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2024
Community Forge turns guns into tools ahead of annual gun buyback day
Spectrum News - December 2024
REC YouthGROW Hosts Community Forge Program In Worcester
The Patch - December 2024
Microgreens and big dreams: The rise of just for fun farms
Vertical Farm Daily - December 2024
Reliant Foundation Awards a Record $1 Million in Community Grants
The Patch - November 2024
Room to grow: Clark University student Owen Chase talks about microgreen business
Worcester Magazine - November 2024
Cuts to Mass. healthy-food program for low-income residents frustrate families, farmers
Telegram & Gazette - October 2024
Find Plenty of Great Learning Opportunities in Worcester, MA
Livability Magazine - September 2024
Farming for fun and food justice
Clark University - September 2024
Regional Environmental Council Farm Party Coming Up In Worcester
The Patch - August 2024
Local farmers markets help bring cheaper produce closer to home
Spectrum - August 2024
REC's YouthGROW program harvests food for community, teaching teens life lessons
Spectrum - July 2024
Worcester University Park Farmers Market Users In Market Season
The Patch - June 2024
Regional Environmental Council kicks off University Park Farmers Market
Spectrum News - June 2024
Worcester’s Regional Environmental Council Leverages MFTP Funds to Combat Food Insecurity
Franklin County Community Development Corporation - June 2024
Fielding a Farm Above Fenway Park
Blue Dot Living Boston - May 2024
Worcester youth decorate Grant Square Park plant boxes in light of recent gun violence
Spectrum News - May 2024
Worcester preschoolers visit a YouthGROW Farm
Spectrum News - May 2024
Farming Season In Worcester Underway After Annual Seedling Sort
The Patch - May 2024
Volunteers unload thousands of seedlings for Worcester school and community gardens
Spectrum News - May 2024
REC program gets preschoolers outside and gardening, focusing on food justice
Telegram & Gazette - May 2024
Record number to participate in Worcester's Earth Day clean-ups
The Worcester Guardian - April 2024
Worcester holds 34th annual Regional Environmental Council Earth Day clean ups
Spectrum News - April 2024
Worcester Earth Day Neighborhood Litter Cleanups Coming In April
The Patch - April 2024
Stacie Brimmage ‘24 MSW degree is a full circle accomplishment
Anna Maria College - March 2024
Annual Worcester Spring Plant Sale Supporting Urban Agriculture Begins
The Patch - March 2024
REC Worcester sees benefits of HIP at Winter Mobile Market
The Worcester Guardian - February 2024
Somerville Homeless Coalition awarded Sincere Foundation grant
The Somerville Times - January 2024
2023
Regional Environmental Council Awarded $50K Bank of America Grant
The Patch - November 2023
Project Bread provides grants to 9 local organizations to fight food insecurity
Mass Nonprofit News - November 2023
REC Receives $30,000 Grant to Fight Hunger
This Week in Worcester - November 2023
REC to Benefit from Project Bread's Community Investment Program
The Patch - November 2023
Farm Party In Worcester Supports Main South Youth, Food Programs
The Patch - September 2023
Rainy summer causing problems for many central Mass. farms
Spectrum - September 2023
REC Worcester’s YouthGROW farm program celebrates 20 years
MassLive - August 2023
Grown here: Farmers markets in Central Mass.
Telegram and Gazette - August 2023
Senior Speak 904 Regional Environmental Council
Internet Archive - July 2023
Beyond baseball: WooSox Farms, YouthGROW partner to provide fresh food for Worcester
Spectrum News 1 - July 2023
Worcester students learn the value of gardening with YouthGROW
Spectrum News 1 - June 2023
REC Worcester School Garden Program Shows Students Agrarian World
Patch - June 2023
REC Mobile Farmers Market back on the road to fight food insecurity
Spectrum News 1 - June 2023
Polar Park in Worcester helps feed community with rooftop vegetable garden
MassLive - June 2023
Julie Orozco to become executive director of Abby's House
Telegram and Gazette - June 2023
See the REC 2023 Farmers Markets Schedule
This Week in Worcester - June 2023
Community farmers markets sprouting up in June across Worcester County
Telegram and Gazette - June 2023
Worcester 2023 Farmers Markets: See Schedules, Locations
Patch - May 2023
Regional Environmental Council plans city-wide Earth Day cleanups April 22
Telegram and Gazette - April 2023
Worcester's Regional Environmental Council hosts Earth Day clean ups across the city
Spectrum News 1 - April 2023
Promoting diverse landscapes in local food accessibility
USDA Agricultural Marketing Service - March 2023
Learn to Plant and Harvest Fresh Vegetables in Early Spring
This Week in Worcester - March 2023
Farmers Market at the Tri-Community YMCA
Southbridge Community Television - January 2023
Worcesteria: Into the heart of history, A Seat at the Table
Telegram and Gazette - January 2023
2022
Newswires - December 2022
Giving Tuesday: 12 Worcester Nonprofits That Could Use Your Help
Patch - November 2022
5 Things You Need to Know Today in Worcester
This Week in Worcester - November 2022
Cultivating food justice, one garden at a time
Harvard Public Health - October 2022
GWCF grants $1.6M to 19 nonprofits to improve food insecurity
Worcester Business Journal - October 2022
US Rep. McGovern brings hunger up close to seats of power — again
Telegram and Gazette - October 2022
REC Farm Party Celebrates 50 Years of Positive Impact on Worcester
MassLive - October 2022
Local Leaders Attend White House Conference on Hunger
Spectrum News 1 - September 2022
