Working in the Cottage Street farm. Photo by Patrick Holian, CSREES-USDA

Food Project is getting $600,000 to renovate a deserted greenhouse in Roxbury and build 400 backyard gardens

By Patrick Lee
Globe Correspondent
July 9, 2010

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Less than two blocks away. halfway between Dudley Square and Uphams Corner, 20 or so of Arsenault’s fellow teenage interns work on an urban farm to produce vegetables and fruits for local shelters and farmers markets. US Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius visited the site today, after she met with city officials about local public health initiatives that had been awarded federal funding in March.

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At Mahim’s Nature Park, horticulture enthusiasts can grow a variety of fruits and vegetables.

Professionals by week, they turn farmers by weekend at the city’s first community farm, where they use an experimental technique to grow a variety of fruits and vegetables

Lekha Menon
Mumbai Mirror
July 10, 2010

It’s a curious group of Mumbaikars that meets every weekend at the lush environs of Maharashtra Nature Park (MNP) near Dharavi. Armed with soil, kitchen waste, saplings and seeds, they assemble at the park at a rather early hour in the day to become farming students. And the platform for their experimentation is also unique – a 500 sq ft concrete slab over a water tank that serves as a base for growing the most sought-after vegetables and fruits available in the market.

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