Eastie Farm’s 2025 Free Food Programming
Written by Morgan Barlin, 12/12/2025 This growing season, Eastie Farm donated 22,920 pounds of free food: fruits, vegetables, eggs, and even turkeys to neighbors in need. According to the USDA…
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Reflections from the 2025 Massachusetts Food System Forum
Written by Christine Berlingeri On Friday, November 21, 2025, the annual MA Food System Forum convened at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, MA, bringing together farmers, community-food…
The Healthy Incentives Program (HIP), a program within SNAP, is back to monthly tiered benefits!
As of September 1, 2025 Healthy Incentives Program (HIP) has returned to their monthly tiered benefits structure! Haven’t heard of HIP before? HIP is a program that helps Massachusetts SNAP…
Morgan’s Experience at the Resilience and Resistance: Cross Pollinating Food Movements Food Systems Conference
In June, I had the pleasure of attending the Resilience and Resistance: Cross Pollinating Food Movements Food Systems Conference in Portland, Oregon. Eastie Farm is a grantee of a 4-year…
Exploring the Future of Food: My Experience at the 2024 MA Food System Forum
Eastie Farm’s Produce for the People Team attended the Massachusetts Food System Forum, hosted by the Massachusetts Food System Collaborative, on December 17th. Hear from Michael Zayas, our food team…
How to subscribe to Eastie Farm’s 2025 CSA: A Step by Step Guide
Need help navigating all of Eastie Farm’s CSA share options? We’ll walk you through the steps to subscribing to our CSA. Make sure to check out our CSA FAQ’s on…
Why We Need to Support Local Farms
Do you buy your groceries from a supermarket? How much of that food is grown and produced in Massachusetts? Is it easy to find out where it was produced? Are…
Building a rain garden to celebrate Earth Day
To celebrate Earth Day, our Climate Corps Fellows work at the Mary Ellen Welch Greenway to improve the rain garden. The greenway is prone to flooding in the low-lying areas,…
Eastie Farm connects local farmers and low-income families, becoming a food justice bridge
East Boston non-profit celebrates the completion of implementing a $539K USDA grant that supported New England farmers and food-insecure families in the Environmental Justice community of East Boston With cumbia…