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Parenting Green: Learning & Connecting Through Locally Grown Food

Local Food! Growing it, harvesting it, cooking it, eating it, making sure others have access to it too… these are ways Hilltown Families Contributing Writer, Angie Gregory, helps her family learn and connect with a vibrant and healthy way of life! This month in “Parenting Green: Earth Friendly Ideas for Raising a Family,” Angie talks about the idea of integrating local food into raising her family…

Category: Angie Gregory, Contributing Writer Tags: Food, Locally Grown Food, Organic Food

Find the best fruit pickin’ in Western Mass for 2009!

2009 Guide for Families to Discover Locally Grown Farm Products in Western Massachusetts By CISA Summer’s here and so is the 2009 Locally Grown: Farm Products Guide, a free publication distributed by CISA during the week of June 22nd, 2009. Valley farms provide everything from asparagus and alpaca wool to zucchini and zinnias, so there’s never been a better time to buy locally grown products. The Guide features information on 181 farms,… Read More

Category: Food, Local Food, Resources, Sustainability Tags: Food Security, Locally Grown Food

Guide for Families to Discover Locally Grown Farm Products in Western Massachusetts

Locally Grown: The Farm Products Guide By CISA CISA’s Farm Products Guide, a comprehensive guide to eating and buying locally produced food and farm products, is coming soon to newspapers, food retailers, farm stands, farmers’ markets and visitor centers near you! This year’s Guide has a new look and feel and features a fresh new layout, helpful information about how to eat locally year-round, and profiles of leaders in the local food… Read More