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From YouTube: Gardeners' Gathering 2023
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At Northeastern University's Egan Research Center, Mayor Wu presents the Community Garden Awards to outstanding individuals and gardens during the 47th annual Gardeners' Gathering. This event brings together community gardeners as well as environmental organizations within Greater Boston.
B
Oh
man
I'm
so
happy
to
see
you
all
here
in
person
again
first
time
since
2019
and
obviously
some
new
faces,
welcome.
We're
really
delighted
to
kick
off
the
spring.
With
all
of
you
and
I
know,
you're
here
to
hear
people
other
than
me,
speak
so
I'll
quickly
say
just
I'm
Michelle
delima
I
am
one
of
the
people
who
runs
this
event
works
on
the
Boston
Community
Gardens
team
and
I'm
really
happy
to
welcome
you.
B
All
and
I
am
especially
happy
to
welcome
Karen
Washington,
who
does
not
want
me
to
read
a
super
detailed
bio
of
all
her
many
accomplishments,
so
I'm
gonna
I'm
going
down
I'm,
bringing
it
down
a
notch
and
I'm
just
gonna
say
that
she
has
a
really
long
and
deep
history
of
food
Justice
work.
She
has
worked
for,
started
and
or
helped
lead.
B
So
many
organizations,
including
I'm
just
gonna,
say
some
of
them:
the
New
York
City
community
garden,
Coalition,
the
New
York
Botanical,
Gardens,
La,
Familia,
Verde,
Garden,
Coalition,
black
urban
Growers,
soulfire
Farm
black
farmer
fund,
and
why
hunger
she
has
received
recognitions
and
awards
from
so
many
people
for
her
awesome
work,
including
Ebony
magazine
the
James,
Beard
Foundation
Essence
magazine
and
Forbes
Magazine.
We
were
talking
last
night
like
how
do
you
have
time
to
do
all
of
this?
How
do
you
get
and-
and
she
just
said-
I-
have
a
vision:
I
have
a
purpose.
B
C
And
to
see
the
diversity,
oh
back
in
the
day
it
wasn't
like
this,
but
to
but
I
just
you
know,
I
feel
the
energy
that's
in
the
room
and
thank
you
so
much
Michelle.
You
know
I
tell
people
the
reason
why
I
am
here
because
someone
reached
out
to
me,
you
know
say
someone
reached
out
to
me
and
said:
can
you
come
and
can
you
speak?
Can
you
talk
and
that's
why
I'm
here
so
just
sort
of
think
about
when
you
look
around
and
find
like
who's
missing?
C
You
want
to
hear
so
yeah
so
I'm
glad
that
I
am
here
and
so
today
what
I
want
to
really
talk
about,
and
hopefully
that
you
know
you
leave
with
a
vision
of
community
that
you
are
proactive
instead
of
reactive,
that
we
live
in
a
world
that
we
should
think
of
ourselves
as
an
ecosystem,
daring
that
to
challenge
authority,
find
your
power
and
find
your
voice,
and
so
I'm
going
to
talk
to
you
about
my
my
journey.
You
know
how
I
always
tell
people
I'm
just
an
ordinary
person
trying
to
do
extraordinary
things.
C
C
You
know
I
want
to
be
a
farmer,
they
would
say
this
is
what
they
instilled
to
me
and
my
brother,
you
know,
get
that
education
and
we
got
that
education
and
it
would
open
doors
and
so
for
me
growing
up.
You
know
I'm
right
now.
My
intention
is
on
full
blood.
You
know
back
in
the
day,
I
never
thought
that
I
would
be
a
farmer.
You
know
food
for
me
was
in
a
store.
My
mom
was
a
good
cook.
C
We
had
three
meals
a
day,
but
I
never
questioned
a
food
system,
I
never
questioned
who
grew
the
food
where
it
came
from
wasn't
sprayed
with
pesticides
or
insecticides.
I
just
knew
that
my
mom
was
a
good
cook
and
we
had
three
meals
and
and
then
and
then
started
to
sort
of
change.
For
me,
and
so
my
relationship
to
food
was
that
it
was
in
a
grocery
store.
You
know
it
had
the
colors
or
fruits
and
vegetables,
so
I
figured
like
the
colors
of
fruits
and
vegetables.
C
It
must
be
good
and
we're
in
the
United,
States
and
and-
and
you
know,
things
are
being
checked
so
you
know
all
this
food
with
these
different
colors
must
be
good
in
my
relationship
to
land
was
wait,
a
second
that
slay
mentality
I
don't
want
to
have
been
on
this
not
happening
so
things
started
to
change
when
I
moved
to
the
Bronx
now
I
technically
I
was
a
physical
therapist.
I
want
to
put
that
and
I
love
my
job
as
a
physical
therapist,
but
I
moved
to
the
Bronx
and
I.
C
Had
a
backyard
and
I
decided
that
I
was
going
to
grow.
Some
food
had
no
knowledge
whatsoever,
no
green
thumb
I
reached
out
to
Barnes
and
Nobles
and
the
library-
and
it
spoke
to
some
people
about
how
growing
food
and
I
tell
this
story
all
the
time,
because
it
was
a
tomato
that
changed
my
world
all
right.
It
was
a
tomato.
You
know
back
in
the
day
tomato
was
ping
three
in
the
cellophane
carton.
D
C
All
right,
and
so
so
when
I
decided
that
I
wanted
to
grow
three
things
and
I
tell
the
story
all
the
time.
So
I
went
to
grow
their
tomatoes
eggplant,
because
I
really
want
to
see
an
egg.
It's
really
growing
on
a
plant
and
collard
greens
and
I
want
to
go
collard
greens,
because
you
don't
know
black
folks.
You
know
you
got
to
have
some
college.
You
ain't
got
no
College
part
of
culture,
so
you
know
I
put
the
seed
in
the
ground
and
voila
wait.
C
C
And
and
and
and
you
name
it
I
wanted
to
grow
everything
so
I
had
that
passion,
but
across
the
street
was
an
empty
lot
and
I
lived
right
across
the
street.
It
was
supposed
to
be
a
continuation
of
development.
