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

Baker-Polito Administration Announces $28.5 Million in Available Funding for FY24 Food Security Infrastructure Grants 

           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

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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 

Commissioner’s Weekly Update

           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 commercial 

           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

Chamber Exchange: Earth Day

           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

WAC Newsletter Market Update

           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 Newsletter  

           Commonwealth  Corps - November 2021

This weekend is Rec Worcester's final Farmer's Market of the season!

           Discover CM Event Features - November 2021 

Livability, Worcester MA 

           Livability - November 2021

United Way of Central Massachusetts announces organizations that won $1 million Worcester Community Challenge

           Mass Live - November 2021

Worcester Regional Food Hub is a perfect fit for ARPA funding

           Telegram & Gazette - November 2021 

Worcester Community Action Council among 14 programs and agencies to win United Way's Community Challenge

           Spectrum News 1 - November 2021 

Worcester Common Oval outdoor ice rink reopens to enthusiastic skaters

           Telegram & Gazette - November 2021

Project Bread and Regional Environmental Council are raising more awareness for food justice and local access [video]

           Spectrum News 1 - October 2021 

Massachusetts Farm to School Newsletter

           Massachusetts Farm to School - October 2021

‘A win-win’: Farmers, advocates call for state to make permanent a program that allows 100,000 people to use SNAP benefits at farmer’s markets

           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

Pow! Wow! Worcester’s fifth art festival will focus on amplifying youth voices in Main South neighborhood

           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

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