‘It was always my dream to own a bakery,” Brian Meunier says a bakery with a cafe that evokes warmth and familiarity. Somewhere to enjoy handmade bread and pastries, both simple and indulgent, made with ingredients from people you might know.That.
Valley Bounty: Kitchen Garden Farm nurtures expansion, collaboration
Caroline Pam and Tim Wilcox, right, with Max Traunstein and Lilly Israel at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden Chile Pepper Festival in New York. KITCHEN GARDEN FARM
Harvesting cauliflower in Sunderland. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO/KITCHEN GARDEN FARM
A rainbow of peppers at Kitchen Garden Farm. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO/KITCHEN GARDEN FARM
Some of Kitchen Garden Farm’s value-added products, including their famous sriracha and salsa. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO/KITCHEN GARDEN FARM
Skateboard the cat (recently passed on) with some of Kitchen Garden Farm’s dried chili peppers. KITCHEN GARDEN FARM
Caroline Pam and TimWilcox, co-owners of Kitchen Garden Farm, with some of their fiery peppers. JIM GIPE/KITCHEN GARDEN FARM
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For over a year, there’s been a new way to buy local food from Old Friends Farm in Amherst. At the onset of the pandemic, they were among the local farms that launched contactless online ordering and curbside pickup of their own products as well as.
Valley Bounty: Hadley’s Winter Moon Roots grows locavore fare for the dark months
Owner Michael Docter and farm manager Rosendo Santizo sort seeds on Michael’s porch last spring. CONTRIBUTED photo/LYNN BOWMASTER
Published: 12/2/2020 4:02:51 AM
Winter Moon Roots, on 20 acres in Hadley, is known for some of the tastiest roots out there. Owner Michael Docter recently expanded on what makes their farm unique, the legacy of farm ownership in the region, and how some turnips are sweet enough to snack on raw.
The farm focuses entirely on growing tasty tubers for a winter harvest, supplying a bounty of local food during a season when fresh local crops can be scarce. This year, they grew a rainbow of carrots, turnips, rutabaga, beets and radishes of all shapes, sizes and colors.