On November 27th 2018, UMass Dining hosted an event called Diet For A Cooler Planet that served a meal of delicious regenerative foods featuring contributions from local farms practicing alternative […]
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On November 9th, the Student Farmers’ Market held a Food For All Market with an attempt to address the stigma on hunger around campus. UMass Permaculture, the Food For All
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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
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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
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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
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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
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
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
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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
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,
Customers picking up their UMass Fresh Holiday Meal from the Campus Center. Brrrr… winter is here, and so are all of the holidays that go along with it! If you
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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
