Berkshire Grown E-Newsletter Archive

Welcome to the Berkshire Grown e-news archive. We hope you will discover, enjoy and support the farmers, food producers, and retailers who are strengthening the local economy and community in Berkshire County. In our newsletters, you will find news on farming and locally grown food events, plus provocative articles about farming, food and much more.

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• July 2021-Farmers with Farms
• June 2021-Dairy in the Berkshires
• May 2021-Flower Farms: “Buy Local” For Flowers, Too
• April 2021-One Year Later – How Berkshire Farmers Adapted in the Face of Pandemic
• March 2021-Women Who Farm In and Around the Berkshires
• February 2021-CSA: Supporting Local Farms / (CSA Article Correction)
• January 2021-Healthy Soil, Nutritious Food and Resilient Farming 
• December 2020-Berkshire Grown Shares Farmer Stories
• November 2020-Berkshire Grown Announces Winter Farmers Market Dates 
• October 2020-Berkshire Restaurants Add a New Course to Outdoor and Winter Dining
• September 2020-Local Ciders Usher in Fall in the Berkshires
• August 2020-Farm to YOUR Table Fresh Food-Recipes Shared by Berkshire Farmers & Chefs
• July 2020-Farmers Markets-Your Access to Fresh and Local Food!
• June 2020-Healthy Food Begins with Healthy Soil/Ending Racial Inequity is Inseparable from Supporting Local Food Systems
• May 2020-It’s here! Berkshire Grown’s Guide to Local Food & Farms
• April 2020-Berkshire Grown Shares the Bounty
• March 2020-Its Maple Season, Making Connections at Annual Networking
• February 2020-Winter Farmer Markets Grow in the Snow
• January 2020-Winter Weather Means Winter Farmer Markets are here
• December 2019-Holiday Markets with the Food and Gifts you Need
• November 2019-Holiday Markets with Plenty of Thanksgiving Fare
• October 2019-What are you harvesting this season? Apples and Pumpkins for picking
• September 2019 -Harvest Supper, Farm Visits to Howden Farm and Berle Farm
• August 2019 – Brunch with Barber and Rutberg, National Farmers Market Week, Eat Local Month
• July 2019 – Summer Brunch with Dan Barber, State Officials visit Berkshire Farms
• June 2019 – Lamb Jam to Welcome Summer, Farm Guide has Arrived!
• May 2019 – Outdoor Markets Return, Cheese Maker Scales Back, Sweet Treats Featured at Winter Markets
• April 2019 – Community Comes together at Farmers Markets, Local Greens Available Year-Round, Global Impact of Buying Local 
• March 2019 – “Winter Markets” expand into Spring, Farmers at Work in Winter Months, and Spring Supper on the Move
• February 2019 – Farmers and Food Producers at Markets Throughout the Region, & Various Organizations Help to Increase Food Access
• January 2019 – Winter Markets Continue, Young Farmers Facing Old Problems,  and Local Farmer Award Winner  
• December 2018 – Indoor Farmers Markets, Local Christmas Trees and Holiday Greenery, CSA Time, and Share the Bounty
• November 2018 – Holiday Markets This Weekend! Plenty of Thanksgiving Fare and Host Gifts
• October 2018 – PYO Apples and Pumpkins, Activists Mobilize and Motivate, and a Farm’s Loss
• September 2018 – Harvest Season, Festivals, & Suppers! Farm Bill Moves Ahead 
• August 2018 – 20^th Harvest Supper! Ag Commissioner tours farms in the Berkshires
• July 2018 – Heirloom: delicious demos, talks, and tastings. Meet and cook with authors.
• June 2018 – NEW Guide to Local Food & Farms in the Berkshires!
• May 2018 – Farmers Markets Open! Going Green Helps Farms Save Green
• April 2018 – Spring Events: ThinkFOOD;  “The Bullish Farmer,” + Dan Barber’s Seed Company
• March 2018 – International flavors at the Spring Supper,  Berkshire Brewers, Distillers + Farmers highlight local beverages
• February 2018 – Grow the farmers market – Bring-A-Friend, Save the Date for Spring Supper
• January 2018 – Bring a friend to the farmers market –> win new reward + grow the farmers market, Meet the new Program Manager
• December 2017 – Supporting local takes many forms, Young people take to farming, CSA 2018 time, Familiar faces in new places 
• November 2017 – Get to know local farms, Congrats Backyard Bounty of the Berkshires, Find winter farmers markets
• October 2017 – PYO: Apples, Pumpkins; HIP: Making Healthy Eating Affordable
• September 2017 – Dan Barber on the future of farming, How carbon farming could halt climate change
• August 2017 – Tickets to the Harvest Supper and Dan Barber+Paul Krugman, Legislators Visit Area Farms
• July 2017 – PYO berries, What is the dairy farm tax credit?
