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by Penn Loh of YES! Magazine
When Glynn Lloyd couldn’t source enough locally grown produce, he decided to grow his own.
Since 1994, Lloyd has run City Fresh Foods, a catering company based in Roxbury—one of Boston's lowest-income neighborhoods. He wanted his business to use locally produced food, but at that time it was hard to come by. So in 2009 Lloyd helped found City Growers, one of Boston's first for-profit farming ventures.
Today, City Growers is part of an emerging network of urban food enterprises in Roxbury and neighboring Dorchester. From a community land trust that preserves land for growing, to kitchens and retailers who buy and sell locally grown food, to a new waste management co-op that will return compost to the land, a crop of new businesses and nonprofits are building an integrated food economy. It's about local people keeping the wealth of their land and labor in the community.
“We don’t need big corporations like Walmart to come in and save us," Lloyd said. "We have homegrown solutions right here.”
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land, co-ops, compost: a local food economy emerges in boston's poorest neighborhoods
Posted: November 26 2014
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via Truth-out.org
by Penn Loh of YES! Magazine
When Glynn Lloyd couldn’t source enough locally grown produce, he decided to grow his own.
Since 1994, Lloyd has run City Fresh Foods, a catering company based in Roxbury—one of Boston's lowest-income neighborhoods. He wanted his business to use locally produced food, but at that time it was hard to come by. So in 2009 Lloyd helped found City Growers, one of Boston's first for-profit farming ventures.
Today, City Growers is part of an emerging network of urban food enterprises in Roxbury and neighboring Dorchester. From a community land trust that preserves land for growing, to kitchens and retailers who buy and sell locally grown food, to a new waste management co-op that will return compost to the land, a crop of new businesses and nonprofits are building an integrated food economy. It's about local people keeping the wealth of their land and labor in the community.
“We don’t need big corporations like Walmart to come in and save us," Lloyd said. "We have homegrown solutions right here.”
...
Read the full article on Truthout!