Rain, Rain, Rain

It‘s a rainy day at the market today, but we are keeping warm with hot mulled cider and warm chocolate chip cookies.

The precut butternut squash has arrived to make preparing a nice dinner even easier, and hopefully reducing the amount of stitches needed in peeling that pesky squash:)

We are busy preapring for a beautiful weekend and all of our pumpkins are excited at the prospect of being turned into a childs jack-o-lantern!

Posted By Kim Stevens at 7:28 AM

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One More Thought

The yummy peaches will be back tomorrow for an encore appearance!

Posted By Kim Stevens at 2:27 PM

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Windy Day at the Market!!!

The wind is blowing through the market like crazy, fall is definitely here! Beth and Kim can‘t wait for the winterizing to happen so we will be toasty warm all winter long!

The butternut squash  is in and we still have a lot of produce like fresh leeks.

The chicken and dumplings came out delicious this morning.

We are gearing up for fried dough with maple cream on Saturday,Sunday, and Monday from 12-4, come indulge yourself, it will be one of the last offerings!

Posted By Kim Stevens at 1:42 PM

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Peach Cobbler for Dessert

Hi were back. Things just got to crazy to keep up with but they have settled down for now.

Today Mom(Sherry) and I are making peach cobbler for customers to take home for dessert.  The melons have finally come in and they are very tasty.

The ice cream machine is working overtime and we also have a delicious peach(Do you see a theme here?) shake.

This weekend we will also be at the Heath Fair serving our fried dough w/maple cream! So if your at the fair stop by & say Hi cause you know you want some fried dough, it‘s that time of year.

Posted By Kim Stevens at 9:15 AM

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Fresh pies for the weekend

Today we have fresh pies, fresh baked bread, and more!

Lunch today is homemade macaroni and cheese and vegetable lasagna.

Stop in for fresh dug red potatoes and enjoy an ice cream also!

Posted By Kim Stevens at 8:23 AM

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Chip Is On the Run

Corn Chowder for Lunch.
Acorn squash will be in today.
Fresh dug potatoes in 10lb bags-really yummy.
Fresh dug garlic-can be braided and dried.

Shiro plums should be ready to be picked for the the weekend-these are yellow plums-so juicy that you need a bib to eat them-and they taste so sweet-nectar of honey flavor.

Sherry‘s first day of orientation to Nursing School-a bit nervous I might say. Chip is on the run this morning for veggies and fruits while sherry is in school.

Posted By Kim Stevens at 10:29 AM

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Farm Market Photos

We finally go to take some photos the other day.

Here‘s a few shots:

The first one is of our new sign. It is absolutely beautiful. It definitely portrays who we are and what our market is all about. We LOVE it.

The others are some photos of the inside of the Hager Farm Market. They show our farm produced maple syrup & produce in the bins.

As I said before our produce is non-organic and organic, and we only purchase from farmers who practice a very conservative approach to pest management, using only what is absolutely neccesary in growing their quality produce. We feel that is very important for your health and ours.

Lunch today is Hamburg Stew & Chili and of course you can always top that off with some ice cream.

Posted By Kim Stevens at 8:41 AM

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New Sign No New Babies - Yet

No new baby Herefords yet...but soon!!!

Our new sign arrived and was installed yesterday.... It is absolutely beautiful. It definitely portrays who we are and what our market is all about. We LOVE it. Come check it out.

Wild blueberries are in, as well as strawberries, raspberries, peaches, and plums.

We had a conversation with some customers yesterday and they felt it was important that we let you all know that our produce is non-organic and organic, and we only purchase from farmers who practice a very conservative approach to pest management, using only what is absolutely neccesary in growing their quality produce. We feel that is very important for your health and ours.

Baking blueberry muffins and chocolate chip cookies daily

Posted By Kim Stevens at 8:32 AM

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Wednesday's New Produce

Wednesday‘s new produce will be...........sprouts...yes a krispy mix of sprouts for your fresh salad and sandwich...green onions, beautiful white onions with green tops, and possibly eggplant.

We have added new milkshakes to our ice cream line and the favorite of all is the "Maple Shake", made with our own maple syrup, fresh local milk, and our soft serve ice cream.

Tuesday was Corn Chowder, made with our own corn, fresh dug potatoes, and local milk....yummy, today (Wednesday) is vegetable tortellini soup, with many fresh veggies and cheese tortellini..

Many customers proclaimed today the first official day of summer, no rain, and it was warm.

No new baby Herefords yet but a couple of baby Holsteins to add to the future milking herd.

We are always looking for ideas and suggestions for our new market. Stop in and take a look.

Sherry

Posted By Kim Stevens at 7:35 AM

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Two Free Sundaes - Oh Boy!

