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We learn about the UMass Game Jam, Franklin Community Co-op's incoming upgrade, and talk to members of the Blind Boys of Alabama.

We visit the function conjunction of Amethyst Farm and speak to Xiomara Rosa, the owner Bueno y Sano's Holyoke location.

We visit Woven Roots Farm to speak with its land stewards and the team behind Berkshire Agricultural Venture's Farm Business Accelerator Program. We also speak with poet Amy Dryansky in honor of Tell It Slant Festival.

In Part 2 of a series on brewing beer in Massachusetts, we look at a downtown Springfield brewery, White Lion, which is one of the few Black-owned breweries in the state. And like most breweries nationwide, it is seeking new ways to reach a changing beer market.

Longtime state Rep. Angelo Puppolo faces first-time candidate Michael Lachenmeyer in the Sept. 1 primary.

We chat with Stone Soup Cafe about their annual Harvest Supper, speak with the creatives behind Roomful of Teeth's "The Puerto Rico Experiment," and have a Live Music Session with Sable Island Pony.

We speak to U.S. House candidate for the Mass. 1st congressional disctrict Jeromie Whalen and visit the Old Creamery Co-op for the latest CISA Local Hero Spotlight.

We check out Gardening the Community to see initiatives to increase access to social services for people in need, see how Hampshire Next is seeking to preserve some of the mission of Hampshire College ahead of its closure, and McGovern with Rep. Jim McGovern.

We check out play "Amchitka" at the Chester Theater, we see Cornucopia Natural Wellness Market's new digs in Holyoke, and chat with Rep. Jim McGovern.

We talk to organizers of We the Land, a conference joining Black and Brown farmers across the region, visit newly opened cafe Violet in South Hadley, and talk with interim Word Nerd Peter Sokolowski about the origins of jazz.