The Daily Hampshire Gazette, April 5, 2014. By Richie Davis. 
“If you impose these regulations, there will be no dairy farms left in the state of Massachusetts,” Tedd White, a West Hawley dairy farmer with 114 Holsteins, told officials at the third and final Department of Agricultural Resources hearing on proposed “plant [continue reading]

By Jenny Miller Sechler, CISA Volunteer
Published in CISA’s March 2014 E-newsletter  (Sign up here!)
Visit South Face Farm’s website.
Tom McCrumm of South Face Farm has a deep reverence for the art and the history of maple sugaring. “Maple sugar is the original [continue reading]

The Recorder. March 10, 2014. By David Rainville 
CONWAY — The building of a local farm’s new barn brings new meaning to community-supported agriculture. With a construction crew consisting of friends, neighbors, past and present farmhands, customers and a couple seasoned pros, scores of hands helped lighten the work as Natural Roots Farm [continue reading]

Bring TED to your classroom or community-based educational group with TED-Ed Clubs! Participation in a Ted-Ed Club can have many benefits for students of all ages, helping students to do great things… [continue reading]

The 6th Annual Geography Expo is an intergenerational geography fair featuring the work of students from all school choices throughout Berkshire County and beyond. It’s free to participate and open to all, taking place on Wednesday evening, April 2nd, at the Berkshire Atheaneum in Pittsfield, MA. Want to participate? Pick your country, state or region, [continue reading]

More and more, communities across western Massachusetts – and around the world! – are working together to create opportunities for pooling knowledge, sharing skills, and increasing each others’ access to useful resources. In creating systems and channels through which to access shared information and materials, communities are building resourceful, resilient foundations upon which to grow…The [continue reading]

“The Hats Off to Dr. Seuss!” exhibition at R. Michelson Galleries in Northampton, provides a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to view a selection of original hats collected by Dr. Seuss over a period of 60 years. Special Dr. Seuss Birthday celebration on Saturday, March 1st… [continue reading]

The Recorder, February 26, 2014. By Richie Davis    ASHFIELD — The stack of pancakes is tall, and the line of hungry eaters-to-be waiting to get at them is growing.
It’s sugaring-season at South Face Farm, where throngs of weekend visitors turning out for pancakes, waffles, fritters and more has been a nearly [continue reading]

If you were to write a love letter to your children, what would it say? This month in “The Good Life: A Year of Thoughtful Seasons,” Hilltown Families Contributing Writer, Sarah Mattison Buhl, shares what her love letter to her children would read like… [continue reading]

The Recorder, January 20, 2014. By Richie Davis
The year 2013 will go down in history for plenty of historically significant events, but in Franklin County, even local food enthusiasts may not have taken notice of three homegrown food purveyors changing the way they do business. The three — Real Pickles, Artisan [continue reading]