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SUMMARY:Sponsor A Share Fund Drive
DESCRIPTION:‘Sponsor’ A Share of Veggies or Soup this Year!\nHeart & Soil Collective is a Berkshire County nonprofit that feeds people\, supports farms\, and connects the community through agriculture. Since 2021 we have paid farmers $60\,830\, delivered 3\,529 bags of free veggies and 600 gallons of soup directly to seniors and families. \n  \nThe need for access to fresh food is growing across the Berkshires\, and so are we! \n  \nOur Community Produce & Soup Programs serve seniors\, families and small farms across Berkshire County:\n\nWe deliver free\, fresh produce purchased from local farms and soups made with local ingredients directly to homes across the Berkshires.\nWe pay partner farms full price for produce \, because farmers need to be paid.\nWe deliver to seniors through partnerships with Councils on Aging.\nCollaboration with seeing rainbows allows us to provide free\, local food to members of the trans community.\nThrough Pediatric Palliative Care of Hospice Care in the Berkshires we provide free\, fresh produce and soup to families receiving their services.\n\n  \nEvery $100 raised covers an individual share for one month\n$300 pays for an individual veggie share for twelve weeks\n$600 provides free\, fresh produce to a family for twelve weeks\n  \n  \nDonations can be made online through our campaign ( https://fundrazr.com/campaigns/52gtZ4 ) or by visiting: www.heartandsoil.org/donate \n  \n Check donations can be mailed to: \nHeart & Soil Collective \nPO Box 619 \nLanesborough\, MA 01237 \n  \nThank you for choosing to be part of paying farmers & feeding your neighbors this year. We share collective responsibility to nourish our communities\, with your sponsorship together we can keep each other fed! \n 
URL:https://heartandsoil.org/event/sponsor-a-share-fund-drive/
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SUMMARY:Farm-To-Table Cooking Class: April
DESCRIPTION:Join Heart & Soil Collective and Berkshire Community College for a Farm-To-Table Cooking Class Thursday\, April 30th from 4-6PM! This year in partnership with Berkshire Community College we are launching a series of cooking classes to help connect the community to the land where their food is growing\, provide hands-on tips for cooking with local ingredients and opportunities to enjoy fresh\, local food together. Classes are free but space is limited. (Registration link coming soon)\n\n\n\nGrant support through Grassroots Fund\, United Way and Pittsfield Cultural Council/ Mass Cultural Council is making this series possible.\n\n\n\nOur Guest Chef for April is Jake Levin\, The Roving Butcher\, who will share tips for preparing different cuts of meat purchased from local farms. Join us in the kitchen!
URL:https://heartandsoil.org/event/farm-to-table-cooking-class-april/
LOCATION:Berkshire Community College\, 1350 West Street\, Pittsfield\, MA\, 01201
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ORGANIZER;CN="Heart & Soil Collective":MAILTO:heart.soilma@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260502T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260502T210000
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SUMMARY:Community Dinner with seeing rainbows
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a spring community dinner with seeing rainbows and Berkshire Bounty! Share a meal made with locally sourced ingredients\, connect with trans and nonbinary neighbors\, and spend time in a space that centers inclusive community. \nWhere: Saturday\, May 2nd 6PM at the Unitarian Universalist Church in Pittsfield\, MA (175 Wendell Ave) \nThis is a pay-what-you-can event\, no one will be turned away for lack of funds. \nWe encourage a $30 donation\, if that is within your means. $60 will support access for another attendee. \n  \nMenu prepared by Chef Farah Momen and AncestralRebel: \n6-7PM ‘social hour’ with locally sourced finger foods \n7PM family-style meal\, featuring Indigenous recipes \n  \nSeats are limited\, please use the link below to save your spot!
