Mayor Michelle Wu Highlights Success of Inaugural Cohort of Boston Climate Youth Corps
New citywide pilot led to 200+ youth being hired this summer to work in jobs focused on climate resilience, sustainability, and environmental justice at local green industry organizations
New MIT Farm initiative seeks to connect community members with agriculture
A weekly community-supported agriculture (CSA) “Fresh Food Bag” popup, and a modular miniature mobile farm prototype.
What Is The Future of EVs? They’re Still Charging Ahead
The future of EVs remains hopeful despite the Trump administration’s attacks on progress. Three EV owners give us insight into why a growing amount of people still want to buy them, still benefit from them, and remain dedicated to them.
A fungus for good: How mushrooms are solving problems in Mass.
Inside the historic Printers Building in downtown Worcester, hundreds of edible mushrooms are proliferating in a former storage room. Oyster, shiitake and lion’s mane species grow out of sawdust “fruiting” blocks under humidity tents, soon to make their way to people’s plates.
E. Boston resilience effort puts shoreline future in the hands of local youth
At an old, unused industrial site along the East Boston harbor, a new local effort is engaging local students to explore ways to make the shoreline more resilient.
New mushroom farm launched in Massachusetts
Eastie Farm held a soft launch of its new mushroom farm Friday, Aug. 15 at its 6 Chelsea Terrace location. Rep. Adrian Madaro was a guest at Eastie Farm’s Fungi Festivity, which was part of the Massachusetts Department of Agriculture’s (MDAR) Urban Agricultural Week and intended to educate the community and generate excitement about mushrooms.
Eastie Farm: Where the Ground Never Sleeps
Eastie Farm marked the first day of spring with a celebration of their innovative hydroponic growing system, showcasing sustainable urban agriculture practices and community engagement in East Boston.
Local farmers, food organizations in limbo after federal food grant program ends
A few years ago, Eastie Farm started giving away boxes of food sourced entirely from New England farmers. At first, roughly 50 people showed up to the East Boston lot each week. But soon word got out, and the number of families lining up quadrupled.
Mutual Aid Grows from a Community Garden in East Boston
On a chilly but sunny early April evening, it was a pleasant 65° inside the geothermal greenhouse at 6 Chelsea Terrace, where Joel Seidner was welcoming a handful of volunteers in for the weekly “work party” at Eastie Farm.
A sample of Eastie Farms’ press coverage and other mentions:
- New MIT Farm initiative seeks to connect community members with agriculture, The Tech, Oct 2025
- Local farmers, food organizations in limbo after federal food grant program ends, WBUR, June 2025
- Here’s How To Spend A Perfect Day in East Boston, featuring Eastie Farm, boston.com, August 2024
- Eastie Farm: Cultivating Education, Nurturing Communities, WPS Institute, April 2024
- Eastie Farm gets $1M to train young people for green jobs, NPR, Sept 27, 2023
- USDA Invests in Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production Effort in Boston, September 2023
- My visit to Eastie Farm, Liberty Mutual Foundation, June 2023
- Mayor Wu’s policies instill hope for mitigating the climate crisis. The Scope, April 14, 2023
- A green ribbon-cutting in a green greenhouse 🙂 (includes WBUR audio clips with quotes by Michelle Wu)
- As federal food benefits decline, Mass. food banks expect a surge. GBH Interview March 3, 2023
- Growing winter food – and community spirit – in a geothermal greenhouse, Christian Science Monitor, Feb 23, 2023
- Eastie Farm Has Plenty of Programs for Residents Newspaper article covering services Eastie Farm offers the East Boston Community Jan 18, 2023.
- How Do You Fight for Environmental, Climate, and Food Justice? Eastie Farm Offers a Recipe Union of Concerned Scientists blog on Eastie Farm’s multi-pronged approach to justice, Dec 20, 2022
- Channel 5 Interview of Eastie Farm following Earthshot (Prince William’s environmental award) invitation to Eastie Farm, Dec 11, 2022
- Year-Round Farming in Massachusetts? How the State Is Investing in Solutions, Civil Eats, Oct 2022
- A greenhouse grows in East Boston (audio only) (video), a documentary by East Boston High School youth, Zumix Youth, screened August 2022
- Community farming hitting new heights in one of Boston’s densest neighborhoods, Boston 25 News, July 2022
- Kannan interviewed by WCAT, May 2022
- “A Climate-friendly greenhouse goes up in East Boston.” WBUR
- “East Boston gets a new Greenhouse.” WBZ News
- “The Little Farm That Could.” Edible Boston
- “Boston’s Eastie Farm Builds Community and Resilience on the Front Lines of Climate Change.” Civil Eats
- “Eastie Farm: Building a More Resilient and Sustainable East Boston.” GBH Forum Network
- “New Community Gardens Planned for Mattapan, East Boston.” The Daily Free Press
- “Eastie Farm Celebration.” cityofboston.gov
- East Boston Times’ Coverage of Eastie Farm (search 40+ articles) East Boston Times
- “Janey and Eastie Farm Celebrate Growing Food and Building Community.”
- “Eastie Farms Has Been Doing Its Part Battling Eastie Inequities”
- “Eastie Farm and Tree Eastie Team up to Provide Rain Barrels to Residents”
- “Eastie Farm, Rep. Madaro Honor the Community Farm’s Youngest Volunteer”
- “Eastie Farms’ Thiruvengadam Named ‘Volunteer of the Year’”
- search for more coverage in East Boston Times (40+ articles)
- “Wang YMCA Eastie Farm brings Bon Me meals for BCNC families” bcnc.net
- “Boston Residents Honor Earth Day by ‘Growing Something Positive’ in Eastie Farm” citiesofservice.jhu.edu
- “Community Gardens, Green Space, and the Urban Heat Island Effect.” onewaterfront.thetrustees.org
- “The ICA Will Keep Distributing Fresh Food At The Watershed In East Boston” WBUR.org
- “Youth Brigade Aims To Close Tree Canopy Gap In East Boston.” WBUR.org
- “A Forthcoming East Boston Cafe Will Have a Zero-Waste Focus.” EATER Boston
- “Mattapan to get mini-forest with berry and nut trees; East Boston to get new community farm.” UniversalHub.com
- “Outside on the Eastside with Eastie Farm.” netimpactboston.org
- “East Boston Responds to Food Crisis.” Chris Lovett / BNN News via youtube.com
- “Learning about climate resilience and community along the East Boston waterfront.” onewaterfront.thetrustees.org
- “Soil and Survival Boston Forum Videos Released.” soil4climate.org
- “Climate Conversations: Science and Stories.” gbspr.org
- “Aquí y allá: juntos a la mesa.” comidacaseraproject.com
- “Expanding our reach.” gainingground.org
- “How an East Boston school community built a beautiful garden for — and with — their children.” schoolyardnews.com
- “Eastie Farm solicita licencia permanente para continuar con su servicio a la comunidad.” elheraldolatino.blog
- “Food Systems and Food Justice: Seeds of Change with Kannan Thiruvengadam of Eastie Farm.” Climate Action Now, Western MA via youtube.com
- “East Boston Activism for newcomers to the neighborhood.” Mariel Garcia