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From YouTube: Food Justice Announcement - 2/24/22
Description
Mayor Michelle Wu makes an announcement regarding an expansion of food justice and accessibility initiatives. She is joined by Pat Spence, President and CEO, Urban Farming Institute; Shani Fletcher, Director of GrowBoston; Rev. Mariama White-Hammond, Chief of Environment, Energy & Open Space; Michelle de Lima, Trustees of Reservations; and Kathy Kottardis, Executive Director of Historic Boston.
A
Is
it
okay
folks
come
in
here
a
little
bit?
We
right
squeeze
in
a
little
more
okay,
we'll
go
fast,
then,
and
then
we
go
back
to
mingling
good
morning.
Everyone,
I'm
so
excited
to
be
here
today
with
so
many
community
leaders,
friends,
activists
and
fierce
believers
in
the
power
and
opportunity
that
our
land
presents
to
us.
A
We
are
standing
here
at
the
fowler
clark.
Epstein
farm
is
an
important
part
of
boston's
legacy,
you'll
hear
from
those
stewarding
this
farm
directly
in
a
little
bit,
but
this
is
land
that
had
sat
unused
with
just
weeds
growing
out
for
75
years,
one
of
the
oldest
farmhouses
in
boston
and
for
a
long
time
we
saw
it
just
waiting
for
someone
to
notice
and
seven
years
ago,
rather
than
demolish
the
structure
and
wipe
out
this
legacy.
A
Community
leaders
community
members
residents
came
together
to
build
something
truly
special
and
because
of
that
community-led
effort.
Because
of
that
investment
back
into
our
legacy
into
our
future.
We
see
this
farm
producing
food,
nourishing
the
residents
of
matapan
dorchester
and
the
city
of
boston
and
creating
jobs
and
training
along
the
way.
So
I
want
to
thank
our
hosts
here
today
for
making
sure
that
that
legacy
continues
to
grow
and
bosses
back
to
our
roots.
There.
A
Chief
sheila
dillon,
chief
and
reverend
mariama,
whitehammond
shawnee,
fletcher
you'll,
hear
from
as
well
as
director
of
grow
boston,
rep
holmes
I'll
invite
up
in
a
bit
michelle
de
lima,
from
the
trustees
of
reservations,
hey
and
kim.
Our
deputy
director
of
our
new
office
of
food
justice,
cathy
coterides
executive
director
of
historic
boston,
tally,
robbins,
our
deputy
chief
of
policy,
pat
spence.
A
A
So
under
shawnee's
leadership
and
within
the
cabinet
that
chief
sheila
dillon
runs
of
the
mayor's
office
of
housing,
we
will
see
working
hand-in-hand
resources
made
available
to
our
urban
farmers
through
seed
sharing
tool
sharing.
We
will
see
technical
assistance
and
we'll
see
a
great
focus
on
how
we
can
connect
our
farmers
markets
across
the
city,
the
jobs,
the
the
nourishment
that
that
provides
with
the
opportunities
at
each
one
of
our
urban
farms
and
counting
in
boston.
A
We've
also
been
looking
to
partner
with
the
many
many
large
institutions
in
boston
who
are
also
serving
thousands
hundreds
of
thousands
of
meals
every
year.
Imagine
if
each
one
of
our
hospitals
and
universities
serving
their
patients
faculty
students
join
together
with
city
of
boston,
to
think
about
how
we
can
source
collectively
the
healthiest
farm-produced
massachusetts.
Apples,
the
jobs
right
here
in
matapan
to
produce
that
produce,
we
know
what's
possible
and
that
food
is
a
way
that
we
can
touch
and
intertwine
each
one
of
our
collective
futures.
A
A
B
I
just
want
to
say
to
marawu
first
all
of
the
farmers
here
in
the
audience,
our
board
and
staff
of
ufi.
We
are
loving
this
announcement
and
we
are
loving
your
support
because
your
support
did
not
start
today.
