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Berkshire Agricultural Gives $10K Grant To Nonprofit Greenagers Get our free mobile app This is such a worthwhile program. Beginning April 1, 2021 Greenagers will offer a 3-person farm crew for hire to local farms.  The total cost to farms is $260/day. (The total, unsubsidized cost per day is $517.26.) This project is made possible by a grant from Berkshire Agricultural Ventures (BAV) - covering 35% of the cost - and private donors. The crew will comprise one farmer (minimum 3 years experience) and two helpers with farm or conservation on work experience. At least two crew members will be a...

An Agricultural Grant To Benefit Berkshire Area Farms Everyone should pause and think about the importance of farms in our community as they are the backbone of providing food to everyone's dinner table. Farmers continue to put in long hours in accomplishing this task at hand, especially during these trying times. Fortunately, some assistance is on the way as our area's youth have sparked an interest in this rewarding field of work. Great Barrington based B-A-V, Berkshire Agricultural Ventures has announced they will provide a $10,000 grant to the Berkshire based non-profit organization, Gre...

  Edgeley-Kulm-Montpelier Rebels 46 – Linton-HMB Lions 28 Whether it was nerves or good defense, both teams started extremely slow in the Region Championship game.  The teams struggled to score early, ending the first quarter tied at six. The Rebels found a groove in the second, scoring the first seven points of the quarter.  EKM scored 18 points in the quarter while the Lions stayed cold, finishing the half shooting just 20% from the field with only two players scoring: seniors Lucas Schumacher and Carter Renz. Only three Lions scored in the game, as sophomore Trace King made a three-po...

The Bushnell-Sage Library in Sheffield and the Mason Library are cohosting "Introduction to Backyard Beekeeping" from 10:30 a.m. to noon Saturday, March 13, via Zoom. Beekeeper Dan Carr will take viewers from the anatomy and social structure of honey bees to the basics of managing a hive. Carr has been teaching beekeeping courses for many years at Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture in New York, the Brooklyn Grange rooftop farm in New York City, and at his family farm, Beavertides Farm in Falls Village, Conn. Visit tinyurl.com/5f8n9wvh to join the Zoom meeting.

Stacy M. Brown | 2/26/2021, 6 a.m. Arion Long, Femly founder Courtesy Photo Arion Long started her company, Femly, after being diagnosed with a cervical tumor linked to chemicals in popular feminine products. But, she survived that, and her business is surviving the pandemic. Courtesy Photo Bianca Jackson, owner, BrickRose Exchange Bianca Jackson, a visionary and trailblazer, had always possessed a drive to do more than what her career as a tech journalist allowed. The Philadelphia- born entrepreneur, who owns and operates BrickRose Exchange, not only survived the pandemic...