NEW YORK, Sept. 8 -- The Columbia University School of the Arts issued the following news: * * * Columbia Playwrights Commissioned for Civic Initiative, 'Women+ on the Edge of Democracy,' to be Performed Live in Vermont in October, 2026 By Emily Hollander September 08, 2026 Burlington, Vermont's premiere performing arts center, the Flynn, is partnering with the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize to publish new 10-minute plays and monologues on the state of American democracy by past winners of the  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service issued Economic Information Bulletin 305, 'Local Food Procurement Pathways: Key Drivers of Farm to School Participating Authorities Buying Directly From Farmers,' by D. Adeline Yeh, Ashley Spalding, Christine Sauer, Pratyoosh Kashyap, Ashley Chaifetz, Becca B. R. Jablonski and Zoe Plakias. Issued in September 2026, the report finds that school food authorities participating in farm-to-school activiti  more