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Laurily Epstein

Laurily Epstein, an Iowa native, has lived in the Berkshires since 2001, and was a second-homer before then. Her Ph.D is in political science, which she taught at Rutgers before her stint at NBC news, where she worked on polling and election projections. A widow, she has two children and three grandchildren. She serves on the boards of Berkshire Grown, Berkshire Natural Resources Council, Green Berkshires, and Project Native.

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Life In the Berkshires

Philanthropic Berkshires: Dining for Women

An international organization, Dining for Women’s motto is “changing the world, one woman, one girl, one dinner at a time.”
Life In the Berkshires

Spirit of giving: Warm the Children

This year the Sheffield Kiwanis has 40 percent more eligible children for the Warm the Children program than last year.
Learning

Flying Cloud Institute: Remaking education for Berkshire students

“We take ourselves into schools because that’s where you can change the way education is delivered. You have to be in the schools to change them.” --- Jane Burke, founder and director of Flying Cloud Insitute.
Food

FARM TO TABLE: Berkshire Grown’s Holiday Farmers Markets

There will be more than 40 vendors at the holiday markets. Booths for farmers are so popular that there is a waiting list.
Arts & Entertainment

Festival of Women Writers becomes a year-round celebration

Part of population of memoir writing is the widespread realization that you do not have to be a celebrity or politician to have a life story worth writing about.
Life In the Berkshires

Volunteers in Medicine: Health care for those in need

There is an underbelly to the Berkshires that needs help with some fundamental issues of everyday life, like health care. Volunteers in Medicine is here to help.
Life In the Berkshires

Jennifer Dowley, leader of community-focused philanthropy, retiring from Berkshire Taconic Foundation

The easiest way to describe Berkshire Taconic’s activities is that they build stronger communities by inspiring charitable giving.
Food

CULINARY ADVENTURES: Berkshire Ferments

This revival of interest in fermentation is not unique to the Berkshires. Fermentation workshops and festivals are happening all over the country, from Boston to Oregon.
Food

Agricultural Adventures: The chèvre of Rawson Brook Farm

There is no information on the web about Rawson Brook Farm, so visitors have to know something about goat cheese or the farm before they arrive.
Food

Culinary Adventures: Café Adam

"We find a lot of strength in the traditional foods of Europe, although we give them an American sensibility.” -- Adam Zieminski, chef/owner of Café Adam
Food

CULINARY ADVENTURES: Main Street Hospitality’s Brian Alberg

Alberg believes that the Berkshires is in a good place to grow while maintaining its healthy life style. “Keep our landscape green and promote the arts.”
Food

Woven Roots Farm in Tyringham: An innovative CSA

Woven Roots Farm in Tyringham is a model for landowners with arable land, and for farmers who could not otherwise afford prime land.
Food

CULINARY ADVENTURES: Haven Café and Bakery — I and II

"Baking is art and science at the same time. It’s like music -- you have to learn the structure before you can set yourself free to experiment." -- Shelly Williams, owner of Haven Café and Bakery, in Lenox and Great Barrington
Food

Agricultural Adventures: Sean Stanton — farmer, selectman, father

Stanton is not just a successful farmer. He credits his interest in serving on town boards to the model set by his parents, who have always taken into their home people who need help in various ways.
Food

Agricultural Adventures: Mill River Farm

“Farming has been the most challenging and demanding endeavor of my life. “ -- Jan Johnson, owner of Mill River Farm
Food

CULINARY ADVENTURES: The Leahey Family, committed to organic dairy farming

The Leahey family has been farming in Lee since 1889 and it seems something of a miracle that this farm has not only survived but is reinventing itself.
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