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2021
Farmers markets return to Worcester, including Beaver Brook and University parks
Worcester Telegram & Gazette - June 2021
Regional Environmental Council summer farmers market season opens Monday
Worcester Business Journal - June 2021
UGROW Garden Network Puts Permaculture into Practice
Center for Nutrition Studies - June 2021
The Regional Environmental Council's farmers market returns this week in Worcester
Spectrum News 1 - June 2021
GWCF grants $142K to nonprofits for hunger help
Worcester Business Journal - May 2021
New Main South art to be unveiled Tuesday
Worcester Business Journal - May 2021
New Piece of Public Art Unveiled in Main South
This Week in Worcester - May 2021
Main South art installation latest in movement to spruce up business corridor
Worcester Telegram & Gazette - May 2021
Mass Live - May 2021
POW! WOW! Worcester mural and arts festival returns in August with Main South in the picture
Worcester Telegram & Gazette - May 2021
Worcester cleans up streets during Earth Day week
Worcester Telegram & Gazette - April 2021
City leaders, community members in Worcester commemorate Earth Day
Spectrum News 1 - April 2021
Worcester Community Teaching Garden Literacy Project Opens
Worcester Patch - April 2021
How a garden does grow: Worcester Community Teaching Garden launched
Worcester Telegram & Gazette - April 2021
Efforts to 'Save Duffy Field' Continue Saturday
Spectrum News 1 - April 2021
Worcester's Regional Environmental Council Celebrates Earth Day Early, Cleans Up City Saturday
Spectrum News 1 - April 2021
5 Things You Need to Know Today in Worcester - April 9
This Week in Worcester - April 2021
Worcester Earth Day Returns In 2021 With 50 Cleanup Events
Worcester Patch - April 2021
Worcester Together fund gives $1M in final campaign phase
Worcester Business Journal - March 2021
Last Call with Andrea Cameron, Forest Grove teacher and community gardener
Worcester Telegram & Gazette - March 2021
New Community Garden in Worcester Hopes to Educate Students on Climate Change
Spectrum News 1 - March 2021
'Living laboratory' will address global issues in student collaboration between Worcester and Africa
Worcester Telegram & Gazette - February 2021
Polar Park to house urban garden for locally sourced produce
Worcester Telegram & Gazette - January 2021
2020
Ep 98 - w/ Stacie, Owen, & Kieran of REC’s YouthGROW
Seltzer Time Podcast - December 2020
Regional Environmental Council Celebrating Giving Tuesday
Spectrum News 1 - December 2020
Last Call with Simone Barjolo and Cristian Carrasquillo, YouthGROWers
Worcester Magazine - October 2020
Liberty and Food Justice For All
Worcester Telegram & Gazette - September 2020
A Card Worth Paying for Good Health
Worcester Telegram & Gazette - September 2020
Worcester con el Mercado de Agricultores
El Mundo Boston - September 2020
USDA Gives Out $12.1 Million in Largest-Ever Farm to School Grant Awards
USDA.gov - June 2020
Helping meet a need: Regional Environmental Council moves annual plant sale online
Worcester Telegram & Gazette - April 2020
As I See It: Local farmers help state respond to COVID-19
Worcester Telegram & Gazette - April 2020
Worcester Together fund announces $150K in grant awards
Worcester Business Journal - April 2020
Table Hoppin’: Worcester Regional Food Hub offering pick-up service of locally sourced products
Worcester Magazine - March 2020
The Next Draft: Not just beer, but charitable donations also flowing at Redemption Rock Brewing Co.