Maybe
we
can
put
the
lights
down
a
little
look
at
that.
So,
yes,
well,
hey
I'll,
keep
going
and
so
across
the
street.
I
live
right
across
the
street
and
it
was
supposed
to
be
a
continuation
of
the
development
of
single
homes.
C
Folks
I
had
a
brand
new
home
I,
you
know,
I
was
a
homeowner,
I
didn't
have
a
white
picket
fence,
but
I
did
have
a
home
and
what
happened
was
that
the
developer
got?
There
saw
that
you
know
he
was
running
out
of
money
and
left
it
and
I
tell
this
story,
because
in
New,
York,
City
believe
it
or
not,
yeah
believe
it
or
not.
C
And
I
say
that,
because
it's
it,
it
was
people
who
had.
No,
you
know
financial
obligation,
no
money
but
use
what
we
call
it
Sweat
Equity
their
hands.
You
know
coming
together
and
looking
for
any
sort
of
resources
to
turn
something
that
was
dismal.
You
know
that
would
that
was
really
really
negative
negative
energy
and
to
turn
something
that
was
beautiful.
C
So
we
started
this
sort
of
community
garden
movement
in
New,
York
City,
and
we
all
Champions,
because
you
know
we're
doing
something
for
the
city,
the
city
would
respect
and
and
and
and
and
and
be
happy.
But
whenever
there
is
land
of
municipality,
has
political
consequences
and
mayor
Giuliani,
your
mayor,
try
to
auction
off
100
Community
Gardens,
and
this
was
back
in
1997.
C
and
I,
say
that,
because
you
have
to
be
constantly
involved
in
the
politics
of
land,
the
politics
of
land
and
even
though
you
know
you're
in
the
air,
you
know
you're
right
now,
I
hear
that
you
have
a
great
mayor
that
is
really
proactive.
Make
sure
that
after
her
term,
you
know
expires
that
it
continues.
C
This
movement
continues
because,
if
you're
not
proactive,
you're
gonna
again
be
marching
on
City
Hall
like
I
was
back
in
the
day,
but
yet,
when
I
did
I
found,
my
activism
I
found
my
voice
because
they
told
us
we
couldn't
change
the
Dynamics
of
of
guardian
that
we
couldn't
march
on
City
Hall.
But
here
we
are
watching
on
City
Hall,
not
only
gardeners,
but
homeowners
and
housing,
and
so
many
people
who
understood
the
importance
of
growing
food
in
areas
that
they
call
Food,
insecure
and
so
I
found
my
voice
and
I
hope.
C
You
continue
to
find
your
voice
when
it
comes
to
open
space
and
gardening,
and
so
at
one
time
in
1996,
the
whirlpools
Summit
defined
full
security
as
existing
when
all
people
at
all
times
have
access
to
sufficient,
safe,
nutritious,
nutritious
food
to
maintain
a
healthy
and
active
life
and
when
they
said
that
I
was
wondering.
So
what
does
that
mean
being
food
secure?
Because
people
were
telling
us
back
in
the
days
like?
Well,
you
know
if
you
want
to
be
full
secure.
C
C
Because
I
want
you
to
understand,
so
what
so?
What
it
did
for
me
was
to
look
at
the
food
system
closely
and
I
looked
at
it
closely
because
I
said
Karen,
you
just
can't
focus
on
food
alone,
because
you're
in
your
garden,
you're
hearing
all
these
social
issues.
Around
economics,
people
have
no
jobs,
health
type,
2,
diabetes,
hypertension
that
was
ravishing
our
community
housing,
no
affordable
housing.
Even
today.
C
What
is
affordable
housing
explain
that
to
me
an
environmental
Injustice
with
high
incidence
of
asthma,
and
so
for
me,
I
started
to
listen
closely
to
what
was
happening
within
my
community,
the
social
issues
that
were
happening
in
my
community,
and
then
there
were
those
folks
that
said,
the
food
system
is
broken
and
needs
to
be
fixed
and
how
many
you
believe
it?
The
food
system
is
broken.
C
But
then
I
started
to
question
the
full
system,
because
I
started
to
say
how
come
in
the
greatest
country
in
the
world
where
we
grow
enough
food
and
we
wasting
our
food
food
is
not
getting
down
to
the
people
that
need
it
the
most
and
even
now
we
have
close
to
40
million
people
still
in
poverty
still
hungry
and
the
day-to-day
amount
of
food
that's
being
wasted.
Why
and
then
and
I
had
to
ask
that
question
to
myself?
Why
do
we
have
this?
Why
do
we
have
food
pantries
in
soup
kitchens
people
online?
C
Why
do
we
waste
so
much
food
in
restaurants
and
in
colleges?
Why
is
it,
and
that
was
a
question-
I
continued
to
ask
time
and
time
again
and
so
realizing
we
have
a
full
system,
that's
rooted
in
cheap
labor
and
exploits
the
same
people.
We're
trying
to
feed
and
I
say
that,
because
you
know
we're
at
a
point
in
time.
We
talk
about
immigration
and
you
hear
people
you
know
along
the
border
saying
like
we
can't
let
these
people
in
because
they're
going
to
take
our
jobs,
what
job
they
gonna.
C
Take
you
shame
because
the
same
job
number
series:
what
jobs
are
they
going
to
take
when
American
families
they
don't
want
their
families
in
the
field,
farming
14
hours
a
day,
sometimes
breathing
in
pesticides
and
insecticides?
So
what
jobs
are
there
really
really
taking
and
then
also
look
at
the
incarceration
rate
that
we
have
in
many
of
the
prisons,
believe
it
or
not
or
on
former
farms
and
farmlands?
And
so
we
need
to
really
look
at
this
food
system.
C
The
labor
system,
that's
impacting
impacting
the
way
we
do
business
and
realizing
it's
a
full
system
for
us
by
us
or
not
at
all,
and
so
we
talk
about
this
food
Dynamic
full
system.
So
let's
talk
about
the
big
food
companies
because
folks
we
have
given
our
power.
