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.”
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Business Briefs: Creatives respond to COVID-19; virtual farmers’ market; Elizabeth Freeman Center services; virtual Berkshire Nonprofit Awards; Greylock annual report
Shoppers can now order food online from a variety of farmers and food producers thanks to Roots Rising’s new virtual farmers’ market.
It’s Not That Simple: Be Counted, It IS That Simple
State funding also uses federal census numbers to allocate grants. So having an accurate count of our town’s population is crucial to having programs adequately funded.
Census official to selectboard: $675 billion at stake and it’s ‘about power’
Census specialist Mark Sebastino emphasized that all responses are protected by Title 13 of the federal code, which prohibits the Census Bureau from sharing personal information with any other government agency or court.
AMPLIFICATIONS: Hunger — who should eat, who not?
I can’t help but think that anyone struggling to find work, or get their life back on track after a personal catastrophe or trauma, should be encouraged to do so, not castigated and starved.
Business Briefs: Berkshire Fallon Health mobile unit; Verizon ribbon-cutting; business plan workshops; Berkshire Workforce Board honors leaders; new Norman Rockwell Museum trustees
The Norman Rockwell Museum has announced the election of Jill Hai and Louis Henry Mitchell to its board of trustees.
News Brief: Audit finds transportation, language and immigration status, and outreach efforts key barriers to accessing WIC benefits
State Auditor Suzanne M. Bump is calling on the Executive Office of Health and Human Services and the Department of Public Health to address the barriers.
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.
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.
Local food businesses rely on community, creativity to weather the unpredictable Berkshire off-season
So the next time your family (or belly) asks what’s for dinner, fear not: Creative, local options abound, which means you can think outside the kitchen—and the box—and make it through March well-fed and ready to tackle the long-awaited spring.
Business Briefs: New Berkshire Museum executive director; Random Harvest Market opens; the Bookloft at Facebook Communities Summit; social media workshop
Offering food and a culture that foster connection and collaboration, the vision of the employee-owned Random Harvest Market is to participate in a “relational food economy.”
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.
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.”
NATURE’S TURN: White Goose stars at area farmers’ markets
Once upon a time, Kate hatched and raised a beloved Shetland goose, a rare breed that, fitting a fairy tale, lives on as the namesake and mascot for White Goose Gardens.
Business Briefs: Berkshire Grown urges support of HIP; New LitNet board members; Crissey Farm honored for wedding excellence; Chase joins Salisbury Bank
The Massachusetts Healthy Incentives Program provides a dollar-for-dollar match for SNAP dollars spent on fruits and vegetables purchased at participating farmers markets, farm stands, mobile markets and community supported agriculture programs statewide.
At Community Health Programs, serving families and children in need
At CHP Family Services, a rich tapestry of offerings is aimed at helping families cope with challenging circumstances and develop relationships in the process.
The HIP program: Making healthy eating affordable
“The concept of eating healthy shouldn’t be unique but sadly it is. If we treat people equally regardless of their economic status, it becomes habitual and I think we can have a healthy Massachusetts.”
— State Rep. William ‘Smitty’ Pignatelli
Business Briefs: Clinton Church signs with Clark & Green; GBLC land donation; money-management skills course; SNAP at Lenox Farmers’ Market
Comprised of two parts, the historic structure report will provide a detailed assessment of the physical condition of the building, recommendations for immediate actions needed to stabilize the building and a catalog of specific elements of architectural or historic value.
EDGE WISE: Mother’s Day reflections
This Mother’s Day, by all means shower your mother with flowers, chocolates, and love. But let’s also think more deeply about the tremendous contribution mothers make every single day, and how we might work together to ease their burdens and give them the recognition and rewards they so heartily deserve.
Culinary Adventures: It must be spring. Farmers’ Market opens
The Great Barrington Farmers Market took over the train station on Saturday mornings for years, but moved to the fairgrounds last year. This year they have an arrangement with Great Barrington’s fairy godmother, Jane Iredale, who is generously leasing them space on her company’s conveniently located property, with a lot of room for parking.
Rites of spring
Twenty years ago, in 1994, there were only 1,755 farmers’ markets in the U.S. By 2013 the number had jumped to 8,144, and this year promises even more.