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November 26, 2023
For over a decade, the Pittsfield nonprofit has been empowering youth and building community through food and farming.
May 6, 2022
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Roots Rising announced that the teen-run Pittsfield Farmers Market opens Saturday, May 14 for its 10th anniversary season. The market will run...
April 28, 2022
Roots Rising, an organization that uses farming to teach young people life skills, has received more than $400,000 from the state of Massachusetts toward the creation of its signature project,
April 28, 2022
Roots Rising is excited to announce that their teen-run Pittsfield Farmers Market opens Saturday, May 14 for its 10th anniversary season. The market will run
April 28, 2022
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — A substantial state grant will help Roots Rising further its mission to address food insecurity and empower youth. The nonprofit was awarded $430,219 from...
April 15, 2022
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The state awarded Roots Rising a Food Security Infrastructure Grant of $430,219 to go towards establishing a youth farm. "It's so exciting that...
June 26, 2021
PITTSFIELD — Running any venture alone can be difficult, but sometimes its even harder in a partnership, where the leadership responsibilities are split evenly between two people. Its not always
May 18, 2021
BAV Helping Farmers & Food Producers With Funding And Grants Berkshire Agricultural Ventures (BAV) has announced that in the five years since their founding they have offered more than one million in funding to farmers and food producers in the Berkshires, Columbia, and Dutchess Counties in New York, and Litchfield County, Connecticut. This includes twenty-four direct loans through their Revolving Loan Fund which offers flexible 0-2% interest loans. Capital within the Revolving Loan Fund is con...
May 5, 2021
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — After a year running their Virtual Farmers Market, Roots Rising announced that their in-person Pittsfield Farmers Market is back. The opening of the...
May 5, 2021
PITTSFIELD — After running the Pittsfield Farmers Market virtually for a year, Roots Rising will open the events outdoor season by holding a live, in-person event on May 15.