Red Fire Farm: Walking & Wagon Tour
Red Fire Farm 7 Carver Street, Granby, MA, United StatesLate July is high summer with warm days and nights. This is the time of year that many main season crops start to size up and ripen in local farm…
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Cows & Conservation: A Farm Tour
Barstow's Dairy Farm 172 Hockanum Road, Hadley, MA, United StatesIn 2014, the Barstow family worked with Kestrel and the Commonwealth to place an Agricultural Preservation Restriction (APR) on 123 acres of their farmland, preserving it forever. The Barstows reinvested the funds from the sale of the APR back into their 215 year-old dairy farm to secure its future. They purchased robotic milkers, a tool…
Forest and Farm: Explore Kestrel’s First Conservation Area & The Food Bank Farm
In New England, it's not unusual for farms to be surrounded by forests, providing a rich tapestry of habitat for wildlife as well as food for people. The Katherine Cole and Podick Conservation Areas, tucked up in the northwest corner of Amherst, were Kestrel’s first partnership projects with the Town in the early 1970s. This…
Spring Plein Air Paint Out at Foxcroft Farm
Foxcroft Farm Amherst, MAPainting "en plein air" (the French phrase meaning outside or in the open air) captures the spirit and essence of a landscape, enhancing our relationship with the natural world. Join Kestrel and Amherst Plein Air Society for a spring paint out at Foxcroft Farm in Amherst on Saturday, May 20, from 9:00 AM to 1:00…
Family Farm Day: All About Soil
Food Bank Farm 32 Shattuck Road, Hadley, MA, United StatesFor farmers in the Valley and across the world, spring marks the beginning of the agricultural season. Over at the newest Food Bank Farm, one of only a few in the entire country, the growing season is swinging into action! On Saturday, May 27, from 10 am to Noon, families with youth ages 5 and…
