This concert at West Stockbridge Congregational Church featured Terry Keevil, oboe; Lesley Rosenthal, electric violin; Jaye Alison Moscariello, vocals; Bill Taylor, piano, and special guest Ted Rosenthal. We raised money for the West Stockbridge Food Bank and also paid the musicians. Thanks to the church for hosting, and for serving refreshments after (Jaye did a lot of contributing to them too)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AQtkgOE_guuEYjOEpyIsEMjpny0UV6iK/view?usp=sharing

This is an audio recording of the concert with Terry Keevil oboe, Lesley Rosenthal electric violin, Jaye Alison Moscariello vocals, and Bill Taylor piano. THe concert started with a free improvization with host and musician Batya Sobel and Terry Keevil. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1040WcMt3rPLASRajCkaf9905iZvROjp5/view?usp=sharing

Jaye and I walked around Sandisfield Orchard in late September 2025 with orchard manager Joe Pappas, looking at the apples ripening, new varieties, discussing advanced Integrated Pest Management strategies to reduce any spraying. Mating disruption of pests, trap trees, nutrients for the healthiest trees. We stopped in their new cafe and spent the last 20 minutes in Joe’s office discussing the topics more deeply.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Gd6y6lcwTXHB6i-6fBzp5gIGgiEPsYwa/view?usp=sharing

I interviewed Katherine Miller in early November about her and her husband’s backyard permaculture oasis, her pollinator plantings and food garden plantings around Lee.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BpyFt0SpKC5JF8MSNrxyJTcoc7lBJQ1P/view?usp=sharing

Bill Taylor interviews Rebecca and Ben about this organization that supports local farms in Berkshire, Litchfield, Columbia, and Dutchess Counties. Here is a link to the hour-long interview:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OAiVj_wZJXsqE03Vg177zw4A9bL3A6Wi/view?usp=sharing

We interviewed Pascal about his 5 books, the latest of which will come out November 2, 2025. It is the first book about wildcrafting seeds and grains, an abundant food source all around us of which few partake. They add flavor and nutrition to the rather limited cultivated grains and seeds found in most stores. Here is a link to the hour interview:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uKusGEtb-7p25REI1It_nFXYCQaDDoIw/view?usp=sharing

Several hundred acres in SW Vermont and adjacent New York State are being managed by Russell Wallack and others at Breadtree farms. As their name suggests, chestnut flour is a versatile gluten-free product that can be grown in the Northeastern US as it has been historically in temperate regions around the world. He is planting blight-resistant hybrids, along with hickory (for oil) and seaberry. The show was recorded in June 2025. The interview begins around 6 minutes in and ends 50 minutes in. After the interview are updates on biodiverse gardening, using multiple harvests from each bed that include wild plants.

Megafauna until ten thousand years ago maintained soil health and the water cycle by trampling and feeding savannas. Since humans drove these to extinction on most continents, it is up to graziers with large animals (cattle, sheep, etc.) to mimic this effect by moving the animals frequently as predators would have done, so they get the freshest grazing and do not overgraze. Animals can actually restore water cycles and sequester carbon and be a climate solution rather than a problem – if they are grazed properly, Siobhan Griffin once lived in the Northeastern US and now lives in New Zealand and helps ranchers all over the world to do it right. Show recorded in April 2025.

We interviewed West Stockbridge, Pittsfield, and Sheffield market managers. The Pittsfield interview discussed the Roots Rising program which empowers youth to work on farms as well as run the market.