• June 2017 -New Guide to Local Food & Farms, Why dairy farms are crucial to the Berkshires
• May 2017 – Share the Bounty Celebrates 15 Years of Connecting Farms and Food Pantries
• April 2017 – Celebrate the first Spring Supper, ThinkFOOD, A Brewing Food Fight 
• March 2017 – Berkshire Grown’s First Spring Supper Celebrates Local Food and Farmers
• February 2017 – Wonderful Winter Farmers Markets and Workshops for Farmers to Grow the Local Food Economy
• January 2017 – Discover fresh locally grown food at farmers markets in Winter
• December 2016 – The ‘Roving Butcher’ rediscovers the craft of Charcuterie
• November 2016 – Grow the local food economy through local enterprises + buy local turkeys
• October 2016 – Pick Your Own Pumpkins and Apples + Turner, a Dairy Farm hosts Open House
• September 2016 – Get to Know Brattle Farm in Pittsfield + a Fermentation Festival in GB
• August 2016 – Harvest Supper will be out of this world! Get to know your farmers
• July 2016 – Support your local farmers – shop at a farmers’ market!
• Mid-June 2016 – New Guide to Farms, Michael Pollan on food movement
• June 2016 – Documentary on Dairy Farms- June is Dairy Month
• May 2016 – Farmers’ Markets are open!
• April 2016 – thinkFOOD: Berkshires
• March 2016 – Maple! Join a CSA farm – support a farmer
• February 2016 – Greens in February!
• January 2016 – Winter farmers’ markets – delicious locally grown food in New England
• December 2015 – Why farmers love farmers’ markets
• November 2015 – Support your local farmers at the Holiday Farmers Markets
• October 2015 – Apples, pumpkins, festivals
• September 10, 2015 – Harvest Supper!
• August 2015 – PYO Blueberries, Hospitals with Farms
• July 2015 – Brunch with Ruth Reichl, support your local farmers markets
• June 2015 – Ruth Reichl, author, links to past conversations with Alice Waters, and William Grimes, & Dan Barber
• May 2015 – What’s Map-o-licious?
• April 2015 – Michael Pollan on the drought in California
• March 2015 – Food Waste
• February 2015 – The Lentil Underground
• January 2015 – Winter farmers market, new funds for farmers
• December 2014 – Technology on the farm?
• November 2014 – Holiday Farmers Markets!
• October 2014 – Apples, pumpkins, farm visits, festivals
• September 2014 – Events, news, link to Dan Barber and Elizabeth Kolbert’s conversation
• August 2014 – Harvest Supper, Tomatoes – Heirloom, hybrid & more
• July 2014 – Beyond Farm to Table: The Future of Food: Dan Barber and Elizabeth Kolbert August 18 at Mahaiwe in Great Barrington, MA
• June 2014 – PYO Strawberries, Dan Barber “What’s Wrong with Farm to Table”
• May 2014 – Farmers Markets Open, Michael Pollan, Wild Oats Market
• April 2014 – Symposium – Farmland Access in the Berkshires and Festive Brunch
• March 2014 – Farmer writes why Berkshire Grown makes a difference in the Huff Post
• February 2014 – March Maple Dinner, Fresh Film Festival, Sustainable Food System
• January 2014 – Look who just joined Berkshire Grown; + why farmers and chefs join
• December 2013 – “How TV makes us stupid about farming” by Forrest Pritchard; building local ag infrastructure in Orion Magazine,
• November 2013 – Holiday Farmers Markets, Benefit of food stamps, Broccoli vs Kale
• October 2013 – School to Farm, apples, pumpkins, events
• *Invite to Harvest Supper * – + Leahey Farm producing milk
• September 2013 – Tomatoes: new kinds? industrial? + delicious events with tomatoes
• August 2013 – Harvest Supper, Fast Food Workers Strike
• July 2013 – Berkshire Blue, Cheese & Charcuterie Trails
• June 2013 – Strawberries! Michael Pollan & Ruth Reichl
• May 2013 – Farmers, food & finance, romantic myths of how cooking used to be
• April 2013 – Farm to School, GMOs by Mark Bittman
• March 15, 2013 – Delicious Food & amazing chefs at March Maple dinner
• March 1, 2013 – Value Added Workshops
• February 12, 2013 – March Maple & More
• January 2013 – Join a CSA
• Mid December 2012 – “The Taste of Wheat” by Dan Barber, Chef, Blue Hill at Stone Barns, Michael Pollan on “The food movement”
• December 2012 – Global Food Crunch, Winter CSAs, Pollan on Prop 37
• November 2012 – Holiday Farmers’ Markets, Effort to label GMOs (genetically modified food) – CA Prop 37 loses, effort continues
• October 19, 2012 – Michael Pollan: Is 2012 when “the food movement” enters Politics?”