I
remember
you
behind
the
sportsman's
tennis
club,
one
of
our
sites,
along
with
other
folks,
about
probably
three
or
four
years
ago.
You've
been
here
for
us
for
a
very
long
time
and
we
appreciate
the
commitment.
So
I
just
wanted
to
say
that
first,
thank
you.
B
B
B
The
urban
farming
institute
is
here
to
do
its
part
as
well,
by
growing
as
much
food
as
possible
over
our
four
farm
sites
by
expanding
our
urban
farm,
our
workforce
training
program
celebrating
its
10th
anniversary
and
increasing
our
educational
programming,
so
that
we
can
get
into
more
boston,
public
schools.
We
can
help
families
build
more
raised
beds
to
grow
their
own
food
so
that
we
can
teach
our
neighbors
how
to
grow.
B
B
And
to
ultimately
with
our
partner,
historic
boston,
who's,
also
here
today,
to
help
us
all
work
to
purchase
this
actual,
very
farmland
and
property
that
we're
on
today.
That
is
our
goal
right
now
and
to
ensure
that
our
farmers,
today,
our
future
farmers
and
neighbors,
will
always
have
a
home
base
here
to
learn
how
to
grow,
to
grow
and
to
spread
the
wisdom
of
healthy
eating
and
healthy,
healthy
living
in
matapan.
B
C
Thank
you
mayor.
I
too
just
want
to
begin
by
just
simply
saying
it
is
even
on
a
cold
day.
It's
so
great
to
see
the
community
and
when
I
say
the
community
is
the
farming
community.
I
can
say
that
when
I
think
of
just
this
food
justice
argument,
I
think
of
vivian.
I
wanted
to
make
sure
I
still
oh,
she
is
here,
make
sure
I
recognize
what's
been
happening
for
just
decades,
and
this
here
is
just
the
materialization
of
that
today.
C
C
I
also
wanted
to
give
a
shout
out
to
carl
and
annette
beatty.
I
mean
they.
They
just
been
in
the
fight
for
so
long,
just
so
important,
and
then
one
last
shout
out
before
I
just
simply
just
say
a
few
words,
and
that
is
around
the
effort
around
the
dorchester
co-op.
I
mean
use
the
food
co-op.
Let
us
think
about
where
we're
heading
we're
heading
for
that
vision,
that
I
can
remember
the
first
time
I
had
some
of
these
conversations
about
the
importance
of
growing
food
locally.
C
The
thing
that
has
always
stuck
out
most
to
me
is
when
I
think
about
pat
says
about
birds
eye
for
so
many
of
us.
That
is
where
we
think
about
working
our
vegetables.
We
go
to
this
to
the
grocery
store,
but
the
thing
that
I
love
the
most
when
I
see
people
advocating
for
why
we
should
do
this
in
neighborhood.
C
These
stands
up
and
running.
So
my
only
request
just
to
everyone
is
stay
committed
to
the
effort
stay
committed
to
these
fundraising
goals.
Pat's,
not
here,
just
saying
that
she
needs
help
just
on
this.
She
needs
a
capital
campaign
to
be
funded
so
that
this
place
is
paid
for
in
perpetuity.
Yes,
let's
clap
to
that,
let's
get
some
money
to
this
place.
E
Boston
has
a
rich
history
of
urban
food
production,
as
some
folks
have
already
mentioned,
and
in
particular
over
the
last
decade
or
so.
We've
seen
tremendous
momentum
in
urban
farming,
food
forests,
school
gardens
and
rooftop
and
indoor
growing
mayor's
office
of
housing
led
by
chief
sheila
dillon,
has
been
investing
in
urban
agriculture
of
all
kinds
for
over
25
years.
E
E
I'd
like
to
thank
urban
farming
institute,
trustees
of
reservations,
eastie
farm
hailey
house's
thornton
street
farm
oasis
on
bellew,
boston
farms,
community
land
trust,
rbg
farm
and
retreat
boston,
food,
forest
coalition.
