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We’ve moved!
Posted by admin on July 7, 2009 at 3:44 pm
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You’re currently viewing The Food Project’s old blog. As part of our website relaunch in July 2009, we moved active blogging to http://thefoodproject.org/blog.

This site will be kept active indefinitely as an archive. All new posts will be at the above address. If you were subscribed to our blog feed, your reader should have been automatically redirected to the new feed.

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APPLY NOW for your own raised bed garden!
Posted by Danielle Andrews on July 6, 2009 at 4:14 am
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On Monday, June 30th, Food Project interns worked alongside DSNI (Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative) youth to unload wood milled in Orange, MA to build 200 build-a-garden beds over the course of the next year.

Thanks to the Department of Conservation who drove the wood in and moved it off the truck, dealing with low lying wires and narrow streets! In just over an hour the wood was safely tucked away, and we
are gearing up to start building beds this coming Monday with our interns.

We are looking for more people to build gardens for over the course of the summer and fall. Help us spread the word! More information is available here:

http://www.thefoodproject.org/agriculture/Internal1.asp?ID=601

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New plot in Lynn
Posted by Bob Burns on June 9, 2009 at 1:33 pm
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This season, we have partnered with Oasis Development to start a new farm site in downtown Lynn. The new land is located on Munroe Street, which also houses The Food Project North Shore office.

The 1/4 acre lot is highly visible and is already starting to bring more excitement to downtown Lynn. We will be working on this project throughout the season and will be growing more food for our Lynn Central Square Farmers Market & Hunger Relief donations and we will be providing more community garden space for residents of the downtown Lynn area.

Additionally, we would like to highlight Brick Ends Farm for their compost donation & Eastern Tree Services for the woodchips! Pictured are volunteers from General Electric, preparing beds for planting.

We are excited about this new project and invite you to come visit us the next time you are in the North Shore!

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New Partnership for Health!
Posted by admin on May 27, 2009 at 3:42 pm
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As part of a new marketing campaign to promote the  Mass General/North Shore Center for Outpatient Care opening in Danvers this June, The Food Project is partnering with the North Shore Medical Center to help advance good health on the North Shore of Massachusetts.

“Every time a person clicks on the new Outpatient Care Center website, it will help support a donation to The Food Project,” says Laura Fleming, Director of Marketing and Public Relations.  “Our goal is to both build awareness for our new facility in Danvers and give something back to the community.”

The Food Project’s North Shore site consists of three farms in Beverly, Ipswich and Lynn.  Together, they are the site for our North Shore youth development work, where we  hire 30  youth each summer to be a part of our Summer Youth Program.  These youth will grow food and distribute it through farmers’ markets in Lynn, Gloucester, and Marblehead,  a Community Supported Agriculture program, and through donations to hunger relief organizations on the North Shore.

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And we have a winner!
Posted by Jen James on May 18, 2009 at 2:18 pm
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Chris Burns from Lincoln is the lucky winner of the 2009 Harley Davidson Road King Classic motorcycle.  Thanks to all of you who bought tickets and supported three local farms:  Codman Community Farms, The Farm School and The Food Project.  An extremely big thank you goes to Chef Peter Davis of Henrietta’s Table who helped sell a bunch of tickets for us.

Alex Attia, general manager of The Charles Hotel, reading the winner's name.

Alex Attia, general manager of The Charles Hotel, reading the winner's name.

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2009 City Farm Fest
Posted by Kathleen Banfield on April 21, 2009 at 3:09 pm
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Kick the spring season off with The Food Project’s annual City Farm Fest!

When: Saturday, May 2, 2009, 11:00 am – 3:00 pm
Location: West Cottage Farm, at intersection of West Cottage & Brook Ave, Dorchester

Highlights at this year’s event include:

- Great food and music
- A plant and seed sale
- A 12:30pm Workshop: How to plant your raised bed garden
- Compost giveaway (delivery within 1-mile only and advanced sign up required)
- A demonstration on composting
- Information on planting and caring for fruit trees (by Earthworks)

Please contact Kathleen with questions: 617-442-1322 ext 12 or

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Want a Harley? Enter to win!
Posted by Jen James on March 31, 2009 at 8:41 pm
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Innovative ways to donate
Posted by Jen James on March 19, 2009 at 8:14 am
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Great post here about donating stocks to your charity of choice.  Since you’re reading this, I can assume The Food Project is one of yours.  There are many ways to help non-profits besides cash donations.  We’re always looking for volunteers and not just for the farm.

In-kind donations, where one gives something they have or a service they can provide for free, are common as well.  We’ve gotten trucks, fax machines, frequent flier miles, rain gear, cameras and mini-vans all from generous donors like you.  Our current wish list includes:

  • pick-up truck for our new North Shore farm in Ipswich, MA
  • frequent flier miles so our youth can travel to conferences around the U.S.
  • digital cameras to document our work
  • laminate flooring for our Lynn office

These items may look big or small to you, but remember that each dollar that we don’t have to spend on these items, goes right towards delivering quality programs that put youth to work growing food for those in need in Boston and on the North Shore.

Please consider The Food Project as you think of supporting non-profits and be creative in the ways you can help!

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TFP Youth in a WGBH Film Series
Posted by Jen James on March 9, 2009 at 10:13 am
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Keely Curliss, a youth from our Summer Youth Program on the North Shore  and currently in DIRT Crew (Dynamic, Intelligent, Responsible Teenagers),  has participated in a WGBH-sponsored film series entitled, “Reel Native”.  Check out her  film about being a member of the Nipmuc tribe.

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What are you doing today, about local food?
Posted by admin on January 29, 2009 at 12:14 pm
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It’s a simple question really.  What are you, dear reader, doing today, to create more opportunities for folks to eat locally-grown, healthy food? Whether you’re growing it yourself or purchasing local food from a farmer or neighborhood grocer, it’s easy to do your part to support the local food movement.

Will you go to a farmers’ market?

Will you sign up for a CSA?

Will  you go to a restaurant that features local food?

Will you ask your local grocer to stock more local food?

Will you eat something from your own garden or farm?

Will you cook from your winter CSA share?

Let us know–we want to hear from you!

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