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Urban agriculture advocates ask Boston to increase Grow Boston staff and grassroots funding to speed projects and add open space
Summary
Neighborhood groups and urban‑agriculture organizations urged the council to boost staffing and grassroots project funds for Grow Boston to reduce land disposition delays, deliver new food‑forest parks and increase cooling green space in neighborhoods facing heat inequity.
Several neighborhood advocates and leaders in Boston’s urban‑agriculture network testified at the MOH budget hearing that Grow Boston needs more staff capacity and dedicated grassroots funding to accelerate parcels through disposition and into community use.
Orion Kriegman, executive director of the Boston Food Forest Coalition, described the climate and equity rationale for more open space and said low‑canopy neighborhoods suffer higher summer temperatures. ‘‘I'm strongly advocating for fully…
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