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S02|E01: Berkshire County, Mass. (Berkshares)

Category: Society & Culture
Duration: 00:43:39
Publish Date: 2016-09-09 15:57:00
Description: In the season two premiere, we... encounter some growing pains and quality control issues while using fancy new equipment ...we also head to a rural county in the Berkshires, where the coalescence of agriculture, city weekenders, and a regional currency helped create the farm-to-table movement. / This week's 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.one-mercantile.myshopify.com / Our Americana is produced & hosted by Josh Hallmark. Learn more at www.ouramericanapodcast.com // Sponsor Our Americana at www.patreon.com/ouramericana -or- www.ouramericanapodcast.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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