Things are hectic this time of year at the farmstand which, I guess is a good thing.

Tell us you read about this on the blog & we will give you two free sundaes today.

We will have peaches, raspberries, blueberries, strawberries, plums and much more today. Wednesday we should be getting in a new batch of our beef.

We are expecting new baby Hereford calves any day now. Stay tuned we will keep you updated. Names and such!!!

At the farm we are almost finished our second cut of hay, the rain has been a problem for all farmers. Some tobacco fields had to be plowed under because of a virus caused by the rain. Tomato‘s in the Valley have a blight and are really scarce. Farming in Western Mass.

Posted By Kim Stevens at 8:24 AM

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Win a Free Box of Peaches

First Person TODAY to mention that they read about this on our blog or our Twitter account will win a FREE 3 POND BOX OF PEACHES.

Todays lunch we have hamburg stew and a SPECIAL of mid-summer tuna casserole.

Fresh baked today pies, bread, muffins and zucchini cupcakes w/maple glaze (MMMMMMMM GOOD).

The peaches are getting better by the day. We also have the fresh mozzarella still available as is a new kind of goat cheese, wasabi chive.

In the ice cream parlor we have added more milkshake flavors and a new strawberry topping!

Store hours are:
M-F 10 am to 9 pm
Sat. & Sun. 9 am to 9 pm.

Posted By Kim Stevens at 7:32 AM

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Fresh Peaches, Mozarella, Basil & Field Ripened Tomatoes

Today we have fresh peaches from Hadley. Also fresh Mozzarella cheese will be available to compliment our field ripened tomatoes and fresh basil for a wonderful evening salad.

The lunch of the day is Homemade Macaroni and Cheese.

Fresh bread, a variety of cookies and muffins will also be avaailable today.

Posted By Kim Stevens at 10:17 AM

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Grand Opening - What a Day It Was.

WOW!!! THANK YOU All.

The Grand Opening celebration was awesome. Our entire family would like to thank everyone for the continuous outpouring of support from our new customers. We certainly had a grand day and it continued into Sunday also.

Our new Commissioner of Agriculture Scott Soares attended our opening and we were very excited to have him there. Scott toured the farm and visited with many, discussing the need for farm markets such as ours and his excitement that we were able to take an abandoned piece of beautiful landscape and transform it. Meeting the community’s needs with fresh local produce and food gives people the extra benefit of "piece of mind" of their food source.

Thanks again, everyone, for making our Grand Opening a huge success and continue to check in here for news updates and additions to our farm store.

Posted By Kim Stevens at 10:44 AM

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Grand Opening Hager Farm Stand Friday Update

Good Morning All!

We’ve been busy getting ready for the Grand Opening on Saturday having made 24 jars of raspberry jam and a dozen jars of pickles. There are only a few left! BUT we will have fresh mozzarella cheese, basil and tomatoes on sale today. This afternoon we will also have fresh bread and frozen pies; and on Saturday morning pastries and cooked pies.

Chip spent the day canning syrup, making granulated maple sugar, maple cream, and maple candy. He has the buckets of maple cream made and ready for the Fried Dough and Maple Cream.

Just wanted to mention that the new lattice doors are the excellent work of the Franklin County Technical School students. Check out what the students learn to do at the school.

Our new sign will not arrive in time for the grand opening, but the company will install a banner in its place announcing the Grand Celebration. The shelves are stocked with new items and more will arrive Friday.

Franklin the Inflatable Bear, 30ft tall will arrive on the lawn Friday, along with a 30ft x 30ft tent. The rain will not stop us from having a real party for our Grand Opening on Saturday!

Posted By Kim Stevens at 10:52 AM

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Grand Opening Hager Farmstand on Mohawk Trail

Our GRAND OPENING is Saturday, 7/18/09, on the Mohawk Trail in Shelburne Falls from noon to 2 pm.

Activites for the whole family including horse and carriage rides through the orchard, free kiddie cones (noon to 2 pm for kiddies age 10 and under), Colrain Crafters Group set up with crafts, 30 ft. “Franklin the Bear,” a clown, live broadcast from WPVQ with sign-ups for their Gas & Go Summer for $1500.00 worth of fuel.

Visits by the Commissioner of Agriculture, local and possibly not-so-local public officials. Also tables set up by CISA &  the Land Trust.

The store will be stocked with local goodies: fruits, vegetables, baked goods and Hager Farms own burgers, fried dough with maple cream and maple syrup. 

Free reusable shopping bags will be available for the first 50 customers.

Regular store hours will be:
M-F 10 am to 9 pm
Sat. & Sun. 9 am to 9 pm.

Posted By Kim Stevens at 11:45 AM

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