URL:https://heartandsoil.org/event/community-dinner-with-seeing-rainbows-2/
LOCATION:Unitarian Universalist Church\, 175 Wendell Ave\, Pittsfield\, MA\, 01201
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260523T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260523T160000
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SUMMARY:Community Day at Shakespeare & Company
DESCRIPTION:Come see us at Shakespeare & Company’s second annual Community Day on Saturday\, May 23rd from 11AM-4PM!  We’ll be joining a group of local nonprofit organizations to share what we are doing in the Berkshires- stop in our tent and try out painting with beets!\n\nThere is no entrance fee and the event is family friendly including the following fun activities:\n\n\nlive music\n\n\ndrag story hour\n\n\narts & crafts\n\n\nface painting\n\n\nfood trucks\n\n\na photo station where you can star in a famous Shakespeare scene\n\n\n\n\nRain or shine\, we hope to see you there!
URL:https://heartandsoil.org/event/community-day-at-shakespeare-company-3/
LOCATION:Shakespeare & Company\, 70 Kembell\, Lenox\, MA\, 01240\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="Heart & Soil Collective":MAILTO:heart.soilma@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260618T160000
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SUMMARY:Farm-To-Table Cooking Class: Spring Chicken & Pantry Raiders
DESCRIPTION:Join Heart & Soil Collective and Berkshire Community College for a Farm-To-Table Cooking Class Thursday\, June 4th from 4-6PM! This year in partnership with Berkshire Community College we are launching a series of cooking classes to help connect the community to the land where their food is growing\, provide hands-on tips for cooking with local ingredients and opportunities to enjoy fresh\, local food together. Classes are free but space is limited. (Registration link coming soon)\n\n\nIn  June we will be joined by Chef James Burden\, who will show us creative ways to cook a delicious meal using whole chickens from Square Roots Farm\, fresh and local spring veggies and ingredients that can typically be found in the pantry.\n\n\nA note from Chef Burden: “The June class focuses on whole animal utilization\, seasonal ingredients\, pantry staples\, and root cellar vegetables. My hope is to demonstrate how a simple chicken and a handful of common ingredients can become several different dishes while reducing waste and stretching the food budget.“ \n\nA menu preview:\n\nCrispy Chicken Wings with Hot Sauce & Pantry Vinegar Glaze\nPan fried chicken wings tossed with a bright vinegar and hot sauce.  \nGrilled Chicken Breast with Spring Salad Greens\nMarinated and grilled chicken breast served over:\n\nAsparagus\nBaby lettuce\nPea shoots\nRadishes\nLemon herb vinaigrette\n\nBraised Chicken Legs & Root Cellar Ragout\nChicken legs slowly braised with:\n\nCarrots\nParsnips\nPotatoes\nOnions\nGarlic\n\nFinished with fresh herbs and pan gravy. \nADVANCED TACTICS FOR DISCUSSION; \nCrispy Chicken Thigh Confit\nChicken thighs cooked low and slow\, then crisped.\nServed with: \n\nWilted greens\nMustard pan sauce\n\nChicken Stock & Spring Herb Jus ( Broth is Bomb)\nMade from the remaining carcass and trimmings to demonstrate full utilization of the bird.\nRoasted Root Cellar Vegetables\nWhatever is hiding in the cellar\nRoasted with olive oil\, herbs\, and garlic. \nSpring Vegetable Sauté\nFeaturing available seasonal vegetables\nFinished with lemon and butter. \nRustic Bread\nFor soaking up sauces and gravy. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nGrant support through Grassroots Fund\, United Way and Pittsfield Cultural Council/ Mass Cultural Council is making this series possible.
URL:https://heartandsoil.org/event/farm-to-table-cooking-class-may-2/
LOCATION:Berkshire Community College\, 1350 West Street\, Pittsfield\, MA\, 01201
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260620T100000
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SUMMARY:Farm-To-Bake Sale!
