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Buy local and support area farmers!
Frederick Christmas Tree Farm, Hinsdale
Cut-your-own trees
Open 9:00am-4:00pm daily
360 Washington Road (Route 8)
Hinsdale, MA
413-655-8551
Cut-your-own or pre-cut Fraser and Balsam Firs.
Open Saturdays and Sundays in December, 9:00am-4:00pm
Explore acres of trees and woods while searching for the perfect tree.
Maple syrup, holiday swags and wreaths also for sale.
248 Patterson Rd.
Worthington, MA
413-238-5902
Cut-your-own or pre-cut trees in four varieties.
Open Saturdays & Sundays until December 20th, 9:30 am-4:30 pm
Café is open for breakfast and "Santa's Cap" hayrides are available to the Christmas Tree Plantation.
Maple syrup, wreaths, decorations, gifts and "Stand Strait" tree stands all available.
3475 Route 43
Hancock, MA
413-738-5915
Cut-your-own trees in six varieties or pre-cut Fraser Fir.
Monday-Friday 12:30-5:00pm and Saturdays & Sundays 9:00am-5:00pm
Saws provided for cut-your-own. Stand straight tree stand system, wreaths, roping and more are also available.
32 Seekonk Cross Rd.
Great Barrington, MA
413-528-0050
Locally-cut and imported trees, wreaths, and other holiday goods are also available from more Berkshire Grown members, including:
Windy Hill Farm, Great Barrington
Holiday Brook Farm, Dalton
Jaeschke's Orchard, Pittsfield
Taft Farms, Great Barrington
Dr. Lahey's Garden Center, Pittsfield
Ward's Nursery & Garden Center, Great Barrington
Fort Hill Farm, Pittsfield
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Why Farmers Love the Markets!
"We are a first generation family farm expecting the arrival of the second generation in February! We've farmed in Berkshire County for 6 seasons, and as a couple of teachers-turned-farmers, we farm with a lot of thought about how our work can enrich our community.
"We work hard every day to make our farm a place where animal, plant, soil, and human communities co-exist and support each other with a focus on management intensive grazing, pasture based meats, the community supported agriculture (CSA) model, and vegetables grown sustainably without chemicals" says Ashley Amsden of Square Roots Farm.
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| Michael Gallagher and Ashley Amsden at the Holiday Farmers Market 2014
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"The Berkshire Grown Farmers' Markets are a joyful celebration of locally produced food and goods, and we have a lot of fun just being part of the cultural event. It's also extremely satisfying to be part of our neighbors' holiday seasons.
"There's nothing like hearing about how someone's in-laws raved about the chicken or guests who couldn't believe the color of the egg yolks. Lastly, we are in the small scale diversified farming business because we believe in sustainable communities, so being part of events at which people can purchase locally grown food even in the winter is really important to us."
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Farm Businesses Celebrated
Farmers celebrated the Simon Grinspoon Farm Awards with philanthropist Harold Grinspoon who created the awards and named them for his father. The Farm Awards provide up to $2,500 to help farmers make physical improvements on their farms to strengthen their farm businesses. All 88 farmers who applied were invited to the celebration where Grinspoon announced that applications for a second year of Farm Awards will be available in January online. The applications will also probably be due in January online here, so save this website.
Big Y will become a partner with the Harold Grinspoon Foundation in 2016 to award farmer members of Berkshire Grown and CISA up to $2,500 to improve their farm businesses. More info on the celebration is here. |
| Harold Grinspoon far left and farmers who applied for Farm Awards.
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Great Barrington Vendors
Saturday December 19, 10 am - 2 pm
Berkshares Berkshire Co-op Market Berkshire Mt. Bakery Berkshire Wildflower Honey Bug Hill Farm Caroline's Scottish Shortbread Chaseholm Farm Creamery Climbing Tree Farm Cricket Creek Farm Dancing Bare Fox Hill Farm Grassfed Beef Hillhome Country Products Holiday Brook Farm Hosta Hill Ivyopal Jennings Brook Farm
Joan's Kitchen
Lineflax and Roving
Mayflower Farm Maynard Farms The Meat Market Mill River Farm
Moho Designs
More Than Madness Designs
MX Morningstar Farm Mystical Rose Herbals Naga Bakehouse New Leaf Farm North Plain Farm
Oakwood Farm Oliva Provisions Ooma Tesoro's R&G Cheese
Raven & Boar
Red Barn Pottery
Rock City Mushrooms Rolling Rock Farm SoCo Creamery SoMa Catering Square Roots Farm
Stone Creek Farm Strudel Z Sweet Brook Farm
Trusted Roots Farm
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Assembly Coffee Roasters Balderdash Cellars Battenkill Brittle Berle Farm Bug Hill Farm Caroline's Scottish Shortbread Carr's Ciderhouse Chaseholm Farm Creamery Clarksburg Bread Co. Cricket Creek Farm Dancing Bare East Mountain Farm
erin kaukas designs Gray Raven Farm Hawk Dance Farm Hay Berry Farm Hillhome Country Products Holiday Brook Farm Hoosick Hickory
Hosta Hill
Ioka Valley Farm
Ivyopal
Jackie Sedlock Pottery Jaeschke's Orchard Jennings Brook Farm
JK Furniture and Design
Many Forks Farm Matt's Cookie Bars Mighty Food Farm Mill River Farm Mountain Girl Farm Naga Bakehouse North Plain Farm North Yeast Bakery Ooma Tesoro's Peace Valley Farm
Red Barn Pottery Rock City Mushrooms Rolling Rock Farm Square Roots Farm Strudel Z Sweet Brook Farm Trusted Roots Farm Wild Oats Market
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What we are reading:
An Economic History of Leftovers
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As foodies rediscover cheese making, meat smoking and the multiple ways to preserve fresh local foods, it's fascinating to think about leftovers - and the fact that they were once what everyone ate without calling them "leftovers." It took the invention of refrigeration....
Read more by Helen Veit in "An Economic History of Leftovers" in the Atlantic.
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Stay In touch
Berkshire Grown's e-newsletter comes out monthly. Please send information to barbara@berkshiregrown.org, thanks! Join Berkshire Grown here. Barbara Zheutlin, Director
Kate Bailey, Program Coordinator
Jamie Paxton, Outreach Coordinator
413-528-0041
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