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We chat with Amanda Freeman, Marissa Chiapperino, Franchezka Bermudez about changing policy and making bureaucracy easier to navigate in the 413, Discover the century of history nestled in Great Barrington at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, and Mr. Universe tackles issues both terrestrial and cosmic.
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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.
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We find out about the inaugural Indigenous Film Festival in Williamstown, chat with NEPM's Karen Brown about her series on gambling in Massachusetts, hear Rep. Jim McGovern's concerns on The West Bank, hunger and more, and find out what it takes to row a pumpkin down the stream with Dave Rothstein.
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We play around with Liz Rosenberg of The Toy Box in Amherst, hear about the "Let's Dance" fundraiser for Pathlight this Saturday, find the liminal space between active and passive voice with The Word Nerd, and visit the largest food pantry in the Berkshires; The South Community Food Pantry.
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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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Recently, for her 90th birthday, South Community Food Pantry director Mary Wheat asked the Pittsfield community to donate 900 boxes of cereal. Wheat said the response was overwhelming.
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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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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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Fruit Fair supermarket has received state funding to combat food deserts in Chicopee. Its owners say growing their own produce on site saves "food miles" and money.