News & Events
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Maple Sugaring Day
Saturday, February 28, 11am-3pm at MassAudubon's Boston Nature Center.
This family-friendly event is ideal for anyone wanting to learn how to tap locally, and also perfect if you simply want to get outside and stand in the sweet steam of boiling maple sap. Plenty of indoor kiddie activities, too. Come with questions. For more info and registration, click HERE.
Spring's coming!
Despite our wonderfully 'normal' winter, 2025 was the 2nd or 3rd warmest on record. Average global temperatures are flirting with or have surpassed 1.5° C (2.7° F) above pre-industrial levels. How do we stop the burn?
For other workshops and happenings, check the Workshops calendar here.
Agricultural Hall?
In 1818, the Massachusetts Society for the Promotion of Agriculture built the original Agricultural Hall on Dighton Street in Brighton. It served as the hub of the Brighton Fair and Cattle Show, one of the earliest and largest such fairs in the country. In 1829, "a 17-pound turnip, a 19-pound radish, and a bough on which pears hung like a cluster of grapes were among the outstanding exhibits of that year." In 1844 the building was moved to its present location at the corner of Chestnut Hill Avenue and Washington Street.
Dr. William P. Marchione &
The Bostonian Society
Agricultural Hall
...woah, Woah, WOAH!! The
2015 Urban Agriculture Fair
was da BOMB, thanks to a small but tireless group of volunteers, including Alvin, Ariana, Dan, David, George, Itsy, Khrysti, Mary, Myles, Natalie, Orion, Samil, Varsha, and more!
And many thanks to the staff and volunteers at the Loring Greenough House, our hosts for the third year running.
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You can stop biting your nails -- the wait is over!
The contest and judging results are in!!
Several of Jamaica Plain's finest and friendliest small businesses donated prizes for our winners, including: The Haven (great Scottish food, drink & banter), Boing! Toy Store, City Feed & Supply, Ula Cafe, and Yumont True Value Hardware.
And, last but definitely not least, a very appreciative THANK YOU to our team of judges; Margaret Connors, Alex (chef extraordinaire at The Haven), Nataka & Bobby (Urban Farming Institute), and Kalise (The Food Project). Judging is unimaginatively tricky and time consuming. You were FANTASTIC!