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BAV Newsletters

December 2024 | Reflections and gratitude

November 2024 | Rooted in Resilience: Emergency Support for Winter Farmers Markets

October 2024 | Exciting upcoming events, video highlights from Farming in a Changing Climate, and more!

September 2024 | "Farming in a Changing Climate," Full Well Farm, on-farm pollinator habitats, and more!

August 2024 | Client Spotlight, Save the Date, Advances in Equity

July 2024 | Summer is Here! Tours, Events, Cohorts and More!

June 2024 | BAV's Community Impact Report: We Are Here for Our Farmers

May 2024 | New Op-Ed, Livestock Working Group & More!

April Campaign 2024 | You Did it! Over $30,000 Raised in 30 Days!

April Campaign 2024 | “Boost SNAP, Build Community” Support BAV’s Market Match Fund this April!

March 2024 | Farmers Market Season, Climate Event Recap, BAV is Hiring!

February 2024 | Farmer Event, Board Leadership and more!


December 2023 | Reflections from our Farmers

November 2023 | We are grateful for our farmers

October 2023 | An Autumn Update From BAV

September 2023 | Farmers Market Week!

August 2023 | A Reminder to Our Farmers: Please Report Your Damages

July 2023 | July Update - Climate Smart Agriculture, Spotlights, and More!

July 2023 | Emergency Flooding Response - BAV Stands With Our Farmers

June 2023 | Exciting Announcements at BAV!

In Remembrance - May 2023 | Honoring the Legacy of Our Founder Neil Chrisman

March 2023 | Spring is Here! BAV Launches Climate-Smart Ag Program

Special Announcement - February 2023 | Market Match Campaign goes live in March!

January 2023 | Reflections of 2022 and Looking Ahead


Call of VAGP Applicants | BAV is seeking livestock farmers/producers interested in applying to Valued Added Producer Grant Program 

October 2022 | October Brings Small Victories with Big Impacts

August 2022 | Fall: food, farms, fiber

June 2022 | Summer in the Berkshires, “meating” the demand, donor appreciation and summer events.

April 2022 | Spring has Sprung! Exciting program updates, BAV hires new Program Manager, farm spotlight and more.

Special Announcement - April 2022 | BAV launches new grant making fund for farmers markets.

February 2022 | BAV welcomes new staff, how BAV’s low-interest loan program helped a local farm scale up, “Why I Give” donor spotlight.


December 2021 | Building the future of food in our community; BAV’s 2021 year in review.

November 2021 | Help BAV create resilience in the local meat processing supply chain.

October 2021 | BAV launches Local Meat Processing Support Program.

September 2021 | Exciting project announcement, BAV working with local livestock farmers to improve processing bottlenecks.

August 2021 | BAV supports local farmers, BAV receives its first USDA grant, and summer of grant give-aways!

May 2021 | Note from the Director, Smoke & Honey Co. the farm highlight of the month, food jobs in the Berkshires.

April 2021 | Our mission and what we do at BAV, Resilience Fund Grant awarded to Greenagers, farm highlight of the month Abode Farm. 

March 2021 | BAV’s first newsletter of 2021! Introducing new staff, new agroforestry initiatives, and woman owned farm and food business. 


November 2020 | As Farmers’ Market season comes to a close read about Roots Rising and New Lebanon Farmers Markets success, and BAV’s Resilience Fund role and impact on these spaces. 

July 2020 | Our 2019-2020 Impact Report is out! 

April 2020 (Resilience Fund) | BAV Establishes New Fund to Support Farmers During COVID-19 Pandemic. 


December 2019 | BAV earns Seal of Transparency, grants awarded for aquaponics facility, and Sweet Brook Farm update. 

July 2019 | BAV’s 2018 Impact Report is complete! Plus most recently awarded matching grants and a special “save-the-date” event! 

April 2019 | ThinkFOOD at Simon’s Rock, Marty’s Local expansion, Northwest CT Food Hub and so much more this month!