AGRICULTURE

The March for the Food Bank continues on its second, longer, and far more uphill journey to combat hunger.

The Eastern States Exposition purchased two prize-winning steers at the 4-H Beef Auction at the Big E this past September.

For Hunger Awareness Week, and to gear up for the March for The Food Bank, we sit down with some folx addressing hunger right here in Springfield: Shannon Ruddle of Martin Luther King Jr. Services and Liz O'Gilvie of Gardening the Community and Springfield Food Policy Council, plus we find out how to pivot from dairy to skin care with the goats of Joe and Stan McCoy at Sage Meadow Farm in Easthampton

We get a jump on Hunger Awareness Week by chatting with Lev Ben Ezra of the Amherst Survival Center, and Executive chef of Stone Soup Cafe Kirsten Levitt, have Live Music Friday with Forest Alley String Band before they play a benefit for Stone Soup Cafe this weekend, heavily allude to a way you can help alleviate hunger and still enjoy some wine during our Tina Turner Memorial Wine Thunderdome at State Street Deli, Wine & Spirits, and go totally tuber with Diane Swazlowski-Mullins of Swaz Potato Farms.

Liz O'Gilvie of the Springfield Food Policy Council, as well as Gardening the Community, has made it her mission to address hunger and a shortage of fresh foods in western Massachusetts' largest city, including the Mason Square neighborhood.

We indulge in reverance of the apple for Franklin County Cider Days, heat it up with Kara Peters of Ahlbin's Fire Cider, and hear about the initiatives in the bay state to end Daylight Savings Time with Dr. Karin Johnson

We head to the next town over and check out the new digs for the Food Bank of Western Mass, plus we get to sit and discuss the organizations growth, past, and future with director Andrew Morehouse, and Word Nerd Emliy Brewster teaches us fancy words for some activities we do on the daily.

The coordinator for gleaning at the nonprofit Rachel’s Table of Western Massachusetts explains how volunteers harvest the remains left in farmers' fields.

Sculptor and lawyer David Rothstein was aiming to break the world record for longest pumpkin paddle while bringing attention to the Connecticut River watershed.

A literary journal called The Common based at Amherst College is highlighting the experiences of migrant farmworkers in its latest issue.