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Urban Agriculture Grant Brings Together Diverse Urban Farms in Boston

October 04, 2023 Kathryn Fidler, Public Affairs Specialist, FPAC

Boston’s urban agriculture community is a diverse group of farmers and community advocates, and their needs are as varied as the types of operations they run and the populations they serve. In 2021, the City of Boston’s GrowBoston initiative received a $200,000 Urban Agriculture and Innovative...

Farming

Massachusetts’ Flexible Services Program: Improving Food and Nutrition Security Improves Health

March 08, 2023 Jane Francis, USDA, FNS and written by Hannah Benson, Project Bread Program Manager

Several studies consistently link poor access to food to poor health outcomes, including heart disease, stroke, and type 2 diabetes. Project Bread, a Massachusetts’ nonprofit focused on permanently solving food insecurity, teamed up with MassHealth to pilot the Flexible Services Program, or FSP, to...

Food and Nutrition