We
grow
micro,
greens,
charlestown
sprouts
and
a
bmc
rooftop
farm,
and
I
saw
the
food
project
and
I
think
also
maybe
farmers
collaborative
they're-
all
oh
and
nubia
they're
all
represented
here,
and
the
many
other
farmers
and
gardeners
and
stewards
and
advocates
and
partner
organizations
who
are
helping
to
build
a
more
vibrant
urban
agriculture
sector
and
food
justice
movement.
E
This
is
a
really
exciting
time
and
I'm
looking
forward
to
collaborating
with
all
of
you
with
our
grow
boston
advisory
board.
Let's
see
who's
here,
vivian
morris
is
a
member
of
our
new
board
apollo
catala
and
barbara
connect,
three
of
our
founding
members
and
my
city
colleagues
to
grow
more
food
in
boston.
Thank
you
very
much.
F
F
Throughout
that
time,
we've
really
appreciated
the
enthusiastic
support
of
the
city
of
boston
and
now,
as
we're
expanding
our
food
access
and
open
space
work
to
include
boston's
waterfront
and
our
own
mobile
market.
We're
really
thrilled
to
see
this
partnership
with
the
city
continue
to
deepen
the
launch
of
grow
boston
and
the
office
of
food
justice
represent
a
significant
expansion
of
the
resources.
The
city
will
provide
to
gardens
gardeners
and
urban
farms,
and
we
here
all
know
how
important
that
is
to
building
a
greener,
healthier
and
more
resilient
city.
F
So
on
behalf
of
all
of
boston's
community
and
home
gardeners,
I
just
want
to
offer
our
sincere
appreciation
for
this
administration's
new
investments
in
food
justice
and
in
open
space
in
boston.
Thank
you,
mayor
wu.
Thank
you,
shawnee.
Thank
you,
chief
white
hammond,
thank
you,
chief
dylan
and
all
of
the
amazing
partners
that
shawnee
just
rattled
off.
So
I.
F
G
G
It's
great
to
be
here,
I'm
sort
of
a
newcomer
to
the
farming
community,
as
well
as
the
activist
community,
but
I've
learned
a
lot
from
people
who
have
already
been
in
this
space,
fighting
the
good
fight
and
doing
amazing.
So
many
amazing
things
and
every
time
I
get
a
little
nervous
about
how
do
you
run
an
organization
and
how?
G
What
is
the
board
and
what
is
supposed
to
what
are
they
supposed
to
do?
I
called
back
and
she's
so
good.
She
just
answers
the
phone
then
sent
me
oh
take
this
document
and
take
this
one
too.
This
is
going
to
be
so.
I
really
appreciate
having
this
amazing
community
to
stand
on
the
shoulders
off
and
and
make
a
little
difference
of
my
own
in
in
my
own
community.
G
G
So
doing
something
like
that,
it's
its
own
little
gnd
green
new
deal.
If
you
will
so
I
I
appreciate
all
of
those
initiatives
really
a
lot
I
I
could
go
on
and
on
but
I'll
I'll
say
with
it
with
ec
farm.
I'm
not
sure
how
many
of
you
are
aware.
We
are
doing
many
little
programs
of
our
own
during
kovit.
It
was
amazing
to
have
the
help
of
ofa
shannon's
here
hayen's
here,
and
I
think
I
saw
catalina
as
well
and
magda
they've
all
been
such
great
partners
in
making
food
security
happen.
G
It's
a
process,
it's
still
happening,
but
without
people
in
the
city
helping
us
it's
very,
very
hard
to
make
it
happen.
So
in
all
ways
they
could
they've
been
there
and
helping
us
really
appreciate
that.
So
we're
still
carrying
that
on
with
their
food
sovereignty,
program,
doing
raised
beds
in
schools
and
in
people's
homes,
as
well
as
doing
csa
work
and
we're
bringing
free
csa
boxes
to
roxbury
and
dorchester,
as
well
through
phase
programs
and
grants,
and
currently
we're
executing
some
of
the
other
grants.
