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No matter how you scoop it, July is National Ice Cream Month. Lucky enough to be in the Berkshires this summer? Plan a trip to your local food co-op â Wild Oats Market in Williamstown and Berkshire Food Co-op in Great Barrington â and head straight to the freezer section where a trio of sweet, frosty treats (each of which travelled 80 miles or fewer to get there) awaits. Go ahead, taste the difference local makes: Less time on the truck and more time in the field is enough to make everyone scream for local ice cream â All. Month. Long. âThere is so much local ice cream in the Berkshires,â says Scott Menhinick, marketing and owner relations manager at Wild Oats Market. Which, before moo-ving on, bears explanation: local food is defined as food produced within a short distance of where it is consumed (ideally within a 100-mile radius) and accompanied by a social structure and supply chain that differs from large-scale supermarkets. How? Well for star ....
The Great Barrington Farmersâ Market plays host to many of the same vendors that are supported by Berkshire Food Co-op and Wild Oats. Provided photo PITTSFIELD â Lisa McDougall calls herself a âbig fanâ of the Wild Oats cooperative market in Williamstown. But sheâs not your typical fan. As owner of Mighty Food Farm in Shaftsbury, Vt., McDougall has a vested interest in the symbiotic relationship between her farm, Wild Oats, and the customers who buy her certified organic fruits and vegetables, both at the co-op and the Williamstown Farmers Market. âIf they succeed, I succeed, and if I succeed, they succeed,â McDougall said of Wild Oats. âItâs great.â ....
Fiddleheads, asparagus and ramps! Itâs late May, and spring is happening for real in the 413. No more False Spring, Foolâs Spring, Mud Season or the Ides of Dirty Snow. You can tell, because the produce departments at Berkshire Food Co-op and Wild Oats are ramping up for the parade of fresh vegetables that are poking out of the warm earth regionwide. âIt s almost like my taste buds come out of hibernation,â says Devorah Sawyer, a sworn veggie lover and marketing manager at the co-op in Great Barrington. The way she figures it, lots of people eat the same way in the dead of winter: tons of carbs, cheese and not a lot of color. ....
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