Toasting and Tasting for Berkshire South

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GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Berkshire South Regional Community Center invites the community to the Toasting and Tasting fundraiser on Saturday, October 4. 
 
This event brings together food, wine and community in support of the Center's programs and services.
 
The evening begins with a cocktail reception at 5:00 p.m., featuring live music by Lucas Solorzano and an
exclusive tour of the Community Center. Guests will enjoy specialty culinary pairings created by chef Michael Bick, complemented by wines from Italy, Spain, and France. 
 
The celebration continues with a flight of champagnes, desserts, and both live and silent auctions.
 
"Funds raised at this year's event will directly support initiatives such as the Center's aquatics programs for all ages and abilities, our free teen wellness programming, free Community Suppers, early childhood and after-school care, and our financial aid program, which creates greater access to our services," said Executive Director Jenise Lucey. "Our goal is to raise $200,000 in support of these essential services that are the lifeblood of our community center, touching the lives of thousands each year."
 
Tickets are $250 and can be purchased online at berkshiresouth.org/toasting-and-tasting or by calling 413-528-2810.
 
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South County Farm Grows Community

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Staff
TYRINGHAM, Mass. — Woven Roots Farm offered the ideal venue for the message Massachusetts' commissioner of agriculture wanted to deliver: the barn.
 
That is where Commissioner Ashley Randle addressed a group of about two dozen attendees at Berkshire Grown's Berkshire Farm Tour.
 
"With everything that is happening around us, it can feel very disheartening and very heavy," Randle said Wednesday after the group shared a meal in Woven Roots' community gathering room. "And two things that I've talked about have been leading in community and with compassion.
 
"And, certainly, Woven Roots has embodied that every day."
 
Jen and Pete Salinetti founded Woven Roots at the turn of the 20th century on a quarter acre of land they owned in Lee.
 
Today, they have almost 850 garden beds on 2 and a half acres in Tyringham, where they moved full-time in 2014.
 
The community-supported agriculture farm produces 70 crops and produces enough food for 1,600 people per week, Jen Salinetti said while leading a tour of the property the couple leases on McCarty Road.
 
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