Natick's "A Place to Turn" Needs Help to Help Families, and Forest Landowners in MA Fight Climate Change

For decades, A Place to Turn in Natick has provided families in need in Boston's Metrowest with a respectful, stigma-free place to obtain food, toiletries, and other critical items to get by. With inflation soaring and the economy struggling, now, the food pantry is finding itself with empty shelves for the first time in a long time. Joanne Barry, Executive Director of A Place to Turn, joins Nichole to talk about their mission and how you can help them get through a summer that's been tough for so many. Landowners in Central and Western Massachusetts, along with parts of New York and Vermont, have a very special capability to help fight climate change. The "Family Forest Carbon Program", a joint venture from the Nature Conservancy and American Forest Foundation, offers family landowners annual payments to help put climate-friendly forest management practices in place on their land to promote carbon sequestration. Richard Campbell, the National Director for Landowner Management for the Program, explains the process of carbon sequestration, talks about the benefit of carbon credits, and has information for family landowners who might want to get involved.