Date & Room Location:
Saturday, September 11th, 2010, 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Room assignment TBA
This Panel will focus on how non food centered organizations are incorporating food into the their work to continue and further their central goals. We are using four different examples to give a wide range of possibilities. We will also point out the how structural racism interacts with and can be transformed through these various methods.
The Trustees of Reservation is the largest land trust in Massachusetts and has begun to incorporate food as a way to further their project of conserving natural spaces. Most notably partnering with Nuestras Raices, the City Harvest Program and others.
The Food Security Round Table has connected Mothers on the Move and farmers to get fresh local food into urban areas where it isn't available. ReVision Urban Farm, a Revision House, a home for women and children, is utilizing the CSA model and market growing to develop job skills and income for residents.
A collaboritive effort between several organizations with Boston Workers’ Alliance staff Hakim Cunningham and volunteer Patrick Keaney taking a lead role in revitalizing the urban gardening experience. Along side members of Rising Tide, they cleaned and removed debris from the 20 Leyland St Community Garden Site and was helpful in bringing four garden plots back to life with the permission from Boston Natural Areas Network. With the help of Pensy Carleton the garden steward the members of Boston Workers’ Alliance and Rising Tide made a significant impact on the site. This Urban Gardening Project has many players, BNAN, GFCAC, Rising Tide, The Food Project, B.W.A and a number of other organizations willing to help bring back the urban garden around Boston.
Click here for Andrea Godshalk's Bio, Henry Harris's Bio, Matthew Kochka's Bio & Hakim Cunningham's Bio.
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