Our community loves fire cider, and Kara Peters does it like no one else! She cultivated her wellness-focused business like the garden she grew when first crafting her popular tonic, nurturing it from the roots up to provide our valley with a "tried and true" natural remedy stemming from generations of traditional herbal medicines...
At River Valley Co-op, we work with suppliers who share our mission of responsibly sourced food. This purpose led us to partner with seafood wholesaler BerkShore, a Western MA-based fishmongering business built exclusively to serve local communities with no-storage, same-day delivery...
Crooked Stick Pops is owned and operated by popmaster extraordinaire Julie Tuman, whose clever idea for a small-batch, handcrafted popsicle containing just a few simple ingredients has captured the hearts and taste buds of the local “pop”–ulation in just a few short years on the market. And for great reasons! Their popsicles are absolutely jam-packed with fruit, much of it locally grown...
We love Sweet Babu’s because it is real food made with heart by real people with heart. The small group of bakers responsible for making this delicious granola each day express joy and passion at every step, from mixing and baking to breaking up the end result into its famous “chunks,” a quality getting some serious hype among co-op shoppers and for good reason...
Harrison Bardwell, owner of Bardwell Farm in Hatfield, knows the importance of keeping farming alive and well in the valley. As the ninth generation in his family to become a farmer, he values and respects the land his family has cultivated since 1685 and wants to continue using it to grow crops...
