Thursday, July 10, 2025

News and Ideas Worth Sharing

Barbara Zheutlin

Barbara Zheutlin moved from Los Angeles to Great Barrington in 1995. She is the former executive director of Berkshire Grown; she helped create Share the Bounty to strengthen local farming and provide fresh food to food pantries. She coauthored The Kindergarten Lessons We Never Learned and contributed to Enduring Inequities, part of ECHOES, Early Childhood History, Organizing, Ethos, and Strategy Project, believing that the world would be a better place if we prioritized caring for human beings from birth. She is the coauthor of Creative Differences: Profiles of Hollywood Dissidents (South End Press 1979). She tutors ESL as part of Literacy Network, and volunteers for the Southern Berkshire Ambulance Service and The Triplex Cinema.

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BRIGHT SPOTS: Week of July 2, 2025

To keep this short, here are a few of the bright spots from this month.

BRIGHT SPOTS: Week of June 18, 2025

Journalists are reporting on the constant chaos, but they are not featuring the Congresspeople who are speaking up. Here are a few; there are many more.

BRIGHT SPOTS: Dog, ball & poppies, late spring in the Berkshires 2025

Devastated and overwhelmed by the cruelty I am observing, as an individual, I am going to highlight some bright spots to inspire you, so that you will keep caring for the people in your life, which is part of how we create a world where caring is what matters.

SUSTAINABLE BERKSHIRES: The Berry Patch and Wyomanock Farm ‘Celebrate Stephentown’

The Berry Patch is an amazing farm. The owners are innovators. The farm is the leader in pesticide-free berry production in the nation.
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