5 Things You Need To Know Today In Worcester
This week in Worcester - September 2022
Project Bread helps connect healthy food to those who need it
Worcester Magazine - September 2022
Worcester’s Regional Environmental Council to celebrate 50 years with farm party
MassLive - September 2022
Growing both fresh food and leaders at YouthGROW in Worcester
Telegram and Gazette - August 2022
Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education - August 2022
'Deeply appreciative': United Way of Central Massachusetts Day of Caring set for Sept. 16
Telegram and Gazette - August 2022
Farmers market offers more than produce
Telegram and Gazette - August 2022
5 Things You Need To Know Today In Worcester
This week in Worcester - August 2022
Farmers markets in Central Mass.: Shopping, browsing and neighbors
Telegram and Gazette - August 2022
REC'S Mobile Farmer's Market produce prices are higher this year due to inflation
Spectrum News 1 - July 2022
5 Things You Need To Know Today In Worcester
This week in Worcester - July 2022
Table Hoppin': Strawberries first up in pick-your-own season
Telegram and Gazette - June 2022
Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce Podcast featuring the REC
Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce - June 2022
Country Bank - June 2022
Worcester Housing Authority residents receive free food for healthy meals
Spectrum News 1 - May 2022
5 Things You Need To Know Today In Worcester
This week in Worcester - May 2022
Regional Environmental Council sells plants to fund community garden programs [video]
Spectrum News 1 - May 2022
Health equity and racial justice grow alongside the vegetables at Massachusetts urban farms
New England Public Media - May 2022
REC and Edward Street Partner to help young children learn about gardening, food and nutrition
Edward Street - May 2022
UMass Memorial Garden Commercial
Umass Memorial - April 2022
Worcester Regional Chamber Of Commerce - April 2022
5 Things You Need To Know Today In Worcester - April 6
This Week In Worcester - April 2022
Worcester Regional Food Hub receives $3 million boost for Union Station headquarters
Telegram & Gazette - April 2022
Carbon emissions fall in Worcester, but more 'urgency' needed to fight climate change
Telegram & Gazette - April 2022
Clark to participate in worldwide climate teach-in March 18
ClarkNOW - March 2022
Pre-Order Seedlings from the Regional Environmental Council
This Week In Worcester - March 2022
Three U.S. Congressional Reps. in Worcester Roundtable on Hunger
This Week In Worcester - March 2022
This Week in Worcester: Winter Markets
This Week In Worcester - January 2022
Cultural Coalition - January 2022
Worcester food pantries managing to keep cupboards full, despite challenges
Worcester Magazine - January 2022
2021
New England Recipients of the 2021 USDA LAMP Grants
Farm to Institution New England - December 2021
Commonwealth Corps - November 2021
This weekend is Rec Worcester's final Farmer's Market of the season!
Discover CM Event Features - November 2021
Livability - November 2021
Mass Live - November 2021
Worcester Regional Food Hub is a perfect fit for ARPA funding
Telegram & Gazette - November 2021
Spectrum News 1 - November 2021
Worcester Common Oval outdoor ice rink reopens to enthusiastic skaters
Telegram & Gazette - November 2021
Spectrum News 1 - October 2021
Massachusetts Farm to School Newsletter
Massachusetts Farm to School - October 2021
Mass live - October 2021
Worcester farmers markets offer fresh produce for all budgets to target food insecurity
Telegram & Gazette - October 2021
Worcester among 10 in US to receive national award for programs that address public health
Telegram & Gazette - October 2021
The 2020-2021 Culture of Health Prize Winners
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation - October 2021
Redevelopment of Lagrange St. Approved
Telegram & Gazette - September 2021
WPI student launches breakfast stand to address food insecurity throughout Worcester
Telegram & Gazette - September 2021
Community rolls up sleeves for annual United Way Day of Caring
Telegram & Gazette - September 2021
Connell Sanders: Pay what you can to party on the YouthGROW farm
Telegram & Gazette - September 2021
Growing in the heart of Main South
Discover CM Event Features - August 2021
5 Things You Need To Know Today In Worcester - August 19
This Week In Worcester - August 2021
'Hope and joy': POW! WOW! Worcester underway with artists, murals to paint in Main South
Worcester Magazine - August 2021
Monano Art at UPark Farmers Market
Hulafrog - August 2021
Politics and the City: Food security delivered to mayor's agenda
Telegram & Gazette - August 2021
Growing School Garden Partnerships at North High School - The Dirt
The Dirt - August 2021
You're invited to Regional Environmental Council's Annual Farm Party Fundraiser!
Discover CM Event Features - August 2021
Redevelopment of Lagrange Street factories goes before Planning Board
Telegram & Gazette - August 2021
SHREWSBURY DAILY: What's Happening Today
The Shrewsbury Daily Patch - August 2021
Regional Environmental Council, Grace Sliwoski
Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce Podcast - August 2021
Worcester Zip Trip | Gets Real about Fighting Hunger
Boston 25 News - July 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 Magazine - 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 Magazine - 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
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 its 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.