Fall Sheep Shearing and Fiber Day at Winterberry Farm Tomorrow

Winterberry Farm in Leverett is having a Fall Sheep Shearing and Fiber Day tomorrow from 9:00-4:00. Take the kids and check it out! The weather is supposed to be better by tomorrow. Winterberry's website is a little hard to navigate, but directions are here. According to the website, the farm also has a limited amount of meat for sale, including lamb, sometimes pork, and a variety of poultry at what look like pretty reasonable prices.

Wheelview Open Farm This Weekend

Wheelview Farm in Shelburne is having one of its open farm weekends this weekend. Stop by the farm from 10-4 Saturday or Sunday to chat with John and Carolyn Wheeler, check out the beautiful shaggy cows, and buy some excellent local beef on sale.

Bringing Winter Fare to Springfield

Some exciting news from CISA's October newsletter:

Help CISA bring Winter Fare to Springfield!
Winter Fare is a vibrant, diverse, one-day winter farmers' market that has become an annual event in Greenfield and Northampton, and CISA is bringing it to Springfield this December! In addition to an amazing array of locally-grown foods, Winter Fare features workshops on eating and growing locally, a barter fair, hot soup, and educational displays. We need volunteers to help with planning and advance promotion of the market, as well as help running the event. Please contact CISA's volunteer coordinator Ann Pemberton at volunteer@buylocalfood.org or 413-665-1700 x 18 for more information.

The availability of great local food through the winter just keeps growing and growing in the Pioneer Valley, and CISA has played a huge part in this.