Urban Farming Institute buys Mattapan's Fowler Clark Epstein Farm
The Fowler Clark Epstein Farm offers affordable freshly grown produce and community wellness programs.
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The Fowler Clark Epstein Farm offers affordable freshly grown produce and community wellness programs.
The Urban Farm Institute of Boston (UFI) announced Friday that it had purchased the historic Fowler Clark Epstein Farm in Mattapan.
Residents describe Mattapan as a center of Black life in Boston. A residential neighborhood in the south part of the city, it's been largely untouched by the kind of development changing the face of so much of Boston.
Between scenic shots of the High Speed Trolley clicking through the falling snow, of water rushing along the lush banks of the Neponset, and of the Blue Hill Avenue streetscape, teen film director Moses Sibley of the Mattapan Teen Center (MTC) located the pulse of the people of Mattapan and put it on film in “Mattapan The Documentary,” which has become the talk of the
The farmers market summer season has returned in Dorchester and Mattapan. Michael J. Zayas, the program coordinator for Greater Ashmont Main Street, said that the markets give communities “a great opportunity to speak directly with people that are growing your food.” He added that the Ashmont Farmers Market, which takes place on Saturdays, has become “a hub for the community