🌱 How new federal grants could reshape farm-to-school food from Great Barrington

Hello Great Barrington! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• How new federal grants could reshape farm-to-school food from Great Barrington
• How Great Barrington shaped W.E.B. Du Bois’ path to global influence

Also on today's calendar: Tai Chi w Christine Faber and 5 more events.

Today's riddle: How do you measure a fish? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Times of clouds and sun, with a high of 51 and low of 38 degrees.
• Thursday: Partly sunny and breezy, temps: high: 63, low: 41.
• Friday: Partly sunny, with a high of 60 and low of 34 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Berkshire Agricultural Ventures launches $242K effort to connect local farms with schools, hospitals (berkshireeagle.com) — Based in Great Barrington, Berkshire Agricultural Ventures has secured $242,000 in federal funding to plan stronger links between local farms and institutions like schools and hospitals across the Berkshire-Taconic region. Over the next two years, the nonprofit will map out how to channel more local meat and produce into cafeterias, backed by an additional USDA grant focused on getting local ground beef into school meals.
   

• W.E.B. Du Bois biography and career timeline (pbs.org subscription) — W.E.B. Du Bois’ story begins in Great Barrington, where neighbors helped him reach Fisk and Harvard and launch a groundbreaking intellectual life. This detailed timeline follows his journey from local valedictorian to global civil rights leader, highlighting his scholarship, activism, and evolving political views while keeping his Berkshire roots firmly in view.
   

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📸 Around Great Barrington

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Great Barrington

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★ Featured events ★

Thursday April 23

• Smithsonian Academy Orchestra
  Saint James Place, 352 Main St, Great Barrington
  7:30 pm

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Other local events

Thursday April 23

• VARSITY SOFTBALL-HS @ Lee Middle/High School
  Lee Middle/High School Great Barrington, MA 01230
  4:00 pm

Friday April 24

• Tai Chi w Christine Faber
  Claire Teague Senior Center , 917 S Main St , Great Barrington
  9:00 am
• Tap w Carolyn Calandro: Intermediate $ 5
  Claire Teague Senior Center , 917 S Main St , Great Barrington
  1:30 pm
• VARSITY BASEBALL-HS vs Ware Jr/Sr High School
  Monument Mountain Regional High School Great Barrington, MA 01230
  4:30 pm
• JR VARSITY BASEBALL-HS vs Ware Jr/Sr High School
  Monument Mountain Regional High School Great Barrington, MA 01230
  4:30 pm
• “Adam Gopnik’s New York”
  Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center , 14 Castle St , Great Barrington
  7:00 pm

Saturday April 25

• Adam Gopnik’s New York
  Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center , 14 Castle St , Great Barrington
  7:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday April 22

• Varsity Lacrosse @ Hoosac Valley Middle/High School
  Hoosac Valley Middle/High School Great Barrington, MA 01230
  4:00 pm

Thursday April 23

• VARSITY SOFTBALL-HS @ Lee Middle/High School
  Lee Middle/High School Great Barrington, MA 01230
  4:00 pm
• Scottish Country Dancing Class
  Berkshire Pulse , 420 Park St , Housatonic
  7:00 pm
• Scottish Country Dance Class (weekly on Thursdays)
  Berkshire Pulse , 420 Park St , Housatonic
  7:00 pm

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• Heart Path Yoga, LLC — (240) 731-1519
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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Driveline Retail posted a job opening for Master Merchandiser in Great Barrington. Apply here.
• Tractor Supply posted a job opening for Team Member in Great Barrington. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Great Barrington here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Stockbridge

• Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges joins area leaders for a community ‘Deep Dive' into environmental accountability and the Housatonic Rest of River remediation project (theberkshireedge.com)
• Lee search for missing Shaker High teacher resumes (wwlp.com)
• How CharcuterieWOO Transformed Appetizers In Paxton, Massachusetts (wokq.com)

West Stockbridge

• PREVIEW: Williams College chamber ensembles at Old Town Hall Sunday, April 26 (theberkshireedge.com)
• Stockbridge Fire Station Planning Committee holds kickoff meeting with New York City-based project development and construction company Skanska for new fire station (theberkshireedge.com)

Sheffield

• Students Show Effects of Climate Change in Art Show (iberkshires.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: By inches because they have no feet. (Thank you Gypsy S. for sending it in!)
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