We
have
given
our
power
away
to
big
full
companies,
four
or
five
major
companies
that
control
the
food
system
of
7.8
billion
people
on
this
planet.
C
C
How
is
it
also
that
we
have
allowed
these
food
companies
to
patent
seeds
and
no
one
is
outraged?
Patents
is
you
know
your
patent
sees
look
at
Seas
as
who
we
are
she's
our
DNA.
You
know
look
at
who
we
are
we're
part
of
seeds,
and
so
we
allow
companies
to
patent
seeds
what's
going
to
happen
to
us
down
the
line.
Where
is
the
accountability?
Where
is
the
outrage
of
a
handful
of
companies
controlling
the
full
system
and
I?
C
Don't
hear
where
there's
accountability,
I,
don't
hear
outrage,
and
so
for
me
what
needs
to
happen
because
the
question
I
asked
you
before
is
the
full
system
broken
and
needs
to
be
fixed
and
a
lot
of
people
raise
their
hand
and
I
realized,
because
I
was
drinking
that
Kool-Aid
girl
I
was
believing
that,
yes,
it
needed
to
be
fixed
and
then
I
realized.
No,
it
doesn't
need
to
be
fixed,
it
needs
to
change
and
that
change
is
giving
power
into
the
hands
of
the
community.
You
all.
C
We
work
in
silos.
You
know
what
I'm
talking
about
individual
organizations
trying
to
dangle.
You
know,
get
the
get
the
funding,
they
dangle
the
money
and
everybody
goes
after
it.
Instead
of
thinking,
wait
a
second.
How
do
we
change
that?
How
do
we
become
more
powerful
and
change
that
into
an
economic
engine
of
cohesion
and
I,
say
to
myself?
It's
like
an
ecosystem.
How
do
we
get
groups
of
organizations
working
together?
C
So
when
funders
put
that
money
out,
it's
like
you're
not
putting
that
money
out
to
just
one
organization
you're
putting
that
money
out
to
all
of
us.
So
when
that
crab's
in
a
barrel-
and
we
understand
the
power
collectively-
that
we
can
change
and
move
this
food
system,
because
food
system
that
has
our
voices
and
all
our
faces
and
our
power,
but
for
so
long
we've
never
never
thought
about
it.
We
never
thought
about
our
Collective
power.
C
We
always
thought
about
ourselves
as
being
individuals
and
trying
to
make
change,
but
it
never
happens
unless
you
have
Community
power
action
go
before
the
the
politicians
going
before
people
with
power
because
people
power
baby.
Let
me
tell
you
something:
they
don't
want
to
give
it
up.
They
don't
want
to
power,
is
like
a
drug
and
they
don't
want
to
give
that
power
up.
You
see
what
is
happening
with
you
know
no
wokeness,
all
this.
So
all
this
racial
thing,
you
know
getting
away
with
books
and
stuff
people
with
power.
C
C
C
C
Because
it
sounds
good
right
grant
writers
they
want
to.
You
know
the
fun.
Is
they
want
to
hear
food
Justice
now
and
I
say
it
doesn't
exist
and
I
say
that,
because
to
me,
food
Justice
is
really
looking
at
dismantling
the
full
system
that
that
has
for
so
long
looked
at
the
inequities
that
we
have
and
so
I
tell
people
if
you
look
at
Food
Justice,
there's
transformation
of
the
food
system
that
word
transformation
means
that
the
food
system
is
not
static.
C
Food
Justice
is
not
static.
Food
Justice
is
a
movement
transformation
transformation,
it's
a
movement.
So
if
you
are
doing
full
Justice
work,
you
are
actively
working
on
dismantling
the
social
injustices
that
you
see.
Yeah
I,
don't
wanna
Don't
Tell
me.
The
definition
show
me
what
you're
doing
show
me
the
Injustice
around
race.
You
know
around
sexism
the
lack
of
of
access
to
land,
lack
of
history.
Historical
content
of
trauma
show
me
what
you're
doing
actively
to
work
on
transform,
transforming
the
full
system.
C
Next
is
full
sovereignty
because,
first
of
all,
after
that,
full
full
Justice
everyone's
saying
God
I
gotta
bring
it
up
a
notch,
because
now
I
got
to
know
about
food
sovereignty
and
I.
Tell
people
again
doesn't
exist
unless
you
give
credit
to
The,
Peasants
and
farmers
of
the
global
South
who,
for
decades
have
been
working
on
food
sovereignty.
C
So
I
coined
that
term.
For
the
part-time,
because
people
were
saying
that
I
lived
in
a
food
desert
and
I
just
couldn't
understand
living
in
a
full
deserts,
you
know
I
had
to
call
my
homies
in
Philly
and
Oakland
and
Chicago
saying
y'all.
We
live
in
a
whole
desert,
not
understanding
that
when
people
are
talking
about
a
food
just
it
was
an
outsider
term,
never
been
in
our
Hood
to
understand
the
world
is
people
who
have
limited
access
to
food,
or
you
know
the
supermarket
enough
to
travel
far
without
looking
at
the
racial
implications.
C
The
economic
implications
of
a
full
system
of
a
food
system
that
was
affecting
us
and
so
I
coined
to
turn
food
apart
there,
because
I
wanted
people
to
start
having
those
hard
conversations
around
race
around
economics
around
demographics,
because
the
food
system
believe
it
or
not
with
the
Haves
and
have-nots,
is
based
on
the
code
of
your
skin.
With
your
color,
your
skin,
where
you
live
and
how
much
money
you
make
and
we
haven't
had
those
hard
conversations
and
food
doesn't
really
wasn't
going
to
get
it.
C
It
wasn't
gonna,
get
it
and
so
at
corner
term
for
the
project,
because
all
of
a
sudden
people's
eyes
are
opening.
Now
it's
like
whoa,
so
maybe
we
need
to
have
to
start
having
those
hard
conversations
of
the
whole
system
again,
which
is
still
two-tier
and
still
to
tear
people
with
affluence
and
privilege
can
have
the
organic
type
of
food,
but
yet
they
are
the
same
people
who
tell
us
time
and
time
again
we
need
to
eat
healthy,
but
yet
healthy
food
is
out
of
our
reach.
