If you are a parent with children in school, you have probably wondered why your child’s meals do not reflect the abundance of farms you pass every day. According to Heather Nieto-Friga, H for short, founder and CEO of SupplyChange, the answer is simple. The system that feeds our schools was built for national distributors, not local farms. And changing that system is exactly what she is doing. Spend even a few minutes talking with H and it becomes clear why she is able to change the sys

On Saturday, September 26, Eastdale Village Town Center will bring Italian community traditions to life in its own Palladino Piazza during a free full-day Ferragosto Celebration. From 11 am to 8 pm, Eastdale will transform its Italian-inspired Piazza into a lively festival filled with the sights and sounds of Italy, featuring authentic Italian food, live

She calls the business Flotsam, a maritime term for what floats to the surface after a shipwreck. The things left behind that still have somewhere to go. It is a fitting name for a studio built entirely on wood that someone else gave up on. Amy spent a decade at sea, most recently as a mate for the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Living in Boston between voyages, she kept noticing furniture put out on the streets for trash pickup.