DESCRIPTION:Heart & Soil Collective is returning to Raymour & Flannigan for our second Farm-To-Bake Sale on Saturday\, June 20th! \n  \nStop by Raymour & Flannigan Furniture Store\, 655 Merrill Road in Pittsfield\, between 10AM and 2PM and pick up some home-baked sweet and savory treats\, made with ingredients purchased from local farms. Proceeds from the Farm-To-Bake Sale will help us pay farmers and get free\, fresh veggies to local homes. We’ll have pastries\, cupcakes\, breads and more made with local peaches\, raspberries\, honey\, maple syrup\, herbs\, blueberries- and so much more. Yum!! \nWhile you’re grabbing baked treats- enter to WIN our Farm Goodies Raffle Bag! Filled with over $200 of fun Heart & Soil merch and goodies from our partner farms\, tickets are just $10 each! \n \n  \n 
URL:https://heartandsoil.org/event/farm-to-bake-sale/
LOCATION:Raymour & Flannigan Furniture Store\, 655 Merrill Road\, Pittsfield\, MA\, 01201
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260709T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260709T180000
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SUMMARY:Farm-To-Table Cooking Class: Carrot Pickles with AncestralRebel
DESCRIPTION:Join Heart & Soil Collective and Berkshire Community College for a Farm-To-Table Cooking Class Thursday\, July 9th from 4-6PM! This year in partnership with Berkshire Community College we are launching a series of cooking classes to help connect the community to the land where their food is growing\, provide hands-on tips for cooking with local ingredients and opportunities to enjoy fresh\, local food together. Classes are free but space is limited. Classes are FREE\, but space is limited. Register HERE\n\n\n\nFor this class we will be joined by Chef Lucy Grignon\, co-founder of AncestralRebel where she and Chef Farah Momen are working to transform meals into movements. Lucy Grignon is an enrolled member of the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican Nation and a direct descendant of the Menominee Nation\, Muh-he-con-ne-ok being of the People of the Waters that are never still\, and Menominee being of the Ancient movers.\nHer work centers Indigenous foodways\, cultural revitalization\, community education\, storytelling\, and relational approaches to land stewardship and healing. \nA community-taught chef\, educator\, artist\, photographer\, writer\, and advocate\, Grignon brings an interdisciplinary and deeply place based approach to cultural practice rooted in Indigenous knowledge systems\, collective care\, and\nintergenerational learning. \nHer family owns an Indigenous Homestead called Ancient Roots in Bowler\, Wisconsin\, where they research traditional gardening practices from their Ancestors\ndating back from ages ago to present day. They use a combination of ancestral methods to learn\, preserve\, grow\, seed save\, reconnect\, and share. \nGrignon is the co-creator of AncestralRebel\, a collaborative public humanities and culinary initiative that bridges Indigenous and South Asian food traditions\, histories\, and storytelling practices. Through feasts\, workshops\, talks\, and participatory\ngatherings\, AncestralRebel explores how food\, kinship\, migration\, and shared cultural practice can function as tools for decolonial dialogue\, community-building\, and cultural memory. \nHer approach to food\, education\, and writing\, is inspired by her Ancestors\, long line of lineage\, Community\, and learning from observing her older than human relatives. \n\nLucy will be showing us how to prepare an Indigenous pickling recipe using fresh\, locally grown carrots from Full Well Farm- yum!\n\n\n\n\n\nGrant support through Grassroots Fund\, United Way and Pittsfield Cultural Council/ Mass Cultural Council is making this series possible.
URL:https://heartandsoil.org/event/farm-to-table-cooking-class-ancestralrebel/
LOCATION:Berkshire Community College\, 1350 West Street\, Pittsfield\, MA\, 01201
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260725T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260725T140000
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SUMMARY:Berry Gleaning with Berkshire Bounty!
