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  • Saturday, September 20, 11:00 am – 2:00 pm – Shindig at Baker Bridge

    On Saturday, September 20, please join The Food Project’s trustees, staff, and youth for a fresh, new version of our Big Shindig fundraiser, re-imagined as a self guided culinary and interactive experience on Lincoln’s Baker Bridge Farm. Show you support for three decades of building a more sustainable and just food system for all. Celebrate and support this transformative work.

    At the Baker Bridge Farm, The Food Project stewards 31 acres of conservation land in Lincoln, MA) approximately 15 miles outside of Boston), growing vegetables, herbs, flowers, and cover crops. Much of the food grown here supports our food access initiatives in Boston’s Dudley neighborhood, supplementing the produce grown on our urban farms. This produce is distributed to our SNAP/HIP-accessible farmers’ market on the Dudley Town Common, donated to several hunger relief organizations, and sold through The Food Project’s CSA farm share.

    Drive by the Baker Bridge Farm on a summer day and you’ll see dozens of teenagers, hailing from Acton to Boston and everywhere in between, who have come together to work towards the shared purpose of growing food. These young people gain hands-on experience with sustainable agriculture while participating in workshops about food justice and sustainable agriculture, leading volunteers on the farm, and exploring innovative ways to expand food access.

    Operation of this site is made possible through a continuing partnership with the Town of Lincoln’s Conservation Commission. The Food Project has been farming in Lincoln since 1992 and working at this plot of land since 1998.  Illustration below courtesy of Abby Shepard Studio.

  • Thursday, September 9, 7:00 pm – The Virtual Big Shindig

    Thursday, September 9, 7:00 pm – The Virtual Big Shindig

    Register today and join The Food Project for The Virtual Big Shindig on Thursday, September 9 at 7:00 pm.
    Register by August 25 and have the option to receive a local cocktail and snack box, and get VIP admission to an outdoors, pre-event happy hour of your choice. Register at www.thefoodproject.org

    Happy Hours will be held on both our Lynn and Boston farms.
    September 9, 3:00 – 5:00pm.

  • The Garden Club of the Back Bay Announces 2017 Grants

    At the Annual Meeting of The Garden Club of the Back Bay on May 8, the membership approved the following grants for fiscal year 2017. These grants, given to organizations whose mission closely tracks our own, are in addition to $20,000 allocated directly to neighborhood tree care.  We thank all our volunteers and supporters, who make the magic happen.  Image courtesy of www.tclf.org. The following list is in alphabetical order:

    Arnold Arboretum: $1,500 for the Campaign for the Living Collections, to collect and preserve plants of critical conservation value.

    Blossom Fund of the Boston Committee of the Garden Club of America: $500

    Boston Nature Center/Mass Audubon: $4,000, to support scholarships for their summer camp.  Children range in age from 5 – 14 and are from local neighborhoods of Mattapan, Roslindale and Jamaica Plain.

    Charles River Clean Up Boat: $2,000

    Commonwealth Avenue Mall Committee: $5,000 for its tree care program, including Dutch elm disease monitoring and soil improvement.

    Emerald Necklace Conservancy: $2,500, to the Olmsted Tree Society for planting a pathway tree.

    Esplanade Association: $5,000, for the 2017 critical tree maintenance program, allocated to pruning.

    Friends of Copley Square: $1,500 for treating trees for root stress, and for fertilizer and fungicide.

    Friends of the Public Garden: $5,000 for tree care and preservation of the historic elms planted on Commonwealth Avenue in the block west of Massachusetts Avenue.

    Food Project: $2,000 for building raised bed gardens for Boston residents and community centers.

    Mothers Out Front: $1,000 for educating the public on the effects of gas leaks on trees in the urban landscape.

  • Wednesday, August 3 – Friday, August 5 – The Food Project Summer 2016 Institute

    Many people come to The Food Project during the summer and are inspired by the beautiful, healthy food, and highly motivated, diverse teens working with passion towards a common mission. It seems to flow effortlessly. The truth is… summers are the complementary outcome of the other half of the year when they run vibrant youth programs such as the Dirt and Root Crews and plan for the following summer.

    During this Summer/Fall season, our Seed Crew, Dirt Crew, and Root Crew are fully engaged in the growing season. They are deepening their knowledge and taking action to create a sustainable and just food system. These lessons and actions are dynamic and “real-time” at shelters, farmers’ markets, greenhouses, in workshops they facilitate, and in the powerful feedback sessions with their peers and supervisors.

    At the Summer Institute, you will experience:

    Summer season planning and program design
    The opportunity to work with youth and hear about their work
    In-depth conversations with The Food Project staff
    The opportunity to network with and learn from your peers

    And you will learn:

    How to build a tiered youth development program
    How to mobilize and motivate teens year-round
    The foundations and planning for strong summer programs

    For more information on the Summer Institute, please email institute@thefoodproject.org or call 781-259-8621 x29 to speak with Cindy Davenport, Director of Programming and Institutional Learning.  $430 fee.  Register at www.thefoodproject.org/institute

  • Garden Club of the Back Bay Announces 2016 Grants

    At the Annual Meeting of The Garden Club of the Back Bay held at the College Club on May 16, the membership voted to award the following grants to a group of worthy recipients whose projects fulfill our mission to protect, beautify and educate.  In addition, we again commit $20,000 for tree care in our neighborhood.