C
So
that's
why
it's
so
important
as
you
gardeners
and
Growers
to
grow
your
own
food,
because
why
growing
your
own
food
is
a
leverage
of
your
own
power.
It's
power!
You
grow
it.
You
know
you
grew
it.
You
grow
for
yourself
and
your
family,
your
community,
you've
educated
yourself.
You
you
grasp
that
power.
Knowing
that
you
have
that
food
and
you
can
generate
that
food
and
feed
your
family
and
feed
your
community
and
I
worry
about
outside
is
telling
you
what
you
need
to
do.
C
C
We've
lost
the
essence
of
what
that
word
means,
and
then
we
don't
talk
about
the
work
that
we
do
in
terms
of
tradition
being
in
a
garden,
and
you
talk
about
how
it
used
to
be
and
how
Grandma
and
Grandpa
and
Abuelo
and
abuela
used
to
go.
You
know
out
there
and
say
you
know
what
I
got
medicine
I
can
just
go
in
the
backyard
and
get
that
medicine
or
I
can
just
go
and
feed
my
family,
and
if
the
next
door
family
doesn't
have
food,
I
can
feed
them
as
well.
C
Peeling
the
the
the
dysfunctional
lies
and
realizing
that
we
were
brought
here
because
of
knowledge
of
agriculture
that
we
that
the
colonists
could
never
survive?
Oh
swampy,
climbing,
a
malaria
type
climate.
It
was
the
enslaved
and
Indigenous
people
who
were
the
foundations
and
grew
the
foundation
to
make
this
country
the
way
it
is,
and.
C
Taught
in
our
books,
it's
not
taught
in
our
books.
I
I
didn't
learn
that
until
I
was
an
adult
so
now,
I
feel
Pride.
I
feel
Pride
that
I
stand
on
the
shoulders
of
ancestors,
who
are
farmers
and
Growers
and
I,
embody
that
so,
when
I
put
my
hands
in
the
soil
now,
I
feel
that
sense
of
connection
of
belonging,
but
for
so
long
growing
up
I,
never
felt
that
I
had
that
disconnection,
and
so
for
young
people
out
there
understanding
putting
your
hands
in
the
soil.
C
What
that
does
that
instant
connection
that
we
come
all
of
us
all
of
us
in
this
room
stands
on
somebody,
somebody
who's
giving
up
so
that
you
can
be
here
in
this
room
today.
Someone
made
the
sacrifice
so
that
you
all
can
be
here
in
this
room
today
to
take
on
the
knowledge
of
growing
food
and
what
that
means
and
not
be
steered
by
lies
and
innuendos
about
how
we
got
here.
C
As
a
country,
land
is
power
and
I
say
that,
because
I've
shifted,
my
concept
of
land
ownership
owning
land
is
part
of
an
extractive
exploitative
narrative.
That
is
useless
in
the
work
that
we
do
and
I
say
that
because
look
at
us,
how
do
we
own
anything?
We
don't
live
long
enough
to
own
anything
and
so
I
shift
my
mentality
about
land
ownership
to
land
stewardship.
C
I
don't
want
to
own
the
land.
I
want
to
Steward
the
land.
I
want
to
own
a
Land,
because
I
want
to
Steward
the
land
so
that
I
can
help.
I
can
work
with
nature,
and
so
I
can
help
help
nature
in
a
way
that
the
land
will
be
for
in
hands
for
generations
to
Generations,
because
I
took
care
of
it.
I
had
this
bond
with
nature
the
bond
with
the
environment,
a
healthy
relationship.
C
Do
you
hug
a
tree?
Do
you
get
a
chance
to
listen
to
the
wind
blow?
Do
you
get
a
chance
to
smell
flowers?
Do
you
get
a
chance
to
hear
the
birds
singing
early
in
the
morning?
Do
you
look
at
earthworms
with
joy?
Do
you
hear
bees,
and
you
appreciate
these
and
so
again
don't
think
about
owning
anything?
You
know,
even
in
the
city,
you
know
in
New,
York
City,
when
we
were
you
know,
protesting
about,
we
went
Land,
We
went
on
land
and
I
said,
wait
a
second.
You
don't
understand.
C
C
C
How
do
we
get
young
people
interested
in
growing
full,
but
also?
How
do
we
think
about
economic
growth
and
wealth?
And
so
now
a
lot
of
guys
think
about
entrepreneurship,
it's
like
taking
that
those
those
tomatoes
and
making
a
sauce
a
salsa
or
a
hot
sauce,
and
then
making
that,
like
the
brown
hot
sauce
making
that
an
economic
engine
so
that
the
money
that
is
raised
goes
back
into
the
gardens.
So
you
have
to
rely
on
federal
funding.
You
don't
have
to
rely
for
begging
for
funding
when
within
your
own
entity
collectively.
C
C
And
it's
about
a
time
when
people
ask
me
to
come
into
our
neighborhood?
If
you
want
to
help
in
our
neighborhood
talk
about
owning
a
business,
tell
them
tell
us
how
we
can
own
a
business,
how
we
can
turn
what
we
have
the
property
that
we
have
and
turn
it
around
not
to
put
in
our
pocket,
because
you
know
it
powers
that
being
thinking
you
know,
if
you
let
these
gardeners
try
to
do
something,
have
it
is
going
into
their
pocket?
C
What
Pockets
we
going
into
it's
going
into
our
community,
it's
going
into
our
community,
so
think
about
the
next
phase
of
what
we
can
do
in
the
urban
ad
community
garden
movement
is
to
be
self-sufficient
and
self-reliant,
coming
up
with
some
ways
that
we
can
do
entrepreneurship
as
a
deterrent
of
Youth
violence
as
a
determined.
It
will
be
grateful
if
you
can
say
wow,
guess
what
I
own
that
hot
sauce
well
I
own,
that
salsa
oh
I
own,
that
honey,
how
the
tables
will
turn.
C
But
you
got
to
be
very,
very
careful
because
people
like
I
said
people
with
power
privileged.
They
don't
want
to
see
people
in
the
hood.