G
They've
made
possible
the
community
grants
and
there's
equity
food
equity
work,
which
is
again
csa
and
other
types
of
fresh
produce
to
people
who
don't
have
access
to
fresh
produce,
and
you
all
know
how
expensive
it
can
be.
If
you
want
to
buy
local,
fresh
organic
food,
and
if
you
don't
have
the
money,
then
you're
going
to
buy
cheap,
crappy
stuff,
no,
so,
but
but
to
change
that
this.
G
This
is
very
helpful
and
there's
also
a
de-stigmatization
grant
that
they
made
available
and
we're
doing
that,
and
we
also
understand
that
there's
stigma
associated
with
accessing
food
aid
and
we're
combating
that
by
saying,
hey
food
is
for
everyone
and
it's
for
all
entire
community.
And
if
you
have
disposable
income,
then
pay
a
market
rate
for
the
csa.
But
if
you
don't,
you
just
come
pick
up
the
csa
box
and
when
you
come
to
the
farm,
you'll
see
a
box
with
your
name
on
it,
and
nobody
knows
what
your
income
level
is
or
anything.
G
You
just
come
pick
up
your
box
and
go
so
that
just
gets
the
stigma
out
of
the
way,
and
so
we're
able
to
do
all
this
because
of
the
support
from
a
city
like
this
and
from
from
an
administration
like
this,
maybe
well
I'll
I'll,
say
thank
you
and
we
do
an
education
program.
It's
called
nature
nature
as
teacher
for
urban
resiliency
education.
I'd
like
people
to
learn
more
about
that,
because
we'd
like
to
do
more
of
that
in
many
schools.
G
We're
currently
doing
that
in
east
boston,
in
several
schools,
where
we're
also
building
our
school
gardens
and
we're
now
building
a
greenhouse
which
will
be
powered
by
geothermal
energy
and
the
funding
comes
from
the
state
and
the
city
and
local
organizations
and
the
geothermal
energy
is
going
to
keep
it
warm
in
the
winter.
So
the
plants
can
stay
alive
and
we
can
have
community
activities
and
and
have
fun
and
do
education
all
that
we
don't
have
to
be
cut
off
from
the
school
kids
during
winter.
G
We
can
have
them
in
the
winter
as
well,
but
the
geothermal
energy,
because
it
provides
this
constant
kind
of
temperature
from
below
ground
we're
going
down
about
455
feet.
It's
going
to
be
also
making
our
summers
cool
so
in
terms
of
dealing
with
climate
resiliency,
when
we
have
more
and
more
urban
heat
island
being
exacerbated
because
of
increasing
heat
people
can
come
to
this
greenhouse
and
cool
off.
So
we're
trying
to
do
all
this
work.
G
H
So
I,
the
mayor,
is
surprised,
I
always
am
color
color
coordinated.
So
today
is
black
history
month,
and
so
I
begin
by
saying
habatagani,
which
means
what's
the
news,
and
today
we
have
really
good
news
and
an
opportunity
to
celebrate,
as
conan
said
something
that
has
been
coming
to
fruition
over
years.
I
know
this
property
well.
The
last
time
I
was
here
was
this
fall.
I
I
also
am
an
owner,
a
part
owner
of
a
black
owned
cooperative
farm
in
new
hampshire,
and
we
did
our
retreat
here.
H
And
I
I'm
really
grateful
because
I
know
so
many
of
you,
because
over
time
we've
been
building
a
movement
of
eaters
and
growers
to
come
together
because
everybody
is
an
eater
and,
I
don't
say,
a
movement
of
consumers.
It's
a
movement
of
eaters,
because
it's
not
doesn't
matter
how
much
money
you
have
or
don't
have.
We
all
need
to
eat
and
if
we
could
build
our
food
system
to
be
in
alignment
with
that
way
of
thinking,
it
would
be
a
radical
change.
