Winter Moon Roots News Today

“We are seeing more climate extremes in all directions.”

NORTHAMPTON — Grow Food Northampton will again host a series of nine farmers markets at the Northampton Senior Center this winter, with the first one set for Saturday. Subsequent markets will be held Dec. 3, Dec. 17, Jan. 14, Jan. 28, Feb. 11, Feb....

MONTAGUE — With another hot day on the horizon, farmer Ryan Voiland spent part of one morning last week hauling a can of gas down a steep embankment behind his farm that leads to the Connecticut River, where he’s set up an irrigation pump to draw...

HADLEY — In its fifth year operating from leased property, Many Graces Farm & Design is growing 240 types of cut flowers on about half of the 8½ acres it rents, some in open fields and others inside greenhouses.The farm has found success on the...

MONTAGUE  — With another hot day on the horizon, farmer Ryan Voiland spent part of Wednesday morning hauling a can of gas down a steep embankment behind his farm that leads to the Connecticut River, where he’s set up an irrigation pump to draw...

‘It comes out to $22 a week for all these veggies,” says Ray Young, owner of Next Barn Over Farm in Hadley, describing their small CSA share, sized to feed a couple. “Nowadays with inflation, I don’t know what you can buy from the grocery store for...

HADLEY — It has been 17 years since Rosendo Santizo came to the United States from Guatemala to support his mother and siblings.Santizo, who began work harvesting, washing and packing vegetables on the Winter Moon Roots farm in 2010, is making a...

The ground is thawing. Days are more light than dark now. Songbirds call it out — spring is here.“This is my 20th year farming,” says Meryl LaTronica, “and even though we’re working pretty much year-round, I still get that feeling like, ‘OK, it’s go...

Valley Bounty: Hadley’s Winter Moon Roots grows locavore fare for the dark months  Owner Michael Docter and farm manager Rosendo Santizo sort seeds on Michael’s porch last spring. CONTRIBUTED photo/LYNN BOWMASTER Published: 12/2/2020 4:02:51 AM Winter Moon Roots, on 20 acres in Hadley, is known for some of the tastiest roots out there. Owner Michael Docter recently expanded on what makes their farm unique, the legacy of farm ownership in the region, and how some turnips are sweet enoug...

Changing reins: Immigrant farmhand-turned-manager to become owner of Hadley farm Rosendo Santizo, an employee of Winter Moon Roots who will be buying the organization from founder, Michael Docter, moves carrots into storage units in Hadley. STAFF PHOTO/CAROL LOLLIS Michael Docter works with Rosendo Santizo, an employee of Winter Moon Roots, to move carrots into a storage unit. Docter, the founder of the farm, is selling it to Santizo, a long-time employee. STAFF PHOTO/CAROL LOLLIS Michael Docte...