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Basket of gala apples

New community gardens planned for Mattapan, East Boston

Taylor Brokesh March 9, 2021
The pair of gardens will follow two different models of urban farming: one will be a food forest, the other a community farm.
People looking to take a break from city life while staying in the Greater Boston area may want to visit Allandale Farm in Chestnut Hill. COURTESY OF ALLANDALE FARM

Fun Boston Halloween activities, businesses to support this fall

Sarah Wager October 9, 2020
Partake in all the fall festivities Boston has to offer this season, from cider sipping to spooky spectacles.
As part of Boston University's First Year Student Outreach Project (FYSOP), a group of freshmen students visited the Boston Medical Center's rooftop farm this summer to help with the clearing and planting of crops. PHOTO COURTESY OF CATRIN TRUDGILL

FYSOP partners with BMC rooftop farm, educates community about sustainable food cultivation

Minali Prasad September 6, 2018

At ground level, the Boston Medical Center appears as a vast, brick building, yet atop the roof sits rows of colorful vegetables and leafy greens. Red tomatoes on vines, green peppers, cucumbers and...

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