December 5, 2014 - Boston Flora

Holiday Gift Idea – Food Project Metro Boston Summer 2015 Box Share

December 5, 2014 by Boston Flora

All of The Food Project’s vegetables, herbs, and flowers are grown using sustainable growing methods. They do not use chemical fertilizers or pesticides and distributeÂ food within the local communities where they work.

Youth in the summer Seed Crews help grow and harvest the produce. Their mission is to create a thoughtful and productive community of youth and adults from diverse backgrounds who work together to build a sustainable food system.

The summer shares run from June through October and members receive 8-24 pounds of produce a week, with poundage increasing as the harvest grows. Certain sites are on-farm pickups with pick-your-own herbs, flowers and berries.

Metro Boston Summer 2015 Box Share
475.00 (regularly 500.00)

The summer box share runs for 20 weeks from June through October and consists of a weekly box of produce. Shareholders receive 4-18 pounds of produce each week.

Pick-up site: Choose from many options in and around Boston when you purchase.

Early-bird 5% discount through December 15, 2014, equivalent to one free week! To learn more, and to order, visit https://thefoodproject.squarespace.com/csa-farm-shares.

Monday, January 12, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm – Mutants in Our Midst: Darwin, Horticulture, and Evolution

December 5, 2014 by Boston Flora

Each year, Director William (Ned) Friedman and the Arnold Arboretum present the Directorâ€™s Lecture Series, featuring nationally recognized experts addressing an array of topics related to Earthâ€™s biodiversity and evolutionary history, the environment, conservation biology, and key social issues associated with current science. Lectures take place in the Hunnewell Building Lecture Hall. Parking will be available in front of the building and along the Arborway. Free. Member-only registration through December 15; general registration after December 15.

Ned Friedman, PhD, Director of the Arnold Arboretum and Arnold Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University will present the first talk on Monday, January 12, from 7 – 8:30. Although often overlooked as such, many of the horticultural varieties that we grow in gardens are premier examples of the ongoing process of evolution: random mutations that lead, on the rarest of occasions, to novel and desirable biological characteristics. Throughout his life, Charles Darwin (as well as other nineteenth century evolutionists) looked to the world of horticulture and plant domestication to gain critical insights into the generation of variation and the process of natural selection that underlie evolutionary change. Come see how horticulture played a central role in laying the foundations for discovering evidence of evolution as well as the process of evolution. Professor Ned Friedman will also argue that modern botanical gardens can and should become a leading force for the promotion of evolutionary thinking by highlighting the very kinds of mutations observed and described by Darwin as well as new examples of monstrosities and mutants that continue to be found in the Arboretum and other living collections around the world. Image from www.thunderboltkids.co.za.