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Weekly Food Photo Contest: This week’s winner, ​Denise Barstow Manz of Hadley

June 23, 2023

Apologies to any readers trying to avoid sweets this week! June happens to be Dairy Month and strawberry and rhubarb season, so here’s a Strawberry Rhubarb Sundae at Barstow’s Dairy Store and Bakery. Congrats to photographer Denise, our first repeat winner.How to enter: Snap a pic of something delicious-looking and send it with your name, … Read more

New technology helps local dairy farms meet sustainability goals

June 15, 2023

Denise Barstow Manz and her family run the farm store and manage their herd of 600 cows – 300 of which are milking cows at Barstow’s Longview Farm. For the family, sustainability is a priority. They now have an anaerobic digester on the farm that turns waste into electricity and helps resolve some of the … Read more

Dairy Farms Tap Into Anaerobic Digestion to Carve a Greener and More Financially Secure Path

June 7, 2023

Arlene Karidis | Jun 07, 2023 The dairy industry is shooting to achieve greenhouse gas neutrality by 2050. Denise Barstow Manz, a seventh-generation family member at Barstow’s Longview Farm in Massachusetts, tells Waste360 how dairy farms are working toward this goal. And hear why anaerobic digestion (AD) has been a big part of Barstow’s sustainability story over the past decade. Waste360: … Read more

Celebrate our local dairy farms during the month of June

June 1, 2023

by: Kayla Hevey Posted: Jun 1, 2023 / 02:37 PM EDT (Mass Appeal) – June 1 is not only World Milk Day but also the beginning of Dairy Month. Dairy farms in our communities play a vital role in providing locally sourced and nutritious food. If you want to support local agriculture and celebrate Dairy Month, Denise Barstow … Read more

How Dairy Farmers Are Turning Manure Into Money

March 29, 2023

Smithsonian Magazine, April/May 2023 These New Englanders have found a way to help the planet and convert more than 9,000 tons of cow waste annually into electricity Dairy farms like this one run by the Barstow family in Hadley, Massachusetts, make smart use of a substance cows produce in abundance. David Degner By Rachael Moeller Gorman Photographs … Read more

Weekly Food Photo Contest

March 18, 2023

The Corned Beef Reuben Special for the month of March at Barstow’s Dairy Store and Bakery in Hadley. How to enter: @Snap a pic of something delicious-looking and send it with your name, town and a sentence or two to features@gazettenet.com! See this post in the Gazette here!

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