Community foundations work to improve the quality of life in a specific geographic region through philanthropy. One of the primary ways they accomplish this is by housing charitable funds established by various donors. They also work to build endowments th

BERKSHIRE GROWN VISION Berkshire Grown envisions a community where healthy farms define the open landscape, where a wide diversity of fresh, seasonal food and flowers continue to be readily available to everyone, and where we celebrate our agricultural bou

The CLT`s primary function is to buy or accept gifts of land and lease it back to members under a 99-year lease that is inheritable and automatically renewable. Through the 99-year land lease, the trust removes land from the speculative market and facilita

CRESS, stands for Conservation and Regional Exchange by Seed Savers. Since its inception in 1992, this program has been collecting and preserving cultivated food plants, -- germ plasm-- endemic or acclimated to this region. CRESS's main objective is to cre

Four Winds is a non-profit educational organization located at 4 Winds Farm, 110 Christian Hill Rd., Great Barrington, MA. Its mission is to serve the renewal of education and community through experiential learning, community based projects and Dialogue.

Housatonic RiverWalk represents a number of riverbank clean-up and trail building efforts by local volunteers. During the last seventeen years,2000 local residents have removed 365 tons of rubbish, wood waste, and construction debris from numerous sites on

... Inc. include preserving the 1,063-acre Greylock Glen at the base of

We of the Berkshires have a unique opportunity to reclaim the Housatonic River and to open avenues for everyone to enjoy this great natural resource. The release of PCBs into the Housatonic River from the GE plant has been the subject of intense debate. Be

Caring for the World`s Heritage Breeds The Heritage Breeds Conservancy, is a non-profit, tax-exempt corporation, with a farm located on 300 acres in Salisbury, CT. We work to conserve historic and endangered breeds of livestock and poultry and encourage pr

... is a diverse coalition of over 1,000 grassroots organizations from across