Farms, Food, and Flowers
Apex
Orchards, The Smith Family, Shelburne
Apex Orchards provided cider vinegar, plums and peaches.
Appalachian Naturals,
Greenfield,
Appalachian Naturals donated salad dressing.
Atlas Farm, Gideon &
Sara Porth, South Deerfield
Atlas Farm is a certified organic mixed vegetable farm in
South
Deerfield. They donated cucumbers and summer squash.
Bart’s Homemade Ice Cream,
Barbara Fingold & Gary Schaefer, Greenfield
Bart's donated ice cream to our meal.
Bear Path Farm, Whately
Bear Path Farm will be composting the food and
biodegradable plates from our supper.
The Benson Place, Dave
Gott,
Heath
The Benson Place donated blueberries picked from their
wild low-bush stands in Heath.
Bread Euphoria, Mark
and Geri
Pollard, Haydenville
Bread Euphoria donated bread.
Brookfield Farm,
Dan Kaplan, Amherst
Brookfield Farm is a CSA owned by the Biodynamic
Conservation Trust, dedicated to promoting biodynamic agriculture
through
farmer training and education programs. Brookfield
Farm donated melon, scallions, eggplant and garlic.
Brook's
Bend Farm, Suzanne Webber and William Allen Miller, Montague
Brook's Bend Farm is a diversified farm with sheep, bees,
chickens and vegetables!They provided beans, basil, potatoes, and
squash for our supper.
Ciesluk
Family Farmstand, Maryanne & Frank
Ciesluk, Deerfield
The Ciesluks are 4th generation family farmers in the
Deerfield River Valley, known for its 25-foot-deep layer of topsoil and
a unique beneficial microclimate for growing sweet corn.They are
providing corn for this year's meal.
Clarkdale Fruit
Farms,Tom Clark, Deerfield
The Clarks grow 35 apple varieties on their farm and have
donated apples and peaches to our meal.
Clearview Farm,
Orange
Clearview Farm will be composting the biodegradable
utensils used at the supper.
Crabapple
Farm,Tevis and Rachel Robertson-Goldberg, Chesterfield
Crabapple Farm donated wheatberries.
Czajkowski
Farm, Joseph Czajkowski, Hadley
Czajkowski Farm donated carrots.
Dancing
Bear Farm, Tom Ashley, Leyden
Dancing Bear Farm donated squash. cucumbers, onions,
tomatoes,and potatoes.
Diemand
Farm,
Wendell
Diemand Farm was founded by Al Diemand in 1936 and
produces
high quality eggs, and chickens and turkeys that are fed all-natural,
vegetable-based feed. Diemand Farm
donated turkeys.
El
Jardin Bakery, Neftalí Durán,
South Deerfield
El Jardin Bakery provided bread for the Harvest Supper.
Fairweather
Farm,Alex Feinstein, Worthington
Fairweather Farm donated cucumbers.
Linda
Falstein, N. Falmouth
Linda collects and dries salt from the ocean near her home
in N. Falmouth, MA just for us!
Food Bank Farm,
Michael
Docter, Hadley
The Food Bank Farm runs a CSA in Hadley and grows food for
distribution through The Food Bank of Western
Mass. They provided
tomatoes for our meal.
Harvest
Farm, Dave Wojciechowski and Gary Gemme, Whately
Harvest Farm donated tomatoes and peppers.
Hillman Farm,
Joe & Carolyn Hillman, Colrain
Hillman Farm's healthy, pastured goats produce quality, flavorful milk
that's handcrafted into unique, award-winning aged cheese. They
provided feta for the meal.
Katalyst
Kombucha, Jeff Canter,
Sam Dibble, and Will Savitri, Greenfield
Katalyst Kombucha donated kombucha tea.
Kitchen Garden,
Caroline Pam and Tim Wilcox, Sunderland
Kitchen Garden donated herbs, lettuce, potatoes and cherry
tomatoes.
