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The Nightingale Gardens farmers combined efforts with the Trustees and Dorchester Food Co-Op to stage their annual harvest party last Sunday (Oct. 1) in the garden on Park Street near Codman Square. The garden is decades old and boasts numerous plots for those looking to grow food or to just get their hands dirty. Elnora Thompson, who started gardening there in the 1980s, runs

The funding will support community-led agriculture projects. The Mayor’s Office of Housing announced a significant investment of more than $300,000 in funding

On Oct. 1, Mayor Michelle Wu and community gardening and farm activists from around the city gathered at the Boston Housing Authority’s Franklin Field Elderly development on Ames Street in Dorchester to celebrate the announcement of the GrowBoston: Office of Urban Agriculture’s Advisory Board. The mayor used the occasion to also announce $600,000 in Grassroots Program funding

Fresh carrots and ripe tomatoes have been welcome neighbors for Marlon Henry and his son, Malachi, who live just down the street from Mattapan’s Fowler Clark Epstein Farm on Norfolk Street. For them, the farm is a constant in their neighborhood and a weekly source of fresh food over the last seven years since it opened. At times, Malachi has gone to the Farm to learn about