Tag Archives: Local farms

What is Farmstead Cheese?

What is Farmstead Cheese? It’s a term you hear a lot at City Feed & Supply. Beneath the glass of our cheese case are wedges, wheels, slabs & logs of cheese lined up like a chorus, with tags singing praises like “good pasture flavors” and “the perfect balance of sweet and acid”. These are our [...]

From the Farmstead Cheese Case: Maggie’s Round

Maggie’s Round, First Place – 2011 American Cheese Society Competition Milk: Raw Cow Farm: Cricket Creek Farm, Williamstown, MA. This picture perfect alpine style tomme is sweet, creamy and tangy, while holding good pasture flavors. Pair this semi-firm cheese with bright white wines or light-bodies reds.

BSA Showcase TODAY: Learn & Taste Local-Malt Beers!

Let’s talk local malt. Better yet, let’s TASTE local malt! Until recently barley malt, an essential beer ingredient, needed to be sourced from the Midwest. Thanks to passionate farmers & brewers in New England, were now seeing beers that are brewed locally with local ingredients–truly local beer. Valley Malt is a local malt producer growing [...]

BSA Showcase: Learn & Taste Local-Malt Beers!

Let’s talk local malt. Better yet, let’s TASTE local malt! Until recently barley malt, an essential beer ingredient, needed to be sourced from the Midwest. Thanks to passionate farmers & brewers in New England, were now seeing beers that are brewed locally with local ingredients–truly local beer. Valley Malt is a local malt producer growing [...]

Fresh Friday Coming Up: Shaw Farm & Back Roads Granola tasting!

Come on down to our Fresh Friday tasting! Shaw Dairy of Dracut, MA and Back Roads Granola of Brattleboro, VT, pairing delicious local milk with small-batch granola goodness. The Shaw Dairy Farm is a family operation that has been producing milk in Dracut, MA since 1908. Their dedicated team guarantees milk of the highest quality [...]

Today is Fresh Friday! Shaw Farm & Back Roads Granola tasting!

Come on down to our Fresh Friday tasting! Shaw Dairy of Dracut, MA and Back Roads Granola of Brattleboro, VT, pairing delicious local milk with small-batch granola goodness. The Shaw Dairy Farm is a family operation that has been producing milk in Dracut, MA since 1908. Their dedicated team guarantees milk of the highest quality [...]

Weekend Recipe Extra! Crispy Heirloom Tomatoes!

Check our “This Just In” page for more local produce! Its tomato season at City Feed & Supply! We’ve got tomatoes of all shapes, sizes and colors- from local farms! Here’s what’s

Fresh Fridays is NOW: City Growers + Agricultural Hall = Canning Demo!

Come on down! The urban farmers at City Growers will be here with JP’s urban gardening & farming supply store, Agricultural Hall, for a home-canning demo! 4 to 6 at our Centre St store! See you there! Every week from 4-6 pm we’ll have Fresh Friday demos, tastings & great product pairings that highlight FRESH [...]

Weekend Recipes: Fish baked in a fresh tomato sauce & fresh peach shortcake!

Summer keeps rolling into the store, in the form of beautiful food! This week we have lots of peaches from Carlson Orchards in Harvard, MA, beautiful heirloom tomatoes from Ward’s Berry Farm in Sharon, MA and fresh, locally caught fish from Red’s Best, delivered from the docks to the Centre St. meat case every Friday! [...]

Fresh Fridays is TODAY: City Growers + Agricultural Hall = Canning Demo!

Come on down! The urban farmers at City Growers will be here with JP’s urban gardening & farming supply store, Agricultural Hall, for a home-canning demo! 4 to 6 at our Centre St store! See you there! Every week from 4-6 pm we’ll have Fresh Friday demos, tastings & great product pairings that highlight FRESH [...]