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Growing along with the land: Piyush Labhsetwar joins Grow Food Northamton as new farm and land stewardship manager
03-21-2024 2:08 PM

By PAT JAMES

Visiting his great-uncle’s farm in central India was a “magical experience” for Piyush Labhsetwar, Grow Food Northampton’s new farm and land stewardship manager. He relishes memories of picking ripe mangoes and oranges, drinking fresh cow’s milk, and...

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An artist with a green thumb: The creative vision and resilience of Kathleen Chapman, designer of Tuesday Market poster
05-09-2024 3:20 PM

By PAT JAMES

Kathleen Chapman (“KC”) and I met under a clothesline near her patchwork garden behind McDonald House in downtown Northampton. I wanted to learn more about her artwork, what brought her to Northampton, and how she connected with Grow Food Northampton...


Greening our brains and our thumbs: The many opportunities in the Valley to increase your garden knowledge and skills
02-29-2024 2:22 PM

By PAT JAMES

After moving from the city into a rural home with land 25 years ago, I was excited that the property was mostly bare ground that I could bend to my will and create beautiful gardens over time. As a kid, I’d helped in the garden a lot, so how hard...


If the land could speak: Community gardens on land with social justice roots
01-25-2024 3:54 PM

By PAT JAMES

Community gardens grow on all kinds of land. Many gardens start as derelict lots, long abandoned by owners who sometimes reclaim the property after community gardeners reveal its beauty and productivity.Schools and parks are common sites for community...


Growing food and friendships: ARPA money boosts gardens at subsidized housing
07-16-2023 10:37 AM

By MERCY LINGLE

NORTHAMPTON — In the community garden at Hampshire Heights, there is a two-person bench, perfect for tenants to sit on and watch as bees pollinate their plants. The garden is modestly sized but hosts an ecosystem of flowers, vegetables, herbs,...


Grow Food’s reach to expand behind federal money; nonprofit will use $413K to build new barn
01-03-2023 8:21 PM

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — Federal funding to the tune of $413,000 will help Grow Food Northampton, the nonprofit that focuses on sustainable farming and food justice, build a barn, add new farms and offer more community garden plots at its 121-acre parcel in...

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