 2023
Hitchcock Center for the Enviornment 845 West Street, AmherstThe Hitchcock Center has been sowing seeds of change and educating for a healthy planet in the Valley for more than 60 years. Come and help them celebrate the harvest with local friends and businesses and learn what they are brewing up next! Food, drink, community, garden and building tours, a short program, and lots ... Read more
The Dirt on Composting Webinar by the Center for EcoTechology
Barstow's Dairy Store and Bakery 172 Hockanum Road, HadleyFood 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 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!