May 27, 2026: Fern Hill Film Dish

This weekend is the 20th anniversary of the Berkshire International Film Festival, celebrating on screens across the southern Berkshires and bringing filmmakers of all ages and from all over the globe to present their work over 4 days of showings, meetups and conversations. We speak with festival ex. director Kelly Vickery about the festival’s origins, and how it’s blossomed into this year’s lineup. We’ll also head to Buckland to explore the burgeoning agriculture at Fern Hill Farm, who’ve taken both new and old aspects to regenerative multi-generational farming. We speak with farmer Lindsay Allen about their alley cropping methods and how important trees are to the farm’s overall vision, and the things that urban farming has taught them about gathering the family together to work the land. Plus, Word Nerd Emily Brewster, senior editor at Merriam Webster sidesteps from some quirky restaurant slang into an exploration of the linguistic evolution of the word Dish, and some other dining terms that have taken similar journeys.