Pioneer Valley Food Tours
are guided food tours that explore local flavors from around the region. Taste a delicious selection of food and beverages made or sourced in the Valley. Meet the dedicated producers and purveyors who celebrate local ingredients in their specialty products.
PIONEER VALLEY FOOD TOURS
Pioneer Valley Food Tours offers this 2 hour 30 minute guided walking tour of downtown Northampton. We visit 7-8 local food producers and specialty shops. Participants taste a selection of locally made specialties that include award winning cheeses, pasture raised meats, artisanal breads, frozen yogurt, handmade pastries, heirloom ciders and craft beers. Discover a thriving local food community in downtown Northampton.
Pioneer Valley Food Tours offers this 2 hour 30 minute guided walking tour to explore the vegetarian culture of the city and the rich history of small farms and seasonal produce in the region. With local produce available year round, Northampton’s shops and restaurants are full of imaginative vegetarian dishes. Taste seasonal soups, tarts and savory pies, as well as locally made kombucha, specialty teas and chai. With a superb selection of vegetarian restaurants, natural food stores, and artisanal food producers, Northampton is a mecca for vegetarians and lovers of farm fresh produce.
Pioneer Valley Food Tours offers a variety of food tours that highlight seasonal and local specialties.
Local Beer & Brewery Tour by Bike, September 21- Buy Tickets Here
Valley Apple and Harvest Tour, October 13- Buy Tickets Here
Give the gift of a Pioneer Valley Food Tour, Gift Cards available any time.
Group Tours are available for birthdays, celebrations, team builds and conferences. Contact Pioneer Valley Food Tours to arrange a custom tour.
Your Guide
Deborah Christakos built her appreciation of local food and specialty products as a chef, working at restaurants around the US and France. She has lived in the Pioneer Valley for 15 years and is smitten with the incredible quality of its fresh produce, small farms and artisanal food producers. "I love giving visitors and residents an opportunity to discover the outstanding produce, farm raised meats, dairy and other specialty foods that are made in the Pioneer Valley."
Testimonials
We just wanted to share that we enjoyed your Food Tour in Northampton on Saturday very much. Your knowledge and choice of the local vendors made this a really fun experience. We are thinking that we should grab some of our friends and do it again.
-Brad & Carolyn, VT
Just wanted to thank you again for a fun afternoon! Jim and I enjoyed having a private tour of the Northampton vegetarian food scene. I like how you incorporated the local farming history and local products. We ended up going back to Cornucopia and purchasing a few items. There was a nice assortment of tastings and I discovered I liked a few things that I didn’t think I did.
-Joanne, Pittsfield
A surprise gift from my daughter brought my family on your vegetarian tour of Northampton... We were treated to delicious food at interesting places that we might never have found on our own. We will look forward to another of your tours in the future.
-Suzy, PA
Great tour with a really nice group of people. My goal was to expand repertoire of local exceptional foods available for purchase in small portions. As both a cheeseaholic and chocoholic this tour was a real eye opener to exquisite locally produced gourmet selections.
- Claude, Northfield, MA
What a great way to spend an afternoon...my son and I really did enjoy your tour and learning so much about Northampton, the city we thought we knew...I will be headed back to many of the places we visited to get some great locally produced products.
-Molly, MA