We in the Green Initiatives Staff team have been reading books about ethical, sustainable, healthy food, watching Food Inc and discussing all these great choices we can make regarding food.
Next step: where to find it. We’re all going to our local Copley Square farmers market on Friday May 20th. Join us if you can, and if not check out these resources.
Finding Local food around Boston: (more…)
Melissa Saggerer
When I started my vegetable garden in the spring of 2010, I swore I’d be the only “urban farmer” who could do so without having to
blog about it. Seems like these days every sprig of parsley grown within sight of concrete has to be documented. Well, here I am to wax poetic about my own sprigs.
I have a 4 ft by 40 ft raised bed on the south side of my house, and wanted to pay homage to my Sicilian great grandmother who was an actual farmer. What she would think of my efforts… I have to imagine her kind heavenly laughter. Early on, a neighbor asked if she could plant some herbs in a corner somewhere and our “community garden” was born. Rebecca’s sister raises horses, so our first activity was to rent a truck and fill it with manure. And hay (more…)
Alexis Rizzuto
GIST (Green Initiatives Staff Team) is starting a
number of environmental education opportunities for UUA staff, and we are going to begin with a recycling center tour in Charlestown.
Stay tuned for more information about what we hope to do and how we can accomplish it together.
Potted green beans on the porch of P&E… see our about page for more information on them!
Melissa Saggerer
Green Initiatives Staff Team