Farmer Spotlight

Farmer Spotlight  From pie to cider donuts, no New England fall is complete without apples. It’s only fitting, then, to start this year’s Farmer Spotlight campaign with Apex Orchards. Located […]

The UMass Student Farm is a student-run farm on campus that manages 14 acres of land and grows 35 different crops using ecologically sound practices. They supplied UMass Dining with

Joe Czajkowski Farms carrot fields in Hadley, MA.  Joe Czajkowski Farm, located in Hadley, MA, has been supplying food to UMass Dining since 2015 and is owned by Joe Czajkowski,

Cold Spring Orchard apples.  Cold Spring Orchard is a research and education facility of UMass Amherst located in Belchertown, MA. The Cold Spring Orchard farm store has different varieties of

Tapped trees at the North Hadley Sugar Shack in Hadley, MA.  The North Hadley Sugar Shack, owned by Joe and Shelly Boisvert, is located less than four miles from campus

Adam Martin and his family standing with a red “Martin’s Farm” tractor at their compost farm in Greenfield, MA.  Martin’s Farm has been a leader in the composting industry since

The “Yellowbird,” leaving the shore of Chatham, MA to catch fish for Sea to Table.   Sea to Table is a food distributor that makes sustainably-caught seafood from American fishing communities

Fort River Farm’s beef cattle grazes out in the pasture.   Bruce Jenks stands in front of a group of his cows.  Fort River Farm is managed by Bruce Jenks, pictured

Swaz Potoates rolling down the conveyer belt after being washed and sorted.  Swaz Potato Farms was founded in 1910 by John Rupert Szawlowski and grows 3,000 acres of White, Red,

Leafy greens growing in the UMass Hydroponics Farm greenhouse.  UMass Hydroponics Farm is a student-run hydroponics business located on campus that grows leafy greens, culinary herbs, tomatoes, bok choy, leeks,

One of Sidehill Farm’s young Normande calves roaming in the fields.  Sidehill Farm is a small, family run dairy farm that produces delicious, organic yogurt in Hawley, MA. Sidehill farm

Mapleline Farm in Hadley, MA.  Mapleline Farm is a family owned and operated Jersey farm established in 1904 in Hadley, MA. They have 300 Jersey cows, who are brown instead

Cold Spring Orchard’s beautiful apples.  Cold Spring Orchard is an education and research facility of UMass Amherst and grows over 100 varieties of apples on 50 acres of land. They

The UMass Student Farming Enterprise is a student-led initiative that manages 14 acres of land and grows 35 different crops using ecologically sound practices. They supply UMass Dining with over

Colorful turnips from Czajkowski Farm.  Joe Czajkowski’s farm operates on over 400 acres of land in Hadley, MA and is so close to campus that you can see the UMass