Finding the Future in Healthy Soil: In the Berkshires, a Small Farm Shows the Benefits of No-Till Agriculture
A profile of Red Shirt Farm’s decade-long shift to no-till growing, and how healthy soil, heritage livestock, and a hillside orchard fit into one small Berkshires farm.
No-Tillers Embrace Tech: Massachusetts Farm Advocates for Wise Use of Equipment and Regenerative Practices
A no-till microfarm in the Berkshires shows how equipment choices, cover cropping, and heritage livestock come together in a working regenerative system.
Who’s Coming to Thanksgiving? Local Farms Are Already Selling Out of Turkeys
Local farms including Red Shirt Farm are selling out of heritage turkeys well before Thanksgiving, as pandemic-driven demand for local food surges across the Berkshires.
Red Shirt Farm Raises Awareness While Growing Fresh Produce
Berkshire Trade & Commerce profiles Jim and Annie Schultz’s no-till, no-spray growing system at Red Shirt Farm, from raised beds and a climate battery greenhouse to their heritage-breed poultry program.
Redshirting: The Schultz Family’s Long Road to Red Shirt Farm
A 2018 profile of Jim and Annie Schultz at Red Shirt Farm: heritage breeds, organic no-till, a homemade climate battery, and why they named the place for a football tradition.
Programs Ensure That for Youths’ Summer Employment, Readiness Training Is Job One
Davon Young, 15, spent his summer harvesting and sorting vegetables at Red Shirt Farm through the Pittsfield Youth Works program — one of 71 Berkshire County youths finding gainful summer employment through three regional programs.
Lanesborough Farms Receive State Grants for Solar Power
In 2017, Red Shirt Farm received a state grant to install a 9.75 kW solar array — an early step toward energy independence on the farm. Coverage from The Berkshire Eagle.
Food Visionaries: Berkshire Group’s Push for Healthy Food for All
A 2019 Berkshire Magazine profile on Berkshire Agricultural Ventures and the farmers it backs — including Jim Schultz of Red Shirt Farm, whose heritage-breed chickens, turkeys, and pigs are part of a regional push to make healthy, local food accessible to all.
With Thoughtfulness, Care, and Innovation, Red Shirt Farm Thrives
A 2017 Berkshire Edge profile on how Red Shirt Farm approaches soil, greenhouse growing, and heritage livestock — hand-shaped beds, trellised tomatoes, and pastured chickens and pigs raised the old-fashioned way.