Mutual Aid Fund
for East Boston and Chelsea Eastie Farm is no longer for fiscal sponsor for Mutual Aid Eastie. We will not be collecting any funds for Mutual Aid Eastie. For MAE…
Eastie Farm helps with Rapid Response and Food Aid during COVID outbreak
To help support food insecure families in the neighborhood, a few members from the Eastie Farm team arranged the pickup of a few hundred pounds of protein for free distribution.…
Free Seeds!
Food insecurity is an increasing problem in our community and especially so now with the coronavirus. Learning to grow your own food is a great way to supplement a weakened…
STEAM Garden Planning at McKay
Eastie Farm has taken on a new project with the McKay School! Alongside teacher, Michelle Callaway, we will be offering STEAM classes to third graders every Thursday. What is STEAM?…
Vermicompost at Umana
Questions like “Do worms have eyes?” and “Can’t you cut a worm in half and it’ll regrow?” were popular in all classes.
Pocket Park BABY!
It’s been swift progress at Eastie Farm’s flagship location on Sumner Street. The team at Restoring Roots has been hard at work finishing up the perimeter of the lot for…
We Didn’t Go Anywhere!
With the construction going on at 294 Sumner, it’s understandable that a lot of the neighborhood has questions about our status. I live right across the street and frequently go…
Maverick Landing and The Nantucket Lightship LV-112
Eastie Farm helped facilitate the weekly Wednesday Climate Nature program over at Maverick Landing Community Services. We began with a discussion of the Belle Isle Marsh and understanding its role…
Garlic Festival Fun at Our Garden
While cold weather may be slowly approaching, a beautiful day in East Boston meant opportune time for some communal garlic planting! With all the summer-time vegetables now harvested, Our Garden…
Eastie Farm Food and Fun
Jackie Loson, an Eagle Hill resident who has been caring for “Our Garden” this year, organized a fun multi-activity event for us all. The plants and the kids certainly loved…