If you live in the Boston area, wander into the parking lot of the Whole Foods Market in Brighton on
Tuesday afternoons this summer and fall. Each week a local farmer will be setting up a portable ‘farm stand.’ You’ll be able to chat with the people who grow the food and learn about their local farms and agriculture in Massachusetts.
Working in cooperation with Whole Foods Market, Slow Food Boston has invited “local heroes” to bring their fresh, locally grown produce directly to consumers in Brighton. Farmers taking part in this cutting edge program include Spencer Brook Farm, Allandale Farm, Silferleaf Farm, Butter Brook Farm, The Herb Lyceum, Nourse Farm, Siena Farms, Hutchins Farm, Belkin Family Lookout Farm, Old Frog Pond Farm, Natick Community Organic Farm, Many Hands Organic Farm and Land’s Sake.
Each week you’ll be able to meet a different farmer and buy their products directly from them. Whole Foods Market is donating the space and the time and so the money you give to the farmer, stays with the farmer.
Slow Food Boston is the local branch of the international organization Slow