You
know
start
getting
that
power,
because
what
does
it
mean?
That
means
you
get
that
power
all
of
a
sudden.
You
said
you
know
what
I
don't
have
to
be
in
the
hood
anymore.
I
can
move
out
and
then
people
get
scared.
So
as
long
as
they
can
keep
it
down,
you
know
I'm
saying
that
people
with
power
purchase
feels
comfortable
but
make
them
feel
uncomfortable
and
then
so.
C
C
It's
not
one-dimensional
that
people
growing
food
on
rooftops,
right
and
greenhouses,
and
and
vertical
Gardens
and
aquaponics
and
hydroponics
there's
a
whole
array
of
ways
of
growing
food,
but
make
sure
you
are
not
put
in
a
hole
where
you
have
one
type,
pin
it
against
another,
and
then
you
see
the
power
and
the
money
going
to
those
who
say
well,
we
grow
food.
The
best
way.
You
can't
grow
food
in
the
garden
because
they
can't
feed
anybody.
We
have
to
make
sure
that
everybody
has
a
place
at
the
table.
C
That
I'll
just
leave
that
alone,
and
then
you
have
groups
that
are
out
there
being
proactive
instead
of
reactive
out
out
there
Marching
for
rights
for
labor
rights,
for
Farmers
rights,
for
women's
rights,
for
the
prevention
of
land
loss.
Do
you
know
here
in
the
United
States
black
Farmers
own,
less
than
one
percent
of
farmland
over
in
the
1920,
a
million
Farmers
black
Farmers?
Now
they're
only
less
than
50
000
black
farmers
in
New
York
state
New,
York
State?
C
We
have
57
000
farmers,
of
which
only
139
are
black
and
so
I'm
on
this
Mission
folks,
I
tell
people
what
is
it
about
me
that
you
fear?
What
is
it
about
my
gender,
my
skin
color,
that
you
fear
that
you
not
allowed
me
to
have
access
to
land
to
grow
food,
to
understand
my
historical
content
or
how
I
got
here?
C
And
you
know
the
census
is
out,
so
the
census
is
out,
and
so
people
figure
well
it's
just
for
rural
farming.
You
know
the
census
is
not
for
all
y'all
get
a
chance
to
fill
the
census
out
because
you're
being
counted
and
when
you
are
counted
that
means
federal
dollars
will
come
more
into
your
community.
C
So
I
just
wanted
to
put
that
out
there
and
then
why
am
I
up
here
because
I'm
up
here
trying
to
open
the
doors
for
the
Next
Generation
of
young
people
who
want
to
farm
who
want
to
grow
food
and
giving
them
opportunities
to
say?
Yes,
you
can
you
can
do
that
with
a
purpose
with
an
urgency
with
a
feeling.
You
know
I
tell
people,
you
know,
I
stand
up
here.
C
Sometimes,
and
sometimes
the
things
I
say
are
very
very
hard,
but
I
always
tell
people
I
stand
in
love,
I
stand
in
love
because
you
know
when
you
take
a
lot
of
resentment.
You
know
that
that
just
that
just
makes
you
feel
bad.
You
know
what
I'm
saying
that
makes
you
feel
bad,
so
I
always
say
to
myself.
I
stand
in
in
the
essence
of
love.
I
stand
on
the
shoulders
of
my
ancestors.
I
stand
with
my
relationship
to
Nature
that
I
feel
so
good
at
being
68
years
of
age,
I
live
a
great
life.
C
I
live
a
great
life,
because
each
and
every
day
I
can
look
at
the
trees
and
I.
Look
at
the
flowers,
I
look
at
the
sky
and
say
what
a
gift
I
have
gotten
and
to
be
able
to
at
this
point
in
time
in
my
life,
to
take
my
knowledge
and
take
my
history
and
take
my
trauma
and
put
it
out
to
the
universe.
You
know
speak
to
someone
this
morning
because
a
lot
of
you
have
ideas.
You
have
projects
and
I
want
you
to
never
take
no
for
an
answer.
C
Whatever
you
want
put
it
out
to
the
universe.
Put
it
out
to
the
universe,
say
you
want
land
say
you
want
housing,
say
whatever
you
want
your
hopes
and
dreams,
because
there's
someone
out
there
that's
going
to
hear
it
and
uplift
you,
and
so
these
are
the
things
I
tell
people
we
need
to
do
together.
So,
let's
think
about
supporting
the
rights
of
Farm,
Workers
and
restaurant
workers
and
grocery
workers,
because
what
do
we
know
now?
They're
called
essential
workers.
C
How
come
it
took
so
long
for
covet
for
us
to
realize
that
next,
those
who
are
working
on
affordable
housing
and
and
land
access,
we
need
to
work
together,
because
you
can't
work
on
one
and
not
work
on
the
other.
So
let's
talk
about
how
we
can
work
on
housing
and
land
together
instead
of
separate
think
about
the
idea
of
land
reparation
now.
C
You
know
that's
a
tricky
because
as
soon
as
you
hear
the
word
reparation
people
of
power
and
privilege
get
oh,
my
God
they're
going
to
take
a
land,
but
it's
not
that
it's
about
having
having
a
real,
true
history
about
how
a
lot
of
land
has
been
stolen,
y'all
and
I.
Think
people
are
fearful
about
the
conversation
because
the
young
people
are
starting
to
say
so
family.
How
do
we
get
this
land?
Because
they've
heard
in
the
past
that
the
land
was
taken
from
this
farmer?
C
The
land
was
and
they
want
to
know
the
truth,
and
so
the
truth
is
being
blocked.
So,
let's
start
having
that
healthy
conversation
about
land
reparation
demand
for
healthy
food
and
healthy
water
again
goes
hand
in
hand,
both
a
human
right
again.
The
right
to
save
seeds,
I
hope,
that's
on
people's
plate,
talk
about
it
and
the
right
to
have
food
label.
