Plan for Progress: Talent
In the first of four discussions looking at the Pioneer Valley Planning Commissions’ “2015 Plan for Progress” to be released on May 4, Pioneer Valley Planning Commission Executive Director Tim Brennan; Sally Fuller, Davis Foundation Project Director for “Reading Success by Grade 4;” and Jason Irizarry, Director of the University of Massachusetts Institute for Urban Education, look at the critical role of talent development and education in growing the regional economy in the future.
Lyme Disease
Jose Martagon-Villamil, MD and Michael Bensche of Braman Termite and Pest Elimination discuss tick-borne Lyme disease and the measures which can be taken to protect against ticks.
CISA: Spring Plants
As Spring arrives, local flower and plant farms begin to open up their greenhouses and make available to the public all the plants and flowers that they have been growing throughout the winter months. Phil Korman, Executive Director at CISA (Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture) visits two local family owned farms: Gooseberry Farms, the oldest farm in West Springfield, MA, and Twenty Acre Farm in Hadley, MA. Both Farms have been growing flowers and plants in their greenhouses all winter and are now open for business.
CISA
Gooseberry Farms on Facebook
Making It Here: Photographer Michael Zide
Establishing a point of view or a personal vision is at the core for landscape photographer Michael Zide. He began his career in southern California in 1949 and after a brief stint on Martha’s Vineyard, he now calls Amherst home. Choosing to photograph in black and white, Zide often visits the same locations over several seasons to see how time changes the landscape. Producer Dave Fraser spent a day with Zide a few weeks ago and shares his story in this week’s Making It Here Report.
Michael Zide Photography
Michael Zide Photography on Facebook