DESCRIPTION:To celebrate Berkshire Bounty’s 10 year anniversary\, we are joining alongside them and other food access groups to help break a blueberry gleaning record by picking 10\,000 lbs in the next 4 weeks! There is an opportunity to pick from a 7 acre farm in Chester\, MA that would like to donate this year’s blueberry crop to support their food insecure neighbors and we are looking for more hands to join us on Saturday\, July 25th from 10AM-2PM. We will weigh the total amount you picked\, send you home with fresh berries and together we will reach the 10\,000 lb goal! \nWant to join in? Please sign up here and we will share the details: https://forms.gle/5UeuPojuG1wAyser6
URL:https://heartandsoil.org/event/berry-picking-with-berkshire-bounty/
LOCATION:MA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260730T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260730T180000
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SUMMARY:Farm-To-Table Cooking Class: July
DESCRIPTION:Join Heart & Soil Collective and Berkshire Community College for a Farm-To-Table Cooking Class Thursday\, July 30th from 4-6PM! This year in partnership with Berkshire Community College we are launching a series of cooking classes to help connect the community to the land where their food is growing\, provide hands-on tips for cooking with local ingredients and opportunities to enjoy fresh\, local food together. Classes are free but space is limited. (Registration link coming soon)\n\n\nThis class we will be joined by Chef Tu Le\, co-founder of STATE Restaurant in North Adams and owner of 328North Farm. As a Vietnamese immigrant raised in Southern California\, Tu brings personal experiences to the food he prepares— deeply rooted in family\, memory\, and upbringing on the West Coast. Join us and learn to prepare a delicious meal with locally grown ingredients\, and items that can be easily found at local food pantries.\n\n\n\n\nGrant support through Grassroots Fund\, United Way and Pittsfield Cultural Council/ Mass Cultural Council is making this series possible.
URL:https://heartandsoil.org/event/farm-to-table-cooking-class-july/
LOCATION:Berkshire Community College\, 1350 West Street\, Pittsfield\, MA\, 01201
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260801T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260801T140000
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SUMMARY:Berry Gleaning with Berkshire Bounty!
DESCRIPTION:To celebrate Berkshire Bounty’s 10 year anniversary\, we are joining alongside them and other food access groups to help break a blueberry gleaning record by picking 10\,000 lbs in the next 4 weeks! There is an opportunity to pick from a 7 acre farm in Chester\, MA that would like to donate this year’s blueberry crop to support their food insecure neighbors and we are looking for more hands to join us on Saturday\, August 1st from 10AM-2PM. We will weigh the total amount you picked\, send you home with fresh berries and together we will reach the 10\,000 lb goal! \nWant to join in? Please sign up here and we will share the details: https://forms.gle/5UeuPojuG1wAyser6
URL:https://heartandsoil.org/event/berry-gleaning-with-berkshire-bounty/
LOCATION:MA
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ORGANIZER;CN="Heart & Soil Collective":MAILTO:heart.soilma@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261022T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261022T210000
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SUMMARY:Sharing Our Abundance\, A Heart & Soil Collective Community Gathering
DESCRIPTION:SAVE THE DATE: Thursday\, October 22nd- 6PM. We want YOU to join us for an evening of local goodness & celebration at Berkshire Community College as we raise funds for free farm-to-table cooking classes! \nIn 2026 Heart & Soil Collective launched a series of grant-funded farm-to-table cooking classes in partnership with Berkshire Community College’s Essential Needs Program. Each class featured a local Chef sharing practical skills and simple recipes using locally grown ingredients purchased from Berkshire County farms. Participants learned skills\, enjoyed food stories and enjoyed a meal together- the series was such a success we want to hold it again next year! \nOn October 22nd\, join us to celebrate the abundance of Berkshire County’s harvest & community partnerships that make our work of paying farms\, feeding people and connecting the community through agriculture possible. Sharing Our Abundance\, A Heart & Soil Collective Community Gathering will feature farm-to-table moctails & appetizers\, a family-style farm-to-table dinner with ingredients purchased from Berkshire County farms & dishes prepared by local Chefs\, and a silent auction all raising funds to host free farm-to-table cooking classes this coming year. \nTicket sales open September 20th\, more information coming soon- stay tuned! ✨🥕🌽✨ \n     \n  \nSpecial thanks to our event sponsors: Berkshire Money Management
URL:https://heartandsoil.org/event/sharing-our-abundance-a-heart-soil-collective-community-gathering/
LOCATION:Berkshire Community College\, 1350 West Street\, Pittsfield\, MA\, 01201
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