C
Why
do
I
have
to
go
into
a
store
and
find
something
as
simple
as
maybe
a
tomato
sauce
or
whatever,
and
it
has
20
different
ingredients
that
I
can't
read
or
pronounce
so
again
we
need
to
fight
so
that
people
understand
what
they're
putting
in
their
bodies
and
then
having
the
right
to
not
to
buy
it.
Hello,
easy
said
and
done
again
speak
up
against
hazardous
working
conditions
or
a
major
full
facilities
and
businesses
make
sure
your
elected
officials
are
accountable.
Folks,
you
got
the
power,
ask
those
questions.
I
knew
everybody.
C
C
You
never
sat
down
and
met
people
where
they
are.
You
never
been
in
there
and
broke
bread
with
him
or
you
never
invited
them
to
your
house.
Excuse
me
so
think
about
how
think
about
making
yourself
uncomfortable
to
be
comfortable
and
a
lot
of
y'all
know
what
I'm
talking
about
strive
for
community
of
terrorist
adversity
and
inclusion
as
assets
and
develop
and
support
youth
leadership
starting
this
black
form
of
fun.
So
this
is
a
black
form
of
fun.
C
Again
was
the
fact
that
50
only
139
farmers
are
black
in
New
York
state
and
we
were
not
getting
anything.
So
this
is
what
we
did.
So
we
go
to
the
secretary
AG
in
three
years
ago
and
that's
what
nine
nine
million
dollars?
Yes,
we
just
walked
in
and
said
we
have
these
sort
of
things
that
we
want
done
and
we
want
nine
million
dollars
now
if
I
said
to
y'all,
can
you
who's
gonna?
Give
me
nominant,
you're
gonna,
give
me
nine
million
dollars.
Can
I
got
no,
can
I
get.
C
Me
I
was
like
nothing:
no,
no
you're,
not
getting
nine
million
dollars,
so
we
had
no
money
from
the
from
the
government.
So
you
know
what
we
went
out
and
we
stole
our
story.
We
told
our
story,
we
don't
want
to
hand
out,
we
want
to
hand
in
we
want
to
make
a
difference,
and
so
our
first
year
last
year
we
we
had
over
one
million
dollars,
one
no
government
money
whatsoever.
C
We
did
eight
eight
businesses
for
farmers
and
four
businesses
as
startups,
because
what
we
will
find
is
that
they
go
to
a
bank
when
you
go
to
the
bank.
What's
the
first
thing
that
asks
if
they
don't
say
hello,
how's
your
credit,
and
if
you
have
bad
credit,
you
know
it
was
such
a
pleasure
talking
to
you
today
where
we
did
is
like.
So
how
can
we
help
you
repair
your
credit
and.
C
C
C
We
put
it
out
to
the
universe.
Someone
showed
us
that
this
is
place
up
in
Orange
County
in
the
black
dirt
region.
I'm
telling
you
black
dirt
region.
We
don't
do.
We
don't
use
any
any
fertilizer,
because
it's
black
dirt
40
of
organic
matter,
wow,
oh
baby,
so
we
grow
the
best
food,
but
we
grow
the
best
weeds.
But
anyway.
C
That's
a
Grace,
that's
that's
a
Grace,
and
so
that's
why
stewarding
that
doing
composting
giving
backs-
and
you
know,
understanding
how
we
grow
food
there
so
I'm
there
from
April
to
November
yeah.
So
we
started
back
in
2000
like
I
said
in
1415
we
have
five
acres
of
land.
We
are
a
for-profit
form,
not
a
non-profit.
We
have
four
proper
form
because
we
want
people
to
see
farming
as
a
business.
Is
it
hard?
Yes,
it's
hard.
C
C
C
F
Afraid,
yes,
yes,
yes,
yes,
hi,
I'm,
Chandra,
batra,
I'm,
a
member
of
mass
can
as
well
as
listen
who's,
been
involved
in
the
urban
farm
movement
in
Massachusetts.
My
question
for
you
is
when
you
guys
are
working
on
People's
Credit,
how
much
of
it
has
been
having
the
pain
back
of
student
loans
and
having
to
deal
with
student
loan
debt
that
people
have.
C
Had
so
right
now
we're
not
working
on
student
loan
debt
right
now
we're
working
on
Farmers
day.
Maybe
that
will
come
down
the
line.
I
write,
I
know
right
now
there
is
maybe
coming
forth
the
justice
for
black
former
act,
yeah,
which
was
which
is
going
to
include
student
loan
debt.
But
let
me
tell
you
off:
now
is
the
time
for
folks
to
have
student
loan
debt
to
reach
out
to
your
local
politicians,
because
look
what
has
happened
to
the
banks?
C
The
banks
are
getting
a
banner
of
a
billion
dollars
bailout
now
is
the
time
for
the
students
to
say
wait
a
second.
Where
is
our
bailout?
So
now,
while
the
eye
is
hot,
go
to
your
local
legislators
and
say
you
cannot
bail
out
Banks
and
you're,
not
bailing
out
student
loan
debt
make
your
voices
heard
excellent
question,
who
else
yes
stand
up
and
talk
so
talk
to
me?
Yes,
of
course,
good.
G
Afternoon,
thank
you
so
much.
My
name
is
Charlene
Higgins
I'm
here
with
my
friend
who
started
our
own
Garden
Club
called
the
obsidian
Garden
group
and
she
and
I
were
just
asking
ourselves.
How
do
we
start
a
community
garden
because,
where
we
live
in
south
of
Boston,
it
needs
some
help.
The
city
needs
a
whole
lot
of
help.
There
are
a
lot
of
empty
lots.
B
C
D
H
C
C
People
knew
that
growing
food
eating
healthy
was
a
major
major
way
of
at
least
stemming
the
time
that
of
of
of
of
of
the
virus,
and
so
you
saw
in
New
York
city,
so
many
people
moved
out
to
the
suburbs,
so
many
people
moved
and
I
heard
this
was
happening
across
the
country
moving
out
buying
land
buyout
homes
and
so
for
us,
where
we
are
now
that
in
the
black
dirt
region
is
Prime
real
estate.
You
know
in
some
instances
it
can
go
for,
like
maybe
half
a
million
dollar
an
acre
and
so
again.
