A
celebration of the beauty and bounty
of our local landscape
Friday,
October 2, 2009 6-10pm
Extra! Extra!
Read all about local farms.
CISA's
13th annual Locally Grown: Farm Products Guide,
a free full-color publication, is here!
A
copy of the Guide is available for download
(warning 7MB). Simply click on
the picture of the guide.
Community
members at the household level and above will receive
a copy in the mail. Join today and get your copy in the
mail.
The
Guide can also be found in the produce sections
of several local retailers, including Atkins Farms Country
Market, Big E’s Super Market, select Big Y stores,
Cornucopia Foods, Foster’s Super Market, Green Fields
Market, McCusker’s Market and Deli, Randall’s
Farm and Greenhouse, River Valley Market, State Street
Fruit Store, select Stop & Shop stores, and Whole
Foods Market.
The
2009 Locally Grown: Farm Products Guide is a
service of CISA with support from Berkshire-Pioneer Resource
Conservation & Development Area, Northeast Sustainable
Agriculture Research and Education, and the US Department
of Agriculture Rural Business Enterprise Grant Program.
The Guide is also supported by the area businesses and
organizations through paid advertising. Please patronize
our advertisers.
Reaching for 1,000
members
With
the case for supporting local agriculture stronger than
ever, CISA is pursuing a goal of 1,000 community membership
by the end of 2009. Click here
to enroll today!
2009
Local Hero awards recognize three advocates for agriculture
CISA is pleased to announce that it has selected The
People's Pint, LaSalle Florists,and Seeds of Solidarity to
receive its prestigious Local Hero Awards for 2009.
The awards are given in recognition of outstanding achievement
in furthering CISA's mission of linking farmers and
community members, to nominees that have made a noticeable
impact on sustaining agriculture in western Massachusetts.
"We applaud our 2009 Local Hero Award recipients
and we honor the impact they have had in promoting sustainability
and community through their commitment to local food
and agriculture," says Philip Korman, executive
director of CISA. "Our Local Hero awardees are
individuals who can serve as role models for all of
us and can help us to create and nourish long term change."
Do you want to attend a farm festival or event? Visit
the events page and see what's
happening this season.
Want to get the inside scoop on what is happening
at CISA, in the farm community and on farms around the
region and country? You can read archived copies
of our newsletter here.
Want
to learn about CISA's food and farming programs
-- including getting locally grown food to low income
seniors, promoting local farms and farm products, or creating
blankets from local wool? Visit
our programs page for all the details.