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Tag: The Food Project

  • Real Food Challenge Seeks Office Space

    Nina Mukherji is Director of Programs at Real Food Challenge (www.realfoodchallenge.org), and has contacted us with a request. Currently located in Dorchester, they are looking for any space in the Boston that could be the new home office of Real Food Challenge. Real Food Challenge is a network of college and university students organizing to shift food the food at their schools to fair and sustainable sources, collectively creating a better food economy.

    “We have a small core staff and over a dozen organizing fellows around the country. We are growing and moving out of our parent organization, The Food Project, to a new fiscal sponsor, Third Sector New England. As part of the transition, we are looking for a new office space to accommodate 4 full time staff people and up to 5 part-time staff/organizers/interns.”

    Requirements are a central location, accessible to folks on Green, Orange, and Red lines (Downtown, Chinatown, Back Bay, Fenway, Longwood, Harvard Square. Parts of JP or Lower Roxbury)
    800-1000 square feet
    3-4 rooms
    One room that is large enough for 6-8 people to meet in
    A phone connection
    DSL or Cable for wireless
    Access to a kitchen space (nice, but not necessary)
    Windows
    Not too expensive– they’re a small, lean, movement-building machine!

    If you have any suggestions, contact Nina at 617-997-8440, or email her at mukherjin@gmail.com.

  • Selvin Chambers Named Executive Director of The Food Project

    After an exhaustive nine-month nationwide search, the Board of Trustees has selected Selvin Chambers as The Food Project’s new executive director.

    Selvin is a visionary leader who brings to The Food Project deep experience in civic engagement, youth development, and family services, and has received numerous commendations for his community involvement. During his recent four-year tenure as executive director of the Elizabeth Peabody House in Somerville, Mass., Selvin worked with his Board of Directors to establish a management and organizational structure with a clear governance protocol, steward important fundraising relationships, build strong corporate and community partnerships, create a much-needed food pantry, strengthen programs, and balance community need with strategic growth and resources.

    A native of Cambridge, Mass., Selvin’s career has spanned the nonprofit and government sectors. He has served in various capacities at City Year programs around the country, as well as headed up youth and family services departments for the cities of Boston and Cambridge. He holds a degree in sociology from Fitchburg State University, is a graduate of the Initiative on Diversity in Civic Leadership program of Suffolk University, and holds a certificate in nonprofit management from Boston University’s Institute for Nonprofit Management and Leadership.

    Selvin is honored to have been selected and is eager to get started at The Food Project, learning about our various programs and community initiatives and meeting the many people who help make The Food Project, which has received grants from The Garden Club of the Back Bay in the past, such a success. For more information on The Food Project, visit www.thefoodproject.org

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  • Tuesday, May 24 – Bounty Bucks 5% Day at Whole Foods

    On Tuesday, May 24, Whole Foods Market’s three Boston stores are holding a 5% Day for the benefit of The Food Project’s Boston Bounty Bucks program.  Five percent of the day’s net sales from each store will be donated to support low-income people’s ability to buy fresh, locally grown produce at participating farmers’ markets throughout Boston.  The Food Project has been a past recipient of grants from The Garden Club of the Back Bay as well. For more information, visit www.thefoodproject.org.

  • Saturday, June 4, 10:00 a.m. – Fruit Tree Pruning Workshop

    The Shirley-Eustis House, a National Historic Landmark house museum and carriage house in Roxbury, Massachusetts is pleased to announce another fruit tree pruning workshop on Saturday, June 4, 2011.  As part of the Boston Orchard Program, The Shirley-Eustis House is partnering with Boston Natural Areas Network and The Food Project to bring you this free pruning workshop where you will learn how and when to make pruning cuts that will boost fruit production and improve the health of local trees. Ben Crouch, sole proprietor of Jamaica Plain’s Land of Plenty Gardens will provide information and hands-on demonstrations about pruning at the Shirley-Eustis House Orchards located at 33 Shirley Street in Roxbury.

    This free program, for everyone interested in learning more about protecting their trees, will begin at 10 a..m. Reservations are required by Thursday, June 2. Contact the Shirley-Eustis House at 617-442-2275 or email at governorshirley@gmail.com. You may also contact Boston Natural Areas Network at 617-542-7696 or email them at info@bostonnatural.org.

  • Monday, March 21, 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm – Growing a Garden City

    So perhaps you’ve never heard of Jeremy Smith or his lovely book Growing a Garden City. You have, however, probably heard of Jane Goodall–she of the chimps and her eponymous Institute that focuses on sustainability education around the world. It turns out that Jane Goodall has heard of Jeremy Smith and, in fact, liked his book so much that she had the following to say about it: “I love this book. It proves that every one of us, and every patch of soil, can make a difference. The way we connect with nature, with our food, and with each other can change the world.”

    Not too shabby, huh? Growing a Garden City describes the efforts of regular folks in Missoula, Montana to use local agriculture to not only make their town more sustainable but also more of a true community.

    Given that many people in and around Boston are undertaking similar efforts, Slow Food Boston is  delighted to have the opportunity to host Jeremy on Monday March 21st  at Voltage Coffee & Art in Kendall Square. The program will be more lecture than reading as Jeremy provides practical advice from the book and his experiences about how all of us can follow in Missoula’s footsteps. Several folks from The Food Project will also be joining us to discuss their efforts here in Boston. The event will begin at 6PM and run for approximately 90 minutes. The cost will be $5, paid in advance please, by logging on to www.slowfoodboston.com/events, where you will also find directions to Voltage.

  • 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.