Greenfield Public Library and the LAVA Center present Rising River's Edge: The Climate Crisis in Franklin County, a short documentary looking at the impacts of the climate crisis on the food systems of Franklin County, one of the poorest and most rural counties in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and how these systems and the people behind them are coping with unpredictable weather.

Presented by filmmakers:

• Clara Witty, Co-Coordinater, the LAVA Center
• Matthew Barlow, Humanities Co-Ordinator, the LAVA Center
• Hugh Finnerty, filmmaker
• Rebeca Rideout, owner, Told Video.

This project was funded with grant funds provided by the Greenfield and Massachusetts Cultural Councils, Greening Greenfield, the LAVA Center, and Mass Humanities and is free and open to the public.