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GIVEAWAY: 2016 CSA Farm Share from Crimson & Clover Farm

Enter to Win a 2016 Summer Farm Share from Crimson & Clover Farm! Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) is a fabulous way families can support local farmers. By purchasing a CSA share for your family, shareholders pledge their support of a local farm and receive weekly shares of fruits, vegetables, herbs, cut flowers, honey, eggs, dairy and meat products. CSA’s are also great opportunities for community-based learning! Here on Hilltown Families we highlight… Read More

Category: Contest, Hampshire County, Local Food Tags: Community Based Education, Community Supported Agriculture, CSA, Farm Based Education, Farming, Food, Food Based Education, Local Food, Pioneer Valley, western massachusetts

GIVEAWAY: CSA Farm Share from Crimson & Clover Farm

We’re giving away a Small CSA Farm Share from Crimson & Clover Farm this spring, a $420 value! Enter for a chance to win by sharing ways your family engages in our local food culture and the learning you glean from your experiences.

Oak & Acorn: Basil Pesto & Peas

During the summer months many families In Western MA are lucky to have an abundance of basil and peas practically at their fingertips, either growing in their own gardens are available at a local farmers’ market. In “Oak & Acorn,” there is great advice on how to make something uniquely tasty from a plentiful bounty. A recipe for basil pesto with shelled peas is featured, along with a nice basil seltzer water with simple syrup and sour cherries… Give it a go for a unique basil-icious treat!

Category: Contributing Writer, Food, Leslie Lynn Lucio, Recipes Tags: basil, basil pesto, CSA, heathy eating, Local Food, Nutrition, pesto, recipe, snap peas, summer recipe

Just Roots Community Farm Fosters Youth Collaboration

When community-based learning works, it REALLY works. The diversity of educational programs run by Just Roots Community Farm in Franklin County provides experiential learning for youth of all ages. There are also volunteer workdays that invites families to take ownership of impact that fosters greater youth collaboration, and ultimately building a stronger community!

Category: Food, Franklin County, Local Food, Volunteer Opportunity Tags: CSA, Experiential Learning, Farming, Festival, Greenfield, Local Food, Service Based Learning, skillshare, volunteer, youth collaboration, youth education

GIVEAWAY: CSM Share from Goldthread Herb Farm

Enter to Win a CSM Share from Goldthread Herb Farm in Conway This summer Goldthread Herb Farm in Conway, MA is embarking on their fifth season of providing Community Supported Medicine (CSM) Shares to the community… and Hilltown Families has a large share (enough for a family of 3-4, valued at $250) to giveaway to one lucky family! Details on how you can enter to win are below and deadline to participate is… Read More

Category: Contest, Hampshire County, Local Food Tags: Community Supported Agriculture, Community Supported Medicine, CSA, Farming, Herb, Herb Farm, Local Food, Pioneer Valley, western massachusetts

Q&A: Share Your Love for Your Local CSA

QUESTION AND ANSWERS Have you signed up for your local CSA yet? CSA’s (Community Supported Agriculture) are great ways to get fresh local fruits, vegetables and other farm products while supporting local farming. Tell us about your favorite CSA here in Western MA, and what you love about your local farm share. Tinky Weisblat writes, “We go to Wilder Brook Farm in Charlemont. It feels like family—and you can pick your own… Read More

Category: Question and Answer, Questions and Answers Tags: Berkshires, Community Supported Agriculture, CSA, Farms, Hilltowns, Local Food, Pioneer Valley, Western Massachuetts

GIVEAWAY: CSA Farm Share from Crimson & Clover Farm

Enter to Win a Farm Share from Crimson & Clover Farm this Summer! Locally grown food is a great community connector! This past winter families could enjoy Winter Farmers’ Market all throughout Western MA while connecting with friends and neighbors during these often festive weekly markets. And during the growing and harvest season Farmers’ Markets happen nearly every day of the week and have quickly become places the community not only shops… Read More

Category: Contest, Hampshire County, Local Food Tags: Community Supported Agriculture, CSA, Farming, Food, Local Food, Pioneer Valley, western massachusetts

CSA Farms Are Like Family

Purple Carrots Hooray, it’s finally summer! Which means it’s time to head back to our local CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) for spinach, garlic scapes, turnips, pea pods, herbs, strawberries, and all sorts of wonderful lettuces. As the summer progresses, we’ll get tomatoes, carrots, peppers, beans, edamame if we’re lucky, and all sorts of other wonderful veggies as well as flowers and more herbs. The year winds down in the fall with squashes… Read More

Category: Contributing Writer, Dana Pilson, Food Tags: Community Supported Agriculture, CSA

VIDEO: Fridays at the Farm

Local Food From Local Farms I discovered a short video about local food and CSA’s in the LocalHarvest Newsletter, March 25, 2009 called “Fridays at the Farm.” This film is a documentary/personal essay about a family living outside of Philidelphia, PA, and their participation in a local CSA. I found it inspiring and wanted to share it with other families intersted in supporting local agriculture. To view the film click here and… Read More