C
The
bottom
line,
I
tell
people
put
it
out
to
the
universe
because
and
then
also
I
tell
people
again
power
privilege.
You
know
you
hear
people
say:
I
got
140
acres
of
land
and
I
sit
down
and
I
wonder
you
know
what
you
can
do
a
lot
of
one
acre.
You
mean
this
time
you
can't
set
aside
of
10
acres
or
people
have
a
lot
of
Acres
set
aside
for
a
beginning
farmer
that
wants
to
farm.
C
You
get
credit
so
trying
again
talking
to
the
mindsets
of
people
who
have
land
to
give
some
land
to
to
an
up-and-coming
farmer.
You
know
it,
it
helps
you
and
so
I.
My
advice
put
it
out.
There.
I
was
on
so
many
panels,
and
so
many
workshops
and
my
line
was
I
need
some
land
I
need
some
land
I
need
some
land
and
then
finally,
someone
heard
and
said
it's
a
project
up
in
New
York
City
called
The
Chester,
Agriculture,
Center
they're.
C
A
A
C
C
But
it
starts
with
the
invitation
of
the
officers
to
come
in
a
group.
They
should
be
here
to
come
into
a
group
where
they
can
actually
see
and
hear
people
who
are
growing
food
to
make
the
the
community
better
and
you're
offsetting
again
crime.
Getting
young
people
to
understand
and
you
don't
have
to
be
in
the
street,
you
know
holding
a
gun
and
stuff
like
that.
You
can
be
in
the
hood
growing
food
and
making
yourself
feel
good.
Excellent
question.
I!
Think
yes,
I
gotta!
Stop!
Because
the
mayor's
here.
B
B
Okay,
thank
you
so
much
Karen
that
was
obviously
really
excellent
and
inspiring
and
next
I
would
we're
gonna
move
on
into
our
award
ceremony.
First
I
want
to
also
thank
the
mayor,
Chief
Dylan,
Chief,
white
Hammond
and
Northeastern
University
for
hosting
us
and
I'm
going
to
hand
it
over.
On
that
note
to
the
assistant
vice
president
of
city
and
Community
engagement
at
Northeastern,
chamel
idiokitas.
J
Thank
you,
man,
I
think
it's
almost
been
what,
over
two
decades,
that
Northeastern
has
been
hosting
this
amazing
event
so
excited
to
to
have
you
guys
back
excited
that
the
mayor's
here
Chief
Hammond
white,
is
here
her
Chief
Jalen
is
in
the
building
as
well?
Oh
sorry
just
left
the
right
mask
here.
It
is
thank
you
to
the
entire
team,
Michelle
Christine
Vidya.
Thank
you
to
you
and
I.
J
K
K
K
A
Visionary
for
urban
AG
At,
the
trustees,
so
I
just
want
to
say,
as
we
prepare
to
welcome
our
mayor,
that
it's
worth
remarking
that
the
trustees
has
worked
since
our
founding
in
1891,
in
close
partnership
with
our
state
and
local
government
Partners,
who
we
so
value.
Boston
has
been
our
home
base
from
the
very
beginning
for
the
work
that
we
do
all
across
the
Commonwealth.
K
A
D
Okay,
thank
you.
Thank
you!
So
much
Miss
Marianne
okay
good
morning,
everyone
and
welcome.
Thank
you
so
much
for
all
that
you
do
to
make
our
city
beautiful
and
healthy
and
connected
and
to
be
able
to
come
back
and
and
build
this
community
in
person
to
celebrate
you
all
I'm,
really
honored
and
thrilled
to
be
part
of
the
awards
ceremony
and
to
make
sure
that,
as
we
recognize
the
work,
that's
happening
across
our
neighborhoods
that
we're
also
continuing
to
educate
ourselves
and
and
open
our
minds.
D
So
thank
you
so
much
Miss
Washington
for
being
with
us
and
and
sharing
your
insights
and
helping
us
learn
to
have
a
vision
of
what
more
we
could
be
doing
to
our
host
Shamel
and
everyone
at
Northeast,
Michael
and
everyone
at
Northeastern.
It's
it's
you
all
do
so
much
with
and
for
the
city
and
we're
really
honored
to
partner
with
you.
Thank
you
for
keeping
this
staple
of
our
important
partnership
with
Northeastern
going
to
the
trustees
from
nithi
Christine.
D
Everyone
who's
been
involved,
Vidya
we're
we're
so
grateful
for
the
Partnerships
that
the
city
can
lean
on.
I
am
blessed
every
day
to
be
in
an
environment
working
in
city
hall,
with
leaders
who
are
just
I
mean
incomparable
across
the
country.
My
only
role,
I'm,
really
honored
to
step
into
all
the
descriptions
of
Boston
being
a
leading,
Climate,
City
and
and
being
part
of
the
the
team
that
is
keeping
that
going.
D
But
I
will
share
very
honestly
that
my
only
job
is
to
be
in
meetings
in
City
Hall,
where
I
say
how
can
we
do
more
and
then
the
incredible
team
comes
and
presents
all
the
steps
that
that
we
are
dreaming
of
they
often
and
usually
involve
Partnerships
and
landing
on
the
the
work
of
our
incredible
organizations
and
community
and,
most
importantly,
our
residents.
So
this
is
we're
determined
that
Boston
is
going
to
be
in
order
to
be
the
leading
Climate
City
in
order
to
be
the
leading
housing,
the
city.
D
There's
all
sorts
of
reasons
why
we
need
to
invest
in
green
and
growing,
and
it
has
to
do
with
climate
change
and
Science
and
and
air
quality
and
many
things
that
that
you
can
put
in
a
report
in
a
chart.
But
for
me,
what
is
most
important
is
that
it
is
about
our
fundamental
human,
fundamental
humanity
and
connection
to
each
other
as
people
I
grew
up
in
an
immigrant
household,
where
I
didn't
understand
all
the
time.
D
We
had
to
drive
really
far
away
to
get
to
to
bring
back
to
our
home
and
having
that
sense
of
not
only
your
own
nourishment
the
ability
to
to
be
connected
to
and
rooted
in
this
world
that
we
share.