Worcester Telegram & Gazette - February 2020
Last Call with Ivette Olmeda, Transformative Development Initiative Fellow
Worcester Telegram & Gazette - February 2020
Central Mass. nonprofits split $70K from Harvard Pilgrim
Worcester Business Journal - February 2020
As I See It: Healthy Incentives Program worth year-round investment
Worcester Telegram & Gazette - February 2020
February Nonprofit: Regional Environmental Council (REC)
Redemption Rock Brewing Co. Blog - February 2020
Healthy Food, Healthy Community: REC nears a half-century of tending Worcester's gardens
Edible Worcester - February 2020
REC gets $40K for garden and arts project in Main South
Worcester Telegram & Gazette - January 2020
Worcester Arts Council Awards Over $163,000 in Grants for Local Arts and Cultural Programs in 2020
Worcester Cultural Coalition - January 2020
2019
Greater Worcester Community Foundation awards $1.5M to local charities
Worcester Business Journal - December 2019
For 20th Year, Youth for Community Improvement Awards Funds to Local Youth-Driven Organizations
Greater Worcester Community Foundation - December 2019
November Project welcomes Christmas with workout on the Worcester Common
Worcester Telegram & Gazette - December 2019
Making it work: On the job in Central Massachusetts
Worcester Telegram & Gazette - September 2019
Busy day at Beaver Brook Park Farmers Market
Worcester Telegram & Gazette - August 2019
Proposed change in SNAP eligibility threatens access to healthy food for low-income households
Worcester Telegram & Gazette - August 2019
Regional Environmental Council Spring Garden Festival & Plant Sale on Worcester Common
Worcester Telegram & Gazette - May 2019
REC Farmers Market on WCCA TV's "Soapbox"
Worcester Community Cable Access TV - May 2019
Worcester’s REC Leads the Way on Earth Day
This Week In Worcester - April 2019
REC Earth Day cleanups tackle Worcester’s trash
Worcester Telegram & Gazette - April 2019
Regional Environmental Council to Host 30th Annual Neighborhood & Garden Cleanups Event
GoLocalWorcester.com - April 2019
Last Call with Eliza Lawrence and Mackenzie May, school garden advocates
Worcester Magazine - February 2019
One on One: Steven Fischer, Regional Environmental Council executive director
Worcester Telegram & Gazette - February 2019
Worcester council adopts urban farming amendment
Worcester Telegram & Gazette - January 2019
2018
REC Winter Mobile Farmers Market continues mission of food security
Worcester Magazine - December 2018
Greater Worcester Community Foundation Grantees
GreaterWorcester.org - December 2018
Fruit trees planted in Worcester's Grand Square Park
Worcester Telegram and Gazette - October 2018
Volunteers spend gray day beautifying Worcester with cleanup project
Worcester Telegram and Gazette - April 2018
Plogging: November Project Worcester runners make a clean sweep
Worcester Telegram and Gazette - April 2018
Student organizers prepare for Saturday’s March For Our Lives down Main Street
Worcester Magazine - March 2018
Table Hoppin': Giacomo's Gourmet Foods in Hubbardston offers granola and more
Worcester Telegram and Gazette - March 2018
6 Worcester organizations receive Fallon Health grants
Worcester Telegram and Gazette - February 2018
Hanover awards $50K in education grants
Worcester Telegram and Gazette - January 2018
2017
Regional Environmental Council Gets $28,000 Grant for Program
Worcester Patch - December 2017
Charlton Farm to Table Program Thrives at Bay Path
Worcester Telegram and Gazette - November 2017
Steve Fischer dishes on Worcester's urban farms
Worcester Magazine - October 2017
Environmental Council Celebrates 45 Years of Community Service
This Week in Worcester - October 2017
In Lunenburg, farmers call for a commercial kitchen (Video)
Sentinel and Enterprise - October 2017
Regional Food Hubs: Connecting Dots for Small Businesses
Rootstock - September 2017
Worcester News Tonight - September 2017
Food Hub Has Served as Incubator for 16 Tenants
Worcester Business Journal - September 2017
Grant Makers Health - July 2017
COVER STORY: Going Green-How Worcester, Central Mass are leading the way
Worcester Magazine- July 13, 2017
Table Hoppin': Lilac Hedge Farm hosting 'Back 40' festival July 22-23
Worcester Telegram & Gazette - July 13, 2017
Making It in Central Mass: Farm families face changing markets
Worcester Telegram & Gazette - July 1, 2017
Urban Gardening Seminars Slated for June 26, July 3 at the Worcester Public Library
Worcester Telegram & Gazette - June 23, 2017
6th Annual Spring Garden Festival to Benefit Environment & Food Justice Programs
GoLocalWorcester News- May 15, 2017
Center for Nonviolent Solutions- May 11, 2017
Farm to cafeteria: Worcester Regional Food Hub receives new box truck
Worcester Magazine- May 8, 2017
Urban farming in Worcester is a natural for Earth Day
Worcester Telegram & Gazette- April 21, 2017
Former Niche chef training Worcester up-and-comers
Worcester Business Journal- April 17, 2017
Editorial: Want to make Worcester a better place? Step up by stepping out
Worcester Sun- April 12, 2017
Zoning ordinance change mulled for urban farms
Worcester Magazine- April 6, 2017
Regional Environmental Council collects volunteers for April 8 spring cleaning in Worcester
Telegram & Gazette- March 31, 2017
Worcester Regional Food Hub Hires Local Chef for Kitchen Operations Manager Position
Niche Executive Chef leaves for Worcester food incubator
Worcester Business Journal - March 24, 2017
2 Worcester Organizations Awarded Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation Grants
GoLocalWorcester News- February 9, 2017, 2017
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation awards $2.5 million to 900 organizations across Massachusetts
Mass Live- February 8, 2017, 2017
2016
Goodness to go at Worcester's REC farmers markets
Telegram & Gazette- July 29, 2016
SLIDESHOW: 2016 REC Farmers Gala.
Telegram & Gazette- June 8, 2016
State should put $10.5M toward Mass. Food Trust.
Worcester Business Journal Online - May 23, 2016
Boston youth rally against unemployment, incarceration.
The Groundtruth Project - February 23, 2016.
Teens March Through Boston for State Funded Jobs.
Food Hub aims to expand markets, opportunities for farmers, consumers.
Telegram & Gazette - February 17, 2016.
Central Mass. food hub launched to improve farm-to-table pipeline.