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Deep Winter Eats

While Deep Winter is typically a time of rest, especially for local foods, this year I’ve seen an increase in activity. Many local food CSA’s (Community Supported Agriculture) have stepped up to creating a local food system by offering Deep Winter Shares, some going as far as freezing the bounty of the harvest for winter distribution. Various local communities (Greenfield, Northampton, Amherst, Springfield, etc.) sponsored Winter Fairs to connect growers with the community. My...

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Join the 5 Colleges ‘Blue Sky Initiative’

First meeting of the “Blue Sky Initiative” sustainability forum – Wed. 1/25 1:30-3 p.m. at the Campus Center Room 162-175. The second meeting will be Wednesday, February 29 from 1:30-3 p.m. at the Campus Center Room 162-175. Other ways to add YOUR VOICE to the sustainability movement across the five campuses: 1) Submit ideas to the website: http://www.fivecolleges.edu/sustainability 2) Post ideas to the FaceBook page for UMass Campus Sustainability Initiative 3) E-mail ideas...

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Scaling Up Local Foods

Looking for real life examples on how to scale up our local food systems?  Interested in how this is being done in the Pioneer Valley? Look no further as the local food gurus at CISA has just realeased a new report on this very topic.  Check it out here.

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Berkshire Grown Events Generate $100k+

VENDORS AT THE HOLIDAY FARMERS’ MARKETS REPORT MORE THAN $100,000 IN LOCAL REVENUE GENERATED AT FOUR BERKSHIRE GROWN EVENTS COMBINED PRESS RELEASE – GREAT BARRINGTON + WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. (January 18, 2012) – In November and December, Berkshire Grown produced four Holiday Farmers’ Markets in north and south Berkshire County to feature locally grown and produced food during months when farmers’ markets are not open in the region. Berkshire Grown brought together more than 60 regional...

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Beginning Women Farmer Conference Dates Announced

PRESS RELEASE – S. Deerfield, MA Dear Women In Ag Participants, CISA, Holistic Management International, the USDA National Institute of Food & Agriculture and the University of Massachusetts have partnered together to sponsor a two day conference for farmers interested in improved quality of life, profitability, and health. The Beginning Women Farmer Conference: Exploring Whole Farm Planning will be held March 22-23, 2012 at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA,...

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PV Sustain Annual Dinner

You are Invited Third Annual Celebrate Sustainability Dinner/Party Pioneer Valley Sustainability Network Clarion Hotel, Northampton MA Wednesday, 2/22/12 6 pm – 8 pm Featured Speaker Jonathan Lash, President Hampshire College an internationally recognized expert on practical solutions to global sustainability and development challenges   former Director World Resources Institute co-Chair President’s Council on Sustainable Development one of the 100 most influential people in...

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What If We Have the Right to the Capital our Capacities Warrant?

From money with strings to money without strings When we contemplate the power that issuing money will give us in the R Credits system, it is critical that we develop a vision for how we want our economy and society to look. Rather than going into all the social justice and environmental issues we will want to address, it might be useful to look at a fundamental issue like access to capital. In our current economic system, most of us can only get access to capital by appealing to an individual...

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