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Advocates urge funding to convert vacant lots into urban farms, citing food access and community benefits
Summary
Supporters — including community farms, municipal programs and youth groups — told the committee H121/S61 would expand productive urban green space, improve food access and provide job and youth training opportunities by funding conversion and ongoing maintenance of vacant lots into community farms and gardens.
Residents, urban growers and municipal leaders testified in favor of bills H121/S61 to establish a vacant‑lots‑to‑urban‑farmland fund. Witnesses described local projects that arose from small public‑ or community‑led investments and said a scalable state program could accelerate that work across cities.
"This bill is important because…
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