Food Justice Newsletter
By the Food Access Team at NOFA/Mass
Community organizing and collective work has the power to change realities for families, children, seniors and the surrounding neighbors. That organizing becomes extremely powerful when residents take up the charge to create a stronger food system for their families and neighbors.
The Codman Square Neighborhood Development Corporation is a grassroots community organization based in Dorchester, MA committed to developing affordable housing and fighting for racial and economic justice by building community power, especially of low- and moderate-income communities of color in Dorchester. Through developing resident leadership, organizing in the community, promoting economic mobility services, and advocating for local environmental justice, they build collective resident power to effect systemic change and transform society.
As part of their resident leadership training this year, Codman square created a Garden Training program for the cohort of resident leaders that come from all of Codman Square’s Properties. These training sessions were led by Apolo Catala, an Environmental Justice coordinator and the farm manager of Oasis on Ballou and covered several topics on organic growing. Topics included: companion growing, growing in-season, working with seedlings and seeds, pruning and integrated pest management.
Companion Planting: Tomatoes and basil planted alongside each other
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Seedlings on a bench at Tapley Garden
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