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Tag: Great Barrington Farmers Market

Out & About

Berkshire Grown: Where to find local food and farms

The Berkshire Edge Magazine is happy to present Berkshire Grown’s annual guide to food and farms. Keep Farmers Farming! Find their products in this guide.

by Edge Staff
Posted on August 19, 2020
News

Keeping the Berkshires safe from a widespread COVID-19 outbreak

We wear masks, we keep our distance in public, most of our businesses require the same. Although sometimes a nuisance, we are getting used to it.

by Dr. Brian Burke
Posted on July 7, 2020
Farm and Table

The curious life of Rawson Brook Farm’s Susan Sellew

Today, Rawson Brook Farm can lay claim to being the oldest continuously operating commercial cheesemaking farm in Berkshire County.

by Bob Luhmann
Posted on June 21, 2020
Life In the Berkshires

Local schools to provide access to food during summer months

When county schools closed March 13, Jenny Schwartz quickly became a liaison of sorts between schools and community partners, with representatives from about 15 groups who have been meeting regularly via Zoom to gain traction on the myriad challenges surrounding food insecurity.

by Hannah Van Sickle
Posted on June 12, 2020
News

News Brief: GBFM early closing; Berkshire Health Systems initiates COVID-19 antibody testing

The antibody test will tell the individual, who may have had no symptoms or might at some point earlier this year have had respiratory illness, whether they had COVID-19 from an historical perspective.

by Edge Staff
Posted on June 5, 2020
Business

The Sweetish Baker to open retail bakery in Great Barrington

While Jensen will miss her Saturdays at the farmers’ market, she is excited for the next chapter and the flavors of spring.

by Hannah Van Sickle
Posted on May 20, 2020
News

Town Hall Briefs: For the first time, Great Barrington will hold its town meeting outside; special permit for gated parking lot denied

The most important item is getting the budget passed before the end of the fiscal year Tuesday, June 30.

by Terry Cowgill
Posted on May 19, 2020
Business

Great Barrington Farmers’ Market to kick off 30th anniversary season with changes

Shoppers are asked to arrive with patience, flexibility and face masks as the community makes yet another shift to what will be the season’s “new normal.”

by Hannah Van Sickle
Posted on May 8, 2020
Letters

Great Barrington Selectboard should not give in to extortion

It all comes down to this: what kind of town do we want to live in?

by Letter to the editor
Posted on May 1, 2020
News

Parking lot imbroglio continues as selectboard debates and one official asks another to recuse herself

Other board members said it was clear to them after that first public hearing that the Foster’s lot would be closed to the public if the company was denied the right to build the new lot for its tenants.

by Terry Cowgill
Posted on April 28, 2020
News

Great Barrington declares state of emergency, will likely postpone town meeting, elections

Selectboard Chair Steve Bannon tried to reassure everyone that town government was functioning and that elected officials were active and town employees were still reporting to work.

by Terry Cowgill
Posted on March 24, 2020
Life In the Berkshires

Heightened food insecurity spreads amid COVID-19 outbreak

A growing sea of similar stories that swell amid these trying times – when kids are out of school, parents are out of work, and the infrastructure of community that so many rely upon in order to survive feels tenuous at best.

by Hannah Van Sickle
Posted on March 18, 2020
News

Activists file home-rule petition on horse racing, as questions are raised about selectboard policy changes

But there is a workaround for local control. The project would require as many as three special permits from the town.

by Terry Cowgill
Posted on November 5, 2019
Letters

Horse racing raises ethical and environmental issues

In a letter to the editor, Beryl Birch writes, “… the list of horse racing woes keeps growing and public interest in horse racing is waning, primarily due to the list of more and more horse deaths in tracks around the country..

by Letter to the editor
Posted on October 16, 2019
Life In the Berkshires

Bits & Bytes: Berkshire County School Fair; Lenox Library construction; West Main Connection open house; Bennington College Young Writers Awards; Diaper Need Awareness Week

The Lenox Library will be closed for construction starting Tuesday, Sept. 24, and will open again Tuesday, Oct. 1.

by Emily Edelman
Posted on September 21, 2019
Life In the Berkshires

Great Barrington Farmers’ Market works to make healthy, local food available for everyone

This year’s WIC farmers’ market checks will be issued in the amount of $25 per eligible client. And the good news doesn’t stop there: Through the Market Match program, all WIC checks will be doubled.

by Hannah Van Sickle
Posted on July 17, 2019
Life In the Berkshires

Bits & Bytes: Founders Day at Norman Rockwell Museum; ‘The Mystical 16’; rainforest music, culture at Race Brook Lodge; RSYP block party; Alastair McIntosh at Hawthorne Valley

The twin brothers will speak and present songs, stories and movement, and will answer questions about the indigenous ways and traditions of their Amazon culture.