Landmark
Farm, Mark Stein, Hatfield
Landmark Farm provided us with garlic.
Laughing Dog
Farm, Dan Botkin, Gill
Laughing Dog Farm raises a variety of heirloom vegetables,
flowers, and fruit. Laughing Dog Farm donated beets, cherry
tomatoes, cucumbers, and greens.
Mapleline Farm,
the Kokoski Family, Hadley
Mapleline Farm donated cream.
Natural Roots,
David & Anna Fisher, Conway
Natural Roots is a small, diversified horse-powered family
farm nestled in the South River valley. Natural Roots donated beets and
peppers.
New England Wild Edibles
, Paul Lagreze, Colrain
New England Wild Edibles donated shiitake mushrooms
gathered from inoculated red oak limb logs following centuries-old
Asian
techniques.
Our Family
Farms,Pioneer
Valley Milk
Marketing Cooperative
Our Family Farms donated milk.
The People's
Pint, Alden Booth, Greenfield
The People's Pint donated rootbeer.
Real Pickles, Dan
Rosenberg and Addie Rose Holland, Montague
Real Pickles donated their flagship product:
naturally-fermented raw pickles produced with local ingredients.
Red Fire Farm, Ryan
Voiland, Granby
Red Fire Farm specializes in diversity, growing over 300
varieties of vegetables, berries and flowers. The
farm donated tomatoes, red onions, potatoes,
garlic, and lettuce.
Riverland Farm,
Rob Lynch & Meghan Arquin, Sunderland
Riverland Farms grows mixed vegetables for their farm
stand, CSA, and wholesale accounts on the bank of the Connecticut
River. They have donated tomatoes, corn, garlic, carrots, and cilantro.
Sangha Farm, Derek and
Maribeth Ritchie, Ashfield
Sangha Farm donated rosemary, thyme and
chives.
2nd Street Baking Co., Laura Puchalski &
Christa Snyder, Turners Falls
2nd Street Baking Co. donated bread to the supper.
Seeds of
Solidarity, Deb Habib & Ricky Baruc, Orange
Seeds of Solidarity Farm uses solar greenhouses to extend
the growing season, and renewable energy and fuels to power their farm,
home, and vehicles. They donated cucumbers,
tomatoes, swiss chard, basil, and squash.
Shoestring Farm,
Richard Pascale, Colrain
Shoestring Farm offers a variety of organic small fruits
and vegetables, spring bedding plants, herbs, and maple syrup.
Shoestring
farm donated cabbage and parsley.
Sidehill Farm, Amy
Klippenstein & Paul Lacinski, Ashfield
Sidehill Farm is a small-scale sustainable farm with mixed
vegetables and dairy animals. They
provided yogurt and eggplant for the meal.
South
River Miso Company, Christian and Gaella Elwell, Conway
South River Miso provided unpasturized miso for our
supper.
Squash,
Inc.,
Belchertown
Squash Trucking donated beans, beets, cabbage, and peppers to the
supper.
Unaitis Farm, Greenfield
Unaitis Farm donated melons.
Upinngil,
Clifford Hatch and Sorrel Hatch, Gill
Upinngil is a diversified farm featuring strawberries,
raspberries and other small fruits as well as pastured Ayrshire dairy
cattle. Upinngil provided wheat berries, cheese
and melons.
Warner Farm,
Mike Wissemann, Sunderland
Warner Farm grows corn for a number of area CSAs,
farmstands, and wholesale and is the creator of Mike's Maze. They
provided corn for our meal.
Wilder Brook Farm, Charlemont
Wilder Brook Farm donated potatoes.
Wilder Hill Gardens,
Lilian Jackman, Conway
Wilder Hill Gardens is an exuberant example of diverse and sustainable
agriculture; they market perennials, cut flowers, and woody shrubs.
Wilder Hill provided the flowers for the tables.
Woodsong Farm, Shelburne
Woodsong Farm donated kale.
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