H
H
So
we
also
leaned
into
the
historic
side
of
this
space
and
the
opportunity
not
to
just
throw
away
our
history
and
throw
up
something
new,
but
to
keep
and
honor
the
legacies
that
have
been
built
over
time
and
sometimes
to
have
some
deeper
questions
about
where
those
legacies
are
and
the
things
that
we
want
to
do
differently
from
the
past,
but
not
to
just
erase
the
past,
and
so
I'm
really
glad
to
be
here,
because
this
this
announcement
is
really
about.
Shifting
to
the
modality
that,
quite
frankly,
has
already
been
moving
right.
H
So
I'm
really
thankful.
I
want
to
just
take
a
moment
to
introduce
and
acknowledge
the
team
from
the
office
of
food
justice,
elisa
manander
manander
from
the
school
foods,
insecurity
specialist.
We
also
have
haiyan
kim
who's.
The
deputy
director
of
planning
and
implementation,
we
have
magda
carr
who's
our
program
manager
and
doing
a
lot
of
work
around,
particularly
our
farmers
markets
and
shannon
timlin,
who
is
our
emergency.
Food
access
coordinator
and
shannon's,
been
doing
a
lot,
particularly
during
this
pandemic.
I
Mayor
wu,
you,
you
were
a
small
food
business
owner
yourself,
you,
some
of
your
first
jobs
in
government,
were
in
food
and
food
trucks.
What
does
this
day
mean
to
you
personally
and
then
the
second
part
of
that
question
is
how
do
you
see
boston
being
a
model
for
other
cities
and
sort
of
this
intermodality
of
you
know:
food
access,
food
justice
being
connected
to
things
like
housing
and
economic
justice.
A
Thanks
for
the
question
so
I'll
answer
the
first
fully
the
second
I'll
touch
on
and
then
I
hand
it
over
to
some
folks,
I
know
will
have
really
great
answers.
I'm
feeling
quite
emotional
here
today
too,
I
am
remembering
what
it
was
like
as
a
young
girl,
the
oldest
kid
in
an
immigrant
family
and
knowing
that,
in
the
rhythms
of
my
family's
life,
every
weekend
was
set
aside
for
the
hour
plus
trip
to
the
grocery
store,
not
the
gross,
not
because
we
did.
A
We'd
go
to
our
grocery
shopping
and
it
was
necessary
basic
for
my
family
to
feel
like
that's
how
we
could
connect
to
our
sense
of
being
home.
Food
is
so
intrinsically
part
of
our
identities,
our
culture,
our
humanity
and
the
chance
that
boston
has
to
really
keep
building.
The
movement
that
has
been
growing
here
is
incredible.
A
My
first
jobs,
as
you
mentioned,
were
as
a
small
restaurant
owner,
a
tea
shop
owner
and
navigating
all
the
hurdles
that
it
takes
just
to
do
something
that
brings
together.
Your
community
brings
some
good
into
into
the
neighborhood
and
then
working
on
the
other
side
of
that
to
try
to
clear
aside
some
of
the
barriers
for
restaurant
owners
in
boston
about
a
decade
ago,
I
first
met
mississippian
morris.
A
We
have
the
chance
to
really
show
how
community
workforce
development,
our
our
intrinsic
sense
of
self
and
our
climate
future
are
all
interconnected,
so
I'll
pass
it
over
to
shawnee
or
anyone
from
our
our
team.
If
you
want
to
comment
more
on
what
this
means
and
what
the
potential
is
for
these
offices
to
grow.
E
I
would
just
say
briefly
that
you
know
we
really
want
everyone
to
thrive
and
it's
really
hard
to
thrive.
When
you
don't
have
your
basic
needs
met,
and
food
and
housing
are
so
essential
to
being
able
to
live
and
to
do
anything
else,
you
really
need
those
to
be
solid
and
in
place.
So
I
think
those
are
that's
one
way
that
they're
so
deeply
interrelated
and
also
food
and
climate
work.
