Now that you say it, I was mostly thinking "you can buy unusual foods and quality meat and produce in Northampton".
Which obviously isn't what people normally mean by "food scene", my brain just approximated the topic as "well, it's better than all those rural places without any good grocery stores".
The food scene in Northampton is great by the standards of rural MA. There are only 2-3 restaurants there that are any good at all.