• October 2012 – CA Prop 37 – label GMOs? New season of Edible Education
• September 14, 2012 – Is organic food more nutritious?
• August 27, 2012 – Celebrate farmers! Preserve the bounty
• August 2012 – Harvest Supper – reserve seats now
• July 18, 2012 – Has ‘Organic’ Gotten too Big?
• July 2012 – Celebrate Share the Bounty’s 10th! Farm Bill 2012 passes Senate
• June 7, 2012 – Strawberries! New link to land for farmers
• May 25, 2012 – Delicious local food, read about eating meat & more
• May 2012 – Farmed + Foraged, read about raw milk
• April 2012 – Greenhorns: the next generation of farmers – book & film,
• March 2012 – Events, “what would your grandmother eat”
• February 2012 – March Maple Dinner, organic farmers vs Monsanto
• January 2012 – Organic Ag is Productive, link to Edible Ed
• December 2011 – Alice Waters, Robert Reich, Holiday Farmers Markets,
• Mid November, 2011 – Holiday Farmers Markets, Agriculture & Social Justice
• November, 2011 – Corporations & the Food Movement
• October 2011 – Food as Culture: Edible Education
• September 2011 – Harvest Supper + events & news
• August 25, 2011 – Celebrate the Harvest, meet farmers
• August 4, 2011 – Preserving the Bounty, meet farmers,
• Mid-July 2011 – Meet Farmers; reports from the field, PYO berries
• July 2011 – Meet New Interns & Farmers, PYO Strawberries, Saving seeds
• June 2011 – Restaurant Week, Farmers Markets, The Dirty Life
• May 2011 – Farmed + Foraged, “Cleaner Plate Club” book with recipes for kids
• April 2011 – “Six things to feel good about” by Mark Bittman
• March 2011 – Maple Dinner menu, Mark Bittman writes a Manifesto
• February 2011 – Farm Chic II, Whole Berkshire Hog, GMO alfalfa
• January 2011 – New Berkshire Grown Marketplace + Events & News
• December 2010: Berkshire Grown Holiday Farmers’ Markets Sat! & More News + Events
• November 22, 2010 Locally grown trees + Pioneer Valley Grows, a fund to support agripreneurs
• November 15 – Berkshire Grown Holiday Farmers’ Markets
• October 25, 2010- Wal-Mart sells locally grown? Vanishing of the Bees + local beekeepers
• October 1, 2010 What is Share the Bounty? BG supports farmers and helps feed hungry neighbors
• September 13, 2010 – Farm to School, Preserving the Bounty, Denis Guyer’s project to spur “agripreneurs”
• September 1, 2010 – NYTIMES article on the Berkshires Farm to Table
• August 20, 2010 – Farming surges in MA, Meet BG members: Peter Platt of Old Inn on the Green, Ronnybrook Farm, Katharine Millonzi of Sustainable Food and Agriculture Initiative at Williams College
• July 22, 2010 Ruth Reichl w/ Carole Murko on Heirloom Meals
• June 24, 2010 Farmed + Foraged Slide Show, Meet BG member Bascom Lodge
• June 3, 2010 “The Food Movement Rising” by Michael Pollan, Inn at Sweet Water Farm = best Inn for foodies
• May 20, 2010 – Farmed + Foraged & other events
• May 1, 2010 – Obamafoodorama on “Let’s Move” + ‘Why retire Ronald McDonald?’
• March 14, 2010 Maple Dinner
• February 25, 2010
• February 5
• January 5