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Sep 2016
43m 40s

Berkshares | Berkshire County, Massachus...

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About this episode
In the season two premiere we head to rural Berkshire County, where the coalescence of agriculture, city weekenders, and a regional currency helped create and spread the farm-to-table movement.

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Guests:
Alice Maggio: Alice is the Local Currency Program Director at the Schumacher Center for New Economics, where she is further developing Berkshire County’s own local currency, BerkShares. www.berkshare.org

Andy Pruhenski & Abby Webster: Abby and Andy are Berkshires natives and own and operate a housewares store in downtown Great Barrington, One Mercantile. www.sett.onemercantile.com

Featured Music:
Dave Depper - Perspective;
Keshco - Waterback;
Podington Bear - Golden Hour;
Zachary Wilson - Depths of Heaven
Music available at: www.freemusicarchive.com

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