Gleaning is a term originating from biblical times used to describe the act of redistributing the surplus of a harvest. In doing this, volunteers collect leftover crops from farmers fields […]
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Lilly began her farming journey as a UMass student walking by the Franklin Dining Commons one day. At the time, work was underway to start creating what would become the
“A national event. Real food, just food.” Every October 24th, thousands of Food Day events are held across the nation, but why? What is Food Day, anyway, and why does it
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John Kokoski of Mapleline Farm is our Farmer of the Week. John, who is a UMass alumnus, and his team at Mapleline provide their local milk wholesale to large institutions
The UMass Dining Sustainability team poses for a photo with Rob Litch at Misty Knoll Farm. This week we are featuring Misty Knoll Farm, a poultry farm in New Haven,
This week, we are featuring a farm that you might have heard of before. You can find Pete and Gerry’s Organic Eggs in grocery stores all across New England. That fact
Who said kids shouldn’t play with their food? This November, UMass Dining staff and about two dozen UMass students visited Lambert-Lavoie Memorial Elementary School in Chicopee for the Fun with Food
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With Thanksgiving right around the corner, it’s time to celebrate our local turkey supplier, Diemand Farm! Located in Wendell, MA (15 miles north of Amherst), Diemand Farm is run by siblings
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Date: 11/11/2014 Pine Hill Orchards, located 30 minutes north of Amherst in Colrain, MA, is a 75 acre orchard run by David and Matt Shearer. Of course, apples make up a
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Anna Hankins is a second year student at UMass Amherst paving her own path through education by combining both classroom learning and organizing work. Anna enjoys being agitated about food
Edwin Matuszko, Linda Kingsley, and their son, Josef, are third and fourth generation farmers of Twin Oaks Farm in Hadley, MA. Since 1979, when Ed and Linda took over the farm,
Pete and Tara Roy are the proud owners of PT Farm in North Haverhill, New Hampshire. Operating a beef and hog farm is not easy work, but it’s not their
Over the summer at UMass, while classes were out and the campus was vacant, the university Dining Team was hard at work. As the spring semester came to a close,
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In 1950, Teddy C. Smiarowski founded Smiarowski Farm on 70 acres of fertile, sandy loam. Since then, the farm has changed in a number of ways. First, John Smiarowski and his
Date: 10/6/2014 This week’s Farmer is UMass’s very own Amanda Brown. Amanda helps UMass students make their passion for growing food for their peers a reality through the UMass Student
