WGBY, February 6, 2019.  CISA just celebrated their 25th year of supporting local agriculture. As part of their festivities, CISA launched a live, storytelling event called CISA Field Notes. Participants in Field Stories told stories about the impact of farming and eating local food. CISA’s Clair Morenon joined Carrie Saldo in-studio to discuss the work done by CISA and the future of the Field Stories project.

WGBY, February 6, 2019. CISA debuted a new event called Field Notes in November 2018. Farmers, chefs, and food advocates shared their personal stories about farming and local food on-stage before a live audience. Rebecca Martin is a disabled, single mom to two children. As part of the Field Notes project, Martin shares how her family has struggled with food insecurity.

WGBY, September 13, 2018. Farm to table restaurants can be found almost everywhere, with restaurants in small towns to urban center eateries and even schools and hospitals sourcing food locally. With so many great local farms for restaurants to source ingredients from, the farm to table movement is big in western Massachusetts. CISA Communications Manager Claire Morenon visits Astarte Farm in Hadley, MA to see how the local farm fosters a farm to table relationship with Belly of the Beast in Northampton, MA.

WGBY, July 31, 2018. Andres Villada, manager of the Holyoke Farmers Market, and Mia Kortebein from CISA discuss how farmers market SNAP benefits enable low-income families in western Mass to have access to fresh, local food.

WGBY, September 8, 2017.

It’s no secret that living in western New England affords us the opportunity to experience some great local foods grown right here in the Pioneer Valley. That is also true for local farm-to-table restaurants, who work with local farmers to put the freshest ingredients on their menus. Devon Whitney-Deal from CISA, Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture, visits Great Falls Harvest in Turners Falls, MA and Dancing Bear Farm in Leyden, MA to see how the chef and the farmer work together to get fresh vegetables from the field to the table for you to enjoy.

WGBY, March 22, 2017

For many children, a summertime spent at a local camp is an annual tradition. But while most camps tend to be based around sports, Producer Dave Fraser and Devon Whitney-Deal of Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture explore farm camps, farming and agriculture-based alternatives to the traditional summer camp experience for kids, right here in western Massachusetts.

WGBY, November 16, 2016. Jeremy Barker Plotkin of Simple Gifts Farm in Amherst and Devon Whitney-Deal, Local Hero Program Manager for CISA, sit down with Carolee McGrath to discuss why buying local food benefits both the consumer and the economy.