Food insecurity in Western Massachusetts is on the rise. In 2024, statewide, more than one in three residents didn’t have enough food to eat or were unsure where their next meal would come from. In Hampshire, Franklin, Berkshire, and Hampden Counties, food insecurity levels all ...

The Hilltowns of Western Massachusetts are comprised of roughly three dozen rural and sparsely populated towns, situated amongst New England's pastoral wooded hills and vales. Life in these scattered towns and villages is largely simple by both design and necessity. Unfortunately, the same sparseness of ...

Located right in the heart of Ashfield, Elmer’s Community Center is a non-profit organization and gathering space that is also home to the Wicked Good Cafe. The end result of a community project years in the making, these two organizations operate in tandem as they ...