E
Sometimes
I
know
I
had
a
a
moment
when
I
was
like
do
I
want
to
focus
on
food
work,
or
do
I
want
to
focus
on
climate
work
and
they're
so
deeply
interconnected,
and
it's
really
important
that
we
think
of
them
that
way
as
we
fight
the
climate
crisis
and
and
try
to
have
food
justice
for
all.
The
last
thing
I
would
say
is
that
the
there's
also
the
connection
between
housing
and
food,
that
is
just
the
use
of
land
and
how.
H
So
I'll
just
say,
we
have
a
lot
of
planning
and
thinking
to
do
the
last
few
months
have
actually,
you
know
been
over.
The
last
two
years
really
have
been
heavily
focused
on
meeting
this
moment,
but
some
of
what
we've
talked
about
the
team
is:
how
do
we
look
at
the
lessons
that
we've
learned
in
this
moment
and
decide
which
things
we
need
to
move
forward?
H
I
will
say
that
before
immediately
before
coming
into
government,
the
core
thing
I
was
working
on
was
food
policy,
and
I
think
we
need
to
do
everything
we
need
to
do
in
the
city
of
boston
to
increase
our
food
security
and
we
will
never
be
able
to
grow
all
of
our
own
food
for
the
number
of
residents
we
have,
and
so
we
really
need
to
look
at
a
sort
of
statewide
and
and
maybe
even
sort
of
a
new
england-wide
approach
to
really
figuring
out.
How
do
we
transform
our
food
system
so
we're
not.
H
So
there's
so
much
work
to
do,
and
it
is
a
small
but
mighty
team.
But
I
do
think
over.
You
know
the
mayor
really
has
asked
us
to
to
really
look
at
what
does
it
take
to
get
to
a
green
new
deal
and
the
level
of
intervention?
That
has
the
opportunity
to
make
a
real
difference,
and
so
we
will
be
looking
at.
C
Oh
sure
I
just
not,
I
keep
hearing
the
word
state.
I
just
wanted
to
just
say
again.
We
believe
here
in
the
commonwealth.
We
should
be
number
one
essentially
in
everything.
That's
just
our
common
belief,
so
it'll
be
education,
housing
and
being
out
front
on
all
of
this,
and
I
can
just
say
again:
I
go
back
to
community
and
I
just
thank
all
even
the
folks,
I
think
about
joe
roll
wool.
Who
came
up
to
me
and
said:
hey,
did
you
see
my
legislation?
C
C
Did
you
see
that
something
passed
some
committee
and
we
may
have
a
possibility
to
lower
some
of
the
taxes
on
some
of
our
small
farms
and
it's
that
incredible
advocacy
that
you
guys
bring,
and
so
even
wherever
you
are,
you
bring
that
energy
just
know
that
we
stand
always
wanting
to
be
number
one
and
wanting
to
be
first
and
so
continue
to
advocate
the
way
you've
been
doing,
because
we
will
make
those
bold
changes
here
in
the
commonwealth
to
be
a
model
for
the
entire
country.
Thanks.
D
Thank
you
and
thank
everyone
for
for
welcoming
us
today,
just
want
to
say
we're
really
excited
to
continue
the
work
and
build
on
the
work
of
our
partners
and
think
about
how
our
work
can
meet
all
these
things
that
we're
talking
about.
So
we're
excited
to
continue
and
we
hope
to
just
yeah.
We
hope
to
work
towards
the
future
of
environmental
justice
and
racial
justice
and
food
justice
all
together.
Thank
you.
A
We
are
nearing
the
end
of
what
was
an
18
month
period
to
do
a
full
assessment
of
all
of
the
ingredients
served
in
bps
meals
and
other
meals
and
coming
up
with
an
action
plan
for
how
we
are
going
to
both
push
our
existing
vendors
to
do
better
along
those
those
criteria
or
to
get
new
vendors.
Who
can
better
reflect
the
potential
and
the
power
to
grow
locally.
Here
in
boston
too.