ORANGE One year after becoming a remote event due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the North Quabbin Garlic and Arts Festival will consist of a free pop-up marketplace on Sept. 18, rather than the full festivities, out of an abundance of concern over the.
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Seeds of Solidarity in Orange grows new education programs
Husband and wife Ricky Baruc and Deb Habib, of Seeds of Solidarity Farm and Education Center in Orange. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
A Seeds of Solidarity greenhouse brimming with fresh greens for the farm stand and other local markets like Quabbin Harvest, New Salem General Store and Petersham Country Store. CONTIBUTED PHOTO
Crops grown with no-till methods at Seeds of Solidarity Farm and Education Center in Oran CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Published: 4/20/2021 6:54:35 PM
ORANGE Seeds of Solidarity Farm and Education Center plans to launch its season of programs on Earth Day weekend.
Founding farmers Deb Habib and Ricky Baruc expect to offer a one-hour, free outdoor presentation called “Seed the Future: Planting Tips” starting at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday. Afterward, visitors are welcome to use a new interpretive map created by local artist and Seeds of Solidarity board member Phyllis Labanowski to explore a short self-guided tour
An array of educational institutions the government has handpicked to achieve global excellence have now been told they need to give regular appointments to only 60 per cent of their teachers, a move academics said would lower standards at these elite campuses.
Till now, all higher-education institutions were expected to appoint only regular teachers, though there was no hard and fast rule. Despite a recent trend of recruiting ad-hoc teachers, regular teachers now make up 80 to 95 per cent of the faculty strength at the best colleges and universities.
However, the University Grants Commission (UGC) last week notified the 60 per cent rule in an amendment to its regulations for deemed-to-be universities that have been granted Institute of Eminence status.