CISA Local Hero Spotlight

We talk to folks from the Sojourner Truth Memorial Committee and visit Plainvill Farm for asparagus season.

We speak with author Heidi Stemple about her latest book, "The Poetry of Car Mechanics," agonize over better words to describe terrible things with Word Nerd Emily Brewster and check out the arborvitae at Amherst Nurseries.

We explore the movie music curation of Randall Poster, get a tour of Full Well Farms with Meg Bantle in Adams and hear how budget cuts could affect Cutchins Programs for Children and Families.

We speak with some of the organizers and creatives behind the Easthampton Film Festival and find out about urban farming with Nordica Community Farm.

We speak with the Cannabis Control Commission about expanding access to social consumption for businesses and take a tour of Natural Roots farm.

We check in with CISA's new executive direvtor, Jennifer Core, say it and don't spray it with the origin of "spit" with the Word Nerd and McGovern with Rep. Jim McGovern.

We visit the lambs at Barberic Farms, find out about the western Mass.-centered film, "Urban Ed," and learn some science history with Mr. Unvierse.

We learn about the Scarlet Sock Foundation's mission to bring social justice to theater, take a tour of the new Little Light Farm and find out about recent changes at the Stowe Center for Literary Action.

We find out how the state is planning to combat the housing crisis in Massachusetts with Secretary of Housing Edward Augustus, visit Sawmill Herb Farm and get nerdy with wordster Emily Brewster.

We talk to the Springfield Symphony Orchestra about their new program, find sweetness at the Shattuck Sugarhouse and McGovern with Rep. Jim McGovern.