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Our editors selected our top stories of urban innovation to feature in our annual Solutions of the Year roundup.

The entrepreneurship initiative is aimed especially at the food industry.

In a vast array of media -- including ceramics, paper sculpture, metalwork and live plants -- 15 artists in 19 works explore divergent aspects of our food conundrum, and in particular, the growing disparity in the distribution of food resources around the world.

It’s been a Dorchester tradition for a quarter-of-a-century now and last week marked its triumphant return: Men of Boston Cook for Women’s Health, the largest fundraiser of the year to benefit Codman Square Health Center— after a two-year hiatus due to pandemic concerns— once again drew hundreds of people to eat, drink, dance, and network. Unlike most big “gala” events in

The typical site visit for higher-ups at the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) include muddy boots, rolling fields of wheat in the Midwest, or fruit-filled orchards in California, but this week the USDA came to Dorchester to promote the agency’s interest in an urban agriculture model underway at two sites in our neighborhood.

If finding a store location in Codman Square was as easy for Teresa Maynard as applying the frosting to her renowned cupcakes and other baked treats, she would be only a short walk from work and ready for a major expansion of her bakery. Though the commercial district in Codman Square has hit hard times in recent years compared to other business districts in Dorchester,

From tofu to rice to bean flours, companies across Maine are growing and manufacturing more products, as well as more of the products they already make.

From tofu to rice to bean flours, companies across Maine are growing and manufacturing more products, as well as more of the products they already make.

Chef Irene Li turned the closure of her Park Drive restaurant, Mei Mei, during the COVID-19 pandemic, into an opportunity to better serve her community

"We want to show the world how great, how premium the Caribbean American experience can be."