Check out two new farmers markets in the Berkshires:

Downtown Pittsfield

Farmers' Market

All New Market! 
May 11 - October 26
Saturdays 9am - 1pm


First Street between Fenn St and Eagle St  WEBSITE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Adams Pilot Farmers Market:

Sundays, beginning July 21st through September

11:00 AM - 2:00 PM

Adams Visitor Center, 3 Hoosac St., Adams, MA

Vendors include Berkshire Grown member: 

Elmartin Farm- Grass-fed beef and pork

Hilltop Orchards

Home of Furnace Brook Winery

Saturday, July 20  

& Ice Cream Social at Sheep Hill

Friday July 27th from 2 - 4 pm

Williamstown Rural Land Foundation 

Who doesn't love ice cream! 

Join the WRLF on Friday July 27th from 2-4 PM  for the annual summer Open House and Ice Cream Social, featuring local ice cream with tasty toppings and seasonal fruits, nature activities for kids, and all of Sheep Hill to explore.  Details 

Berkshire Grown's 2013 Buyer's Guide to Locally Grown Food, Flowers and Plants is out!  

 

 

Woven Roots Farm, Lee, MA               photo by Jonathan Hankin

Find your way to farmers' markets, local farms and farm stands. Look for a copy wherever you find brochures and flyers around the county.
 
You can also browse listings of Berkshire Grown members on Map-o-licious..

The Buyer's Guide is distributed free throughout the Berkshires at more than three dozen locations. Many thanks for support from our members and the 

"The True Deservers of a Food Prize"

By  MARK BITTMAN

 

** Zeyaur Khan, who developed the "push-pull" system of pest control in sub-Saharan Africa

** The international peasant organization, La Via Campesina 

 

** United Nations special rapporteur on the right to food, Olivier De Schutter (in photo)

 

MORE HERE

Berkshire Blue: Handcrafted blue cheese made right in Berkshire County!  

watch TV show:"Mass Appeal" channel 22

Opportunity for a farmer in Lee

Profitable plant nursery in prime Berkshires location looking for new owners after 34 successful years.

After 34 wonderful years, my husband and I have decided it's time to sell our nursery, Golden Hill Nursery in Lee, MA, so we can spend more time with our grandchildren. It's an incredible opportunity for the right person, with the ability to work just HALF the year if you wish, or the opportunity to expand to a year-round business and vastly increase profits.

Our nursery is located on approximately 3-4 acres at the base of October Mountain State Park on a main throughfare between Lee and Lenox. In addition to three greenhouses, there are acres of untouched land just ready to be organically farmed or expand the nursery business significantly. We'd be happy to share our knowledge to the new buyer. It's an incredible opportunity to increase work-life balance and spend more time in the fresh air outdoors. Our kids spent many years of their childhood playing in the nearby brook, selling lemonade outside, and helping us water the plants.  

We have been in business from April-August for 34 years, specializing in rare plants and veggies with a very loyal clientele. 

Features:

-Two greenhouses and a cold frame,  28 ft. X 100 ft,  20 ft.X 75 ft., and 14ft. X 100 ft respectively.

-Prime location in the heart of the Berkshire mountains, near second homeowners, Tanglewood, and the downtowns of Lee and Lenox, MA. 

-Current owners will share knowledge of the business including current suppliers to get you started on the right foot. 

-Amazing opportunity for multiple potential businesses: organic farming, nursery, landscaping, farm-to-table nursery for a restaurant, pumpkin patch, farmer's market, the possibilities are endless! 

Asking price is $250,000 for the nursery and surrounding land.