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 apples to choose from every couple of weeks and also sells honey, maple products, jams, jellies, apple cider, and more. At Cold Spring, they offer […]
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The UMass Student Farming Enterprise has recently finished building an off-grid greenhouse at the Agricultural Learning Center in Amherst, MA. The National Science Foundation grant funded the project with the objective of educating students about renewable energy in agricultural settings. Throughout the past four years, interns and students have been involved with the development of
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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 and supplies UMass Dining with high quality, pure maple syrup. The North Hadley Sugar Shack is a family-owned business that was started about twenty years
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The Student Farming Enterprise’s CSA Pick-Up at the UMass Student Farmers’ Market. CSA, short for Community Supported Agriculture, is a model used by many farmers to form a partnership between themselves and members of their community. This partnership is created when a customer buys a CSA membership, which then allows them to receive a certain
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 they were established in 1987. The farm grew vegetables and had a food waste collection program to feed their farm animals. Martin’s Farm decided to
For over 400 years, New England has been a key contributor to the regional, national, and global seafood market. Advances in technology, continued population growth, and rapid globalization, however, have made it increasingly challenging to balance demand with ecological sustainability. As a consumer, sometimes the options presented to us are overwhelming and laced with misinformation.
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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 accessible to restaurants, families, and food service operations across the U.S. Every Sea to Table fish is wild-caught and can be traced back to the
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 to the left. Bruce cares deeply for the animals that he works with and says caring for them is his favorite part of the job.
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, Yukon Gold, and Russet potatoes in the Connecticut River Valley. The Szawlowski family business is based in Hatfield, MA and has been in operation for
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, and strawberries for Franklin Dining Commons and the UMass community as a whole. UMass Hydro was founded about a year ago by Evan Chakrin, studying