But
your
ability
to
see
yourself
reflected
your
identity.
Your
culture,
that
that
is
what
we
hope
to
achieve
across
Boston
through
these
Partnerships
I'm,
really
excited
to
share
a
bit
of
what
our
incredible
team
is
doing.
D
Chief,
white
Hammond,
Chief,
Dylan,
Shawnee
and
and
everyone
who's
been
involved
with
with
our
partners,
we're
looking
forward
to
10
new
Gardens
that
are
currently
in
the
pipeline,
investing
more
than
a
million
dollars
toward
building
and
renovating
existing
Gardens.
This
year,
new
gardening
education
opportunities
mini
grants
so
that
gardeners
and
garden
garden
communities
can
purchase
tools
and
other
basic
necessities
and
working
to
build.
1
000
raised
bed
gardens
for
low-income
households
in
Boston.
G
B
All
right,
thank
you
so
much
for
those
wonderful
words.
Now
it's
time
to
honor
our
community
guard
Garden
awardees
of
the
year,
so
I'll
read
a
little
description
for
this
one.
We,
yes,
we
will
do.
Okay,
some
interpretation,
okay,
so
our
rookie
Garden
of
the
year
I'm
happy
to
announce
is
the
Gore
Street
Garden
in
Mission
Hill.
B
So
the
Wall
Street
Garden
developed
through
the
efforts
of
many
Mission
Hill
residents
from
the
late
long-term
homeowner,
who
began
planting
flowers
in
the
vacant
lot
in
the
1980s
to
the
tenants
in
the
early
2000s
who
started
raising
vegetables
in
raised
bed
gardens
and
a
2015
disposition
process
on
Mission
Hill
residents
identified
six
to
eight
Gore
Street
as
a
place.
They
wanted
to
remain
as
open
space
and
as
a
community
garden.
So
the
Mission
Hill
Health
movement
can
be
neighbors
to
develop
a
proposal
which
the
city
accepted.
B
B
The
Mission
Hill
Health
movement
wishes
to
thank
the
city's
Department
of
Housing
Cog
design
and
Laura
fetterson
for
their
help.
Overcoming
the
many
challenges
in
developing
a
garden,
they
are
very
grateful
to
former
Mission
Hill
neighbors,
the
Boyer
family,
who
generously
supported
the
Development
and
Construction
of
the
Gore
Street
Garden.
They
learned
many
lessons
during
their
rookie
year,
including
how
to
support
an
ad
hoc
Gardener
group
how
to
partner
with
the
sites
to
other
sites,
to
run
programming
instead
of
doing
everything
themselves.
I
L
L
L
L
L
B
Okay,
thank
you
very
much.
Everybody
thanks
again
to
the
Gore
Street
gardeners
for
their
awesome
work
and
from
to
Mission
Hill
Health
movement,
our
next
awardee.
Unfortunately,
one
of
them
couldn't
make
it.
She
had
a
health
issue,
but
we
have
her
partner
in
crime
here,
so
these
were
planned
to
be
our
two
most
valuable
gardeners:
our
Sarah
Hut
and
John
McLaughlin
of
the
Berkeley
community
garden.
B
So
I'm
not
going
to
read
about
Sarah,
because
it's
weird
to
read
about
someone
who's
not
here,
but
know
that
she's
a
really
wonderful
Gardener
and
we
will
find
a
time
to
honor
her
next
year.
But
I
will
tell
you
about
John.
So
John
came
to
Berkeley
community
garden
more
than
20
years
ago.
He
began
to
help
with
some
tasks
Beyond
his
own
garden
plot
and
as
he
put
it,
you
volunteer
for
one
task
and
before
long
they've
got
you
a
hook
line.
A
B
The
best
part
will
always
be
spring
cleanups
for
both
the
garden
and
the
gardeners
are
full
of
Hope
and
energy,
and
you
know
that
anything
is
possible.
We
At,
the
trustees
I
just
want
to
say
a
quick
word
are
incredibly
grateful
for
Sarah
and
John's
hard
and
consistent
work
throughout
the
years
running.
B
B
Street
Garden
was
established
in
July
of
2007,
once
the
Bremen
Street
Park
was
completed
and
park
operations
transferred
to
massport.
Originally,
the
garden
had
43
plots,
but
it
soon
proved
too
small,
as
the
waiting
list
kept
growing.
So
in
2010
they
were
Garden.
Coordinators
worked
with
massport
to
add
another
26
plots
and
again
in
2022,
as
they
celebrated
the
garden's
15th
anniversary
with
a
quinceanera
that
included
a
giant
tomato
pinata.
B
They
added
three.
The
three
old
raised
beds
were
replaced
with
four
new
ones
to
make
the
garden
accessible
again.
Every
year.
This
wonderful
space
is
70,
East,
Boston
households,
as
well
as
kids
in
a
local
preschool
the
opportunity
to
grow
their
own
food
or
have
a
flower
garden,
but
just
as
important
it
gives
them
the
opportunity
to
spend
time.
Outdoors
engage
with
their
neighbors
in
The,
Wider
East,
Boston
Community.
It
is
a
space
where
many
generations
and
many
cultures
meet
and
learn
from
each
other.
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It's
proximity
to
the
the
East
Boston
branch
of
the
Boston
Public
Library
has
allowed
gardeners
to
collaborate
with
the
library
on
several
initiatives
over
the
years
like
supporting
their
seed
library
and
hosting
Library
story
walks
and
a
little
tidbit
Bremen.
Street
gardeners
were
present
at
the
Gardner's
gathering
in
2008
to
get
the
Rookie
of
the
Year
award
and
they
have
come
a
long
way
since
then.
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B
If
I
can
talk,
while
the
photos
are
happening
just
so,
everyone
has
time
for
lunch.
I
just
want
to
say
again
thank
you
so
much
to
Karen,
Washington
City
in
Boston,
Northeastern
and
I
want
to
shout
out
our
garden
coordinators
again.
If
anyone
wants
to
raise
their
hand,
who
runs
a
community
garden,
it
helps
to
thank
you.