    Commonwealth Avenue Mall Committee – $5,000 for its tree care program, Dutch elm disease monitoring, and soil improvement.

    Friends of the Public Garden – $5,000 for inoculation of certain mature  elm street trees not located on the Mall, planted beyond Massachusetts Avenue.

    The Esplanade Association – $4,000 allocated to tree pruning.

    Boston Nature Center/Mass Audubon – $3,500 to support scholarships for BNC’s summer camp program for children ages 5 – 14, from local neighborhoods of Mattapan, Roslindale, and Jamaica Plain.

    Emerald Necklace Conservancy – $2,500 to the Olmsted Tree Society for planting a pathway tree.

    The Food Project – $2,000 for its Build A Garden Program, building raised bed gardens for neighborhood residents and community centers in and around Dorchester.

    Charles River Clean Up Boat – $2,000 for continued operational expenses.

    Friends of Copley Square – $1,500 for treating trees for root stress, with fertilizer and fungicide.

    The Boston Committee of the Garden Club of America, Inc. – $500 to the Blossom Fund in support of the 9.2 mile Fairmount Indigo Corridor Planting Project.

    Please click on to the links above, where available, to read more about these organizations and specifically the projects which we are helping to fund.  The Garden Club thanks all our supporters who, through donations and patronage of our fund raising efforts, allow us to share our money and expertise in a substantial way.

  • Saturday, May 11, 10:00 am – 3:00 pm – City Farm Fest

    The Food Project is pleased to announce City Farm Fest, a celebration of the beginning of spring and the start of the growing season! Please join us on Saturday, May 11 at the Dudley Greenhouse in Roxbury for seedling, compost, and garden materials sales; soil testing and consultations; children’s activities; and more. Enjoy fun and friends at the Dudley Greenhouse, get advice and materials for your garden, and enjoy some tasty food from one of Boston’s finest food trucks. We will be accepting cash, credit, and debit for all sales and EBT for seedling sales.

    The Food Project will be partnering with the Boston University Superfund Research Group (BUSRP) to offer FREE SOIL TESTING to the public during City Farm Fest. Soil sampling and soil health consultations will begin at 10:00 a.m. and continue until 3:00 p.m. Click here for instructions on how to collect and prepare a soil sample from your garden for testing.

    Planning to buy seedlings for your garden?  Seedlings will be sold in singles, 4-packs, and 6-packs, and will cost $3 per package.  For more information email buildagarden@thefoodproject.org.

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  • Saturday, March 13 – Longwood Symphony Orchestra Benefit Concert for The Food Project

    Founded in 1982, The Longwood Symphony Orchestra is recognized as a unique model of community engagement.  The group uses its performances to raise both funds and awareness through its healing Art of Music ™ program.  On Saturday, March 13, at the New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall, the Longwood Symphony Orchestra will hold a concert benefiting The Food Project.  Tickets will be available for $40 per individual.  $100 will buy a ticket to the concert and a pre-concert reception.  $250 will purchase a ticket to the concert and reception, as well as two tickets for Food Project youth and/or members of their families.  For more information, or to reserve tickets, email events@thefoodproject.org.

  • Saturday, October 24 – Boston CROP Hunger Walk

    The Union United Methodist Church is hosting the first ever CROP Walk (Communities Responding to Overcome Poverty) on October 24. It’s a six-mile walk through the South End, Roxbury and Jamaica Plain to raise funds for local hunger relief and anti-poverty programs, including The Food Project! For more information, or to donate online, visit http://www.churchworldservice.org/bostonma.

    CROP Hunger Walks help children and families worldwide — and right here in the U.S. — to have food for today, while building for a better tomorrow. Each year some two million CROP Walkers, volunteers, and sponsors put their hearts and soles in motion, raising over $16 million per year to help end hunger and poverty around the world — and in their own communities.

  • Mondays, July 6, 13, 20, 27, August 3 & 10 – Lunch with The Food Project

    The Food Project ( a past recipient of Garden Club of the Back Bay grants) invites you to join them for lunch on summer Mondays between 12:30 – 1:30.  Each Community Lunch features the culinary creation of a local chef and highlights produce harvested fresh from the farms.  Please come and enjoy a farm-fresh meal right on the land where it is grown.  And, while you dine, Food Project interns will talk about their work.  The lunches take place in two locations:  Baker Bridge Farm on Route 126 in Lincoln: July 6, July 13, and August 3, and on the West Cottage Street Farm in Boston on July 20, July 27 and August 10.  $15 reserves your seat (seating is limited).  RSVP today: 781-259-8621 x30, or email events@thefoodproject.org.

  • Sunday, March 22, 3 pm – Food Project Benefit Concert

    You are invited to a family concert by the Solar Winds Quintet featuring Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf on Sunday, March 22, 3 pm, at the First Parish Unitarian-Universalist Church of Watertown, 35 Church Street, near Watertown Square.  $20 individual, $30 families.  For more information contact Charlyn Bethell, 617-744-1987 or email urbeth@rcn.com.  The Food Project is a past recipient of a grant from The Garden Club of the Back Bay