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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.
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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
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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.
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The coordinator for gleaning at the nonprofit Rachel’s Table of Western Massachusetts explains how volunteers harvest the remains left in farmers' fields.
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Sculptor and lawyer David Rothstein was aiming to break the world record for longest pumpkin paddle while bringing attention to the Connecticut River watershed.
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A literary journal called The Common based at Amherst College is highlighting the experiences of migrant farmworkers in its latest issue.
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We head to Leverett to chat with drink wine with Ken Washburn and find out about their inagural Harvest Festival, Kaliis gets interviewed about her book "Sir Morien: A Tale of a Knight of The Round Table" by Media Lab Fellow Jeremiah Merced, young guitar phenom Louie Phipps joins us for Live Music Friday to celebrate his second album, and we explore the incoming crops at Riverland Farm in Sunderland.
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We find out all about mushroom growing with Julie Coffey of Mycoterra Farm, celebrate Kari Kastango's feat of swimming the entirety of the Connecticut River, and chat with New York Times bestselling author Holly Black, who just so happened to write a book with Fabulous 413 host, Kaliis Smith.
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We have Live Music Friday with Ciarra Fragale, playing Hawks & Reed this and next weekend, explore our local and global eating options with Andy Cox and German Alvarado of Smith College Dining Services, hear the final product of what the NEPM Media Lab Fellows got up to this summer, and head into the Wine Thunderdome at Table & Vine in West Springfield with one extra Mike and a whole lot of tradition.
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We hang out with the new manager of the Holyoke Farmers Market, Alexis Diaz De Jesus as well as the folx from La Arecibeña Torres Family Farm who have participated in the market, have a sit down with mayor Jennifer Macksey of North Adams, and untangle the recent changes surrounding Northampton's Calvin Theater and Pearl Street with NEPM reporter Jill Kaufman.