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By SOPHIE HAUCK

AMHERST — The University of Massachusetts Amherst has won bragging rights for having the best campus food in the country for the seventh consecutive time, the Princeton Review determined, based on feedback from college students across the country.The...

By CHRIS LISINSKI

BOSTON — A group of pork producers who want to block new livestock regulations in Massachusetts will get a chance to go before a judge, but not until after many of the new policies that were already targeted in a prior lawsuit take effect.U.S....

By MADDIE FABIAN

BOSTON — Food access and insecurity, farmland and economic development top the list of priorities for the current legislative session for the Food System Caucus, one of the largest caucuses in the Massachusetts Legislature that’s co-chaired by Sen....

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,...

By MARY BYRNE

Dozens of superintendents, including a handful from Hampshire and Franklin counties, have signed a letter to lawmakers urging them to make permanent the universal meals program School Meals for All, rather than just extend it for another year.“Being a...

By JULIAN MENDOZA

SOUTH DEERFIELD — In an effort to combat food insecurity throughout the Pioneer Valley, Atlas Farm has more than doubled the number of stops its traveling produce shop will make in Franklin County this season.Atlas Farm’s Mobile Market, housed inside...

Molly Hale of Florence made this spinach and asparagus roulade with her own homegrown asparagus. She said the recipe came from the Gazette several years ago and that the dish is “elegant but easy to make.”How to enter: @Snap a pic of something...

Allison Smith of Northampton submitted this photo of a salad with red bud flowers and a soft boiled egg, which is from her backyard chickens. She calls the dish Red Bud Breakfast and describes it as “a very local meal.”How to enter: @Snap a pic of...

By JACOB NELSON

This week at Brookfield Farm, a community supported agriculture (CSA) farm in Amherst, spring crops continue to take root in freshly tilled fields, gratefully soaking up last week’s rain. Just as they grow — slowly at first, then exploding with life...

Andy Morris-Friedman submitted this photo of local beets from the Winter Farmers Market at Hampshire Mall. He said he was preparing the beets for a pot luck when the sun came out and flooded his work space. The light “made the colors come alive,”...

By CHRIS LARABEE

DEERFIELD — Since the Clark family helped Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture get on its feet decades ago, the experience has come full circle, with Clarkdale Fruit Farms receiving an award from the nonprofit earlier this month.The...

This dinner is Mary Ann Mish’s equivalent of a corn beef dinner but with a pork shoulder or “daisy ham.”How to enter: Snap a pic of something delicious-looking and send it with your name, town and a sentence or two to features@gazettenet.com!

A Passover tradition, Daniel Czitrom made this gefilte fish with whitefish, yellow pike and carp, and served it with white horseradish.How to enter: Snap a pic of something delicious-looking and send it with your name, town and a sentence or two to...

By DOMENIC POLI

The 2023 season isn’t looking too peachy for New England farmers waiting to see if any of their buds survived mid-February’s sub-zero temperatures.It appears that month’s cold snap crippled the growth of the beloved stone fruit typically harvested...

There are two main ways we experience taste sensations: swallowing and inhaling. Food and drink have been discussed plenty in the sensory media, tasty inhalants less so.The under-coverage of inhalants could be explained in various ways. Cigarettes...

John Wilkes, Sr. made made these colorful deviled eggs while practicing for Easter Dinner later this month at his son’s home. He wanted to see how they would come out.How to enter: Snap a pic of something delicious-looking and send it with your name,...

Jerk seasoned mahi mahi is flaky and tender atop salted collard greens and Swiss chard with molasses and white wine. This meal was home-cooked in Florence by Daniel Adelmann, with the main ingredients bought at River Valley Co-op in Easthampton.How to...

By MOLLY PARR

I went back and forth about sharing this bread pudding recipe so close to spring. In fact, my beloved CSA wrote to remind me about remaining available shares and that spring was just days away. However, I didn’t see the email right away because the...

The Corned Beef Reuben Special for the month of March at Barstow’s Dairy Store and Bakery in Hadley. How to enter: @Snap a pic of something delicious-looking and send it with your name, town and a sentence or two to features@gazettenet.com!

By BELLA LEVAVI

NORTHAMPTON — With new legislation, U.S. Rep. James McGovern (D-MA) hopes to permanently increase the federal reimbursement for school meals.“This is one piece of the puzzle, but it is an important piece,” McGovern said in a phone interview.His bill,...