GrowBoston is the City of Boston’s new Office of Urban Agriculture. The new office will be within the Housing Cabinet and will work to increase food production throughout Boston; develop and implement innovative food production strategies; provide technical assistance to prospective and existing gardens and farms; develop food production resources for gardeners, farmers, and other residents; and coordinate with other City departments to expand citywide urban agriculture. GrowBoston will also contribute to Boston’s efforts to mitigate and adapt to climate change while addressing injustices inherent in the current food system. The department’s main goal is to increase food production and support local food growers in Boston, including gardeners, farmers, beekeepers, and more. For more information, please visit https://www.boston.gov/news/food-and-urban-agriculture-initiatives-expanded
GrowBoston is excited to learn more about gardeners in Boston and how to serve them through future City programs. GrowBoston has created a survey and hopes to reach as many current and prospective Boston gardeners as possible. To support the growth of GrowBoston, please consider taking their survey and sending it along to friends and neighbors (gardeners and prospective gardeners alike). You can access the survey link here: https://tinyurl.com/growbostonsurvey
The survey takes 10-15 minutes to complete and the deadline to respond is Friday, May 27th, 2022. Please refer any questions to Kenzie Ballard at mckenzie.ballard@boston.gov.
