Times have changed, but the formula remains stuck in 1949. The wealth disparities between neighboring towns simply did not exist at anything like their current scale. The founders of the regional school system could not have foreseen the inequity their formula has imposed on most towns today.
Of late, a new movement, Slow Flowers, has been giving local a new dimension. Local flowers have become just as popular as their vegetable counterparts.
The Harvest Supper represents community and strengthens the bonds between chefs and farmers who have just finished a hard and rewarding season together.
-- Daire Rooney, chef at Allium in Great Barrington
