(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Nearly three dozen Berkshire Grown member chefs and local beverage producers will be on hand for Berkshire Grown’s 17th annual Harvest Supper on Monday, September 21, 2015, from 6 to 8pm at Ski Butternut. The chefs will be serving a wide selection of tastings, all featuring fresh ingredients from local farms.…
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Berkshire Grown will host its first Winter Farmers’ Markets on Saturdays, January 17 and February 14, 2015, from 10am to 2pm at Monument Valley Middle School (313 Monument Valley Road) in Great Barrington. These events are an extension of the organization’s Holiday Farmers’ Markets, which enjoyed record attendance this past November…
(GREAT BARRINGTON and WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.) – Owing to their popularity in past years, Berkshire Grown is expanding its schedule of Holiday Farmers’ Markets this fall and winter. These popular events feature locally grown and produced foods and gifts, plus live music, lunch fare, and activities for children, during months when most farmers’ markets are not…
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – New Yorker writer Elizabeth Kolbert and chef/author Dan Barber will discuss “Beyond Farm to Table: The Future of Food,” at the Mahaiwe on Monday, August 18, 2014 at 7pm. The event is presented by Berkshire Grown. “We’re thrilled to bring two provocative leaders together to talk about food and the environment,”…
(GREAT BARRINGTON and WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.) – This year’s Holiday Farmers’ Markets sponsored by Berkshire Grown will be the largest Thanksgiving markets yet in the organization’s four-year-history of providing the opportunity for local farmers and food producers to market during an extended season in New England. This year’s markets, which includes food and handicrafts, will be…
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Berkshire Grown’s 14th Annual Harvest Supper celebrating local food and farms will take place on Monday, September 24, 2012, from 6:30 to 8:30 pm at Eastover Hotel and Resort in Lenox, Mass. The Farm to Table feast features dishes prepared by local Berkshire Grown member chefs using fresh ingredients from local…
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Housatonic, Mass.-based author Gina Hyams and The Meat Market will host a chili contest to celebrate publication of Hyams’s new book/kit, Chili Cook-off in a Box: Everything You Need to Host a Chili Cook-off, on Sunday, October 7 2012, from 4 pm to 6pm at The Meat Market (389 Stockbridge Rd.).…
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – More than two dozen restaurants throughout the region have signed up to participate in Berkshire Grown’s Farmed + Foraged: A Weekend of Spring Flavors, a culinary celebration of farmed and foraged seasonal foods, over the course of Memorial Day weekend from Friday, May 25, 2012, through Monday, May 28. Celebrating the…
(GREAT BARRINGTON and WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.) – Berkshire Grown facilitated an economic impact of more than $100,000 for vendors participating in four Holiday Farmers’ Markets in northern and southern Berkshire in November and December 2011. The markets featured locally grown and produced food during months when farmers’ markets are not open in the region, bringing together…
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Visionary restaurateur and foodie Alice Waters and former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich are guest speakers in the final videotaped lecture in Edible Education: The Rise and Future of the Food Movement, a series of videotaped lectures presented by Berkshire Grown from UC Berkeley with renowned author Michael Pollan (The Omnivore’s…
