FOOD

A member from the Food Bank of Western Massachusetts will be on Healey task force along with around 30 representatives from other nonprofits across the state.

We talk to Senator Ed Markey as he prepares to run for reelection, learn more about Our Lady of Mount Carmel Italian Feast's return to Springfield and take the latest Wine Thunderdome to Provisions in Amherst.

We visit Lichter and Levin Delicatessen as they prepare for opening in Northampton, take a tour of Nightjar Farm and find out how to celebrate the Jurassic armored mud ball.

More than five months into lawmaking, and Massachusetts House and Senate lawmakers have yet to agree to joint rules to foster transparency and process.

We learn about how to celebrate the great shad fish migration with the 2025 Shad Fest and discuss the importance of passing down stories with event "Sharing Stories, Creating Change."

Berkshire Eagle reporter Heather Bellow found the majority of nursing homes in the Berkshires fed each resident for less than $10 a day.

We talk with John Sanders of DSP Shows about this year's Green River Festival, check out Franklin County Technical School's food pantry and McGovern with Rep. Jim McGovern.

We meet many of the folx making up the former factory, now work/event/living space Greylock WORKS in North Adams.

We talk with Berkshire Agricultural Ventures about their programming for the 2025 growing season, hear live music from musician Stefan Weiner and McGovern with Rep. Jim McGovern.

Federal and state cuts, ICE arrests, climate events put new strain on local farms in Western Massachusetts.