The Hilltowns of Western Massachusetts are comprised of roughly three dozen rural and sparsely populated towns, situated amongst New England's pastoral wooded hills and vales. Life in these scattered towns and villages is largely simple by both design and necessity. Unfortunately, the same sparseness of ...

Located right in the heart of Ashfield, Elmer’s Community Center is a non-profit organization and gathering space that is also home to the Wicked Good Cafe. The end result of a community project years in the making, these two organizations operate in tandem as they ...

Art represents life, life begets art. In this cycle we glean moments of introspection and perspective. We learn a little more about the human condition and our place in the universe. Right here in the HIlltowns one man has been working the world around him ...

Tucked away in time, there is a wealth of knowledge and history hiding in plain sight, right on Main St. in Cummington. The Kingman Tavern Museum is like a living time capsule. Its dedicated rooms and displays offer insights into the daily life of folks ...

High Lawn Farm is a Jersey Cow Dairy with an impressive history, responsible practices, and a respect for the basics that has helped them to produce extremely high-quality milk and dairy products for over one hundred years. High Lawn Farm cows are happy cows, raised ...

Crisp and refreshing. Complex but smooth. Fruity and delicious. Brewing kombucha is an art and Katalyst Kombucha has tapped into the next wave of flavor by mastering consistency and focusing on accessibility. Katalyst was one of the first kombucha brewers to start selling commercially, from ...

Pairs of dancers, joining hands, listen for the Caller’s call. The music swells and the room spins as smiling faces pass by, reaching out to meet the next duo as the pace picks up, faster and faster until the dance is done with a laugh ...

It’s no secret that food is more than simply our daily intake of calories. Food is culture, it’s time with family and friends. Food can be an important source of income for some, and for most it’s love shared. Food is beautiful. And yet, so ...

Nestled between a revitalized silk mill and the Mill River, in Florence MA, is a coffee roasting company with a lot of heart. YUP Coffee Roasters is a family business which has been growing over the last 8 years into a thriving small scale producer ...

For over 30 years now there has been an outstanding project of passion brewing in South Deerfield. With dedication to quality and consistency and placing a premium on flavor, Berkshire Brewing Company (BBC) has raised the standard for all beers sold in Western Massachusetts and ...