This week we’re exploring Barstow’s Longview Farm, located at 172 Hockanum road route 47 in Hadley. This farm was established in 1806 and is still family run 7 generations later. Listen to the Give me the Business segment here!
by Gazette Staff November 21, 2025 Shannon Barstow of Hadley was “gearing up for Thanksgiving at Barstow’s Dairy Store and Bakery” in Hadley when she captured this visual feast. See the original post here.
By CLAIRE MORENON For the Gazette Published: 06-20-2025 10:34 AM Modified: 06-20-2025 12:26 PM The Barstow family has been producing milk in Hadley since the 1920s – and after nearly 90 years, they knew they had to make some changes if they wanted to stay in the dairy business. “In the early 2000s, the milk … Read more
On Posted on December 13, 2024 by Tina Deines to Environment, Farm, Massachusetts Environment David and Diane Barstow, daughter Denise Barstow Manz and grandson Arthur of Barstow’s Longview Farm; Photo credit: Shayna Cooley In July 2023, Barstow’s Longview Farm in Hadley, Massachusetts, suffered a major blow, as heavy rain and flooding from the nearby Connecticut River inundated 145 acres of hay and corn fields. “We … Read more
By PAIGE HANSON For the Gazette Published: 08-15-2024 6:22 PM This summer, ice cream enthusiasts statewide can explore the newly established Massachusetts Ice Cream Trail, a self-guided tour of more than 100 ice cream shops in Massachusetts. Of the 100 locations statewide, seven of them are in Hampshire County. These include Barstow’s Dairy Store and … Read more
A local-food lovers’ paradise by Nell Porter Brown JULY-AUGUST 2024 FOR MILWAUKEE CHEF and restaurateur Sanford D’Amato, the move to Massachusetts’s Pioneer Valley turned not on the providential bite of an apple, but of a ridiculously juicy peach. It was in 2007, when he and his wife Angie were visiting friends who suggested a quick … Read more