by Emily Edelman
Posted on May 16, 2019
Farm and Table

Farm Market Table: Celebrating an accessible, sustainable food system

The pilot program, modeled on what a lot of markets across the country do, is rooted in a fundamental belief: The rich, local agriculture system belongs to everyone.

by Hannah Van Sickle
Posted on April 24, 2019
Farm and Table

Rawson Brook Farm to downsize: Get your chevre while you can

Like probably most other people, I am not happy when something I cherish ceases to exist. Rawson Brook Chevre will be with us for a while, but not forever.

by Laurily Epstein
Posted on April 23, 2019
Farm and Table

Berkshire Grown’s Winter Farmers Market finds the sweet spot

“The markets are where the life is, where the future connections are, and where I find others who are like-minded.” –Dori Pollinger of H.R. Zeppelin Fine Handmade Chocolates

by Hannah Van Sickle
Posted on April 18, 2019
Farm and Table

Animal agriculture in winter: What farmers do when they’re not growing greens

“We don’t see as much agriculture here as you would in a different part of the country,” Sean Stanton explained; as a result, “you end up with people wondering why the cows are outside in the snow and not understanding how their systems work.”

by Hannah Van Sickle
Posted on February 14, 2019
News

After complaints were filed against two selectmen, state ethics panel shrugs

Abrahams said all elected and appointed government officials in the state take an ethics exam every other year. There is a phone number officials can call if they have a question and need to talk to someone at the ethics commission.

by Terry Cowgill
Posted on January 2, 2019
News

Conflict-of-interest complaint filed against two Great Barrington selectmen; Sheffield ConCom member fined $2,500 by state ethics panel

Abrahams doubts anything will come of it because the ethics commission told him earlier there was no conflict of interest so long as he did not have a financial relationship with the applicant or otherwise stand to benefit financially.

by Terry Cowgill
Posted on December 21, 2018
News

As selectboard mulls new alcohol policy, GB package store owners fail to stop additional licenses

The state sets a quota for the total number of licenses based on year-round population. Census figures set Great Barrington at two all-alcohol licenses and five beer-and-wine licenses. But the town currently has eight total licenses, only one of which is beer-and-wine only.

by Terry Cowgill
Posted on November 27, 2018
Life In the Berkshires

Margaret Moulton takes the helm at Berkshire Grown

And at the center of this work is connecting people who are already interested in local food and farm-to-table ideas but don’t have on the ground experience; getting folks on the farms and in the field.

by Hannah Van Sickle
Posted on October 1, 2018
Business

BerkShares Business of the Month: Off the Shelf

With the help of their social media followers, they decided to cement their identity with the use of hot pink egg cartons.

by Rachel Moriarty
Posted on July 14, 2018
Life In the Berkshires

Bits & Bytes: Nels Cline 4 at Club Helsinki Hudson; Alana Chernila at Great Barrington Farmers’ Market; David Grover at Congregation Knesset Israel; ‘Come to Connect’ art community forum

The Great Barrington Farmers’ Market and One Mercantile will present a book signing with cookbook author Alana Chernila Saturday, July 7, at the Great Barrington Farmers’ Market.

by Emily Edelman
Posted on July 5, 2018
Life In the Berkshires

Great Barrington Farmers’ Market begins its 28th season

The Great Barrington Farmers’ Market is a producers-only market in the heart of historic Great Barrington and is lucky enough to be the host of 36 weekly vendors representing a wide array of the Berkshire dynamic food landscape.

by Edge Staff
Posted on May 28, 2018
News

Candidates for Great Barrington Selectboard, Finance Committee, ZBA present their platforms

The six candidates for Great Barrington Selectboard range from two men and one woman who have been on the scene for a long time to younger office seekers looking for generational change on the board.

by Terry Cowgill
Posted on May 10, 2018
Letters

Elect Kate Burke to Great Barrington Selectboard

In a letter to the editor, Jeffrey Blaugrund writes, “Kate is the mother of a young family, and she clearly understands the comprehensive challenges that lie ahead for our vibrant community.”

by Letter to the editor
Posted on May 9, 2018
News

Lively selectboard election in the offing this spring in Great Barrington

Friday, March 23, is the last day nomination papers can be obtained from the town clerk for candidates who want to be on the ballot for the Tuesday, May 15, nonpartisan municipal elections.

by Terry Cowgill
Posted on March 7, 2018
News

Great Barrington Selectboard Chairman Sean Stanton to step aside, Cooke to run for re-election

In the last few years, Stanton has guided the selectboard through the sale of the old Castle Street firehouse, the reconstruction of Main Street, and the approval for the conversion of the former Searles High School to an upscale 88-room hotel on Bridge Street.

by Terry Cowgill
Posted on January 18, 2018
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