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Free Food- and Farm-Themed Film Festival in Williamstown

(WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.) – Fresh Fest, a food- and farm-themed film festival, featuring four films documenting effort at creating and maintaining a sustainable food supply, takes place at Images Cinema on Saturday, March 9, and Sunday, March 10, 2013. The free screenings include Growing Hope Against Hunger on Saturday, March 9, at 10:30 a.m.; Edible City,…

Hancock Shaker Village Improves CSA Farm Program

(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) –  With the help of a $1,550 grant from the Green Pastures Fund, a fund of Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation, Hancock Shaker Village (HSV) has improved the cold storage capacity of the root cellars built by the Shakers in the 1910 barn complex for use by its CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) farm program.…

Joel Salatin to Speak on ‘The Sheer Ecstasy Of Being A Lunatic Farmer’

(WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.) – Alternative farmer Joel Salatin will give a talk at Williams College about his book, The Sheer Ecstasy of Being a Lunatic Farmer, on Thursday, February 23, 2012, at 7:30 p.m. in Brooks-Rogers Recital Hall in Bernhard Music Center. The event is free and open to the public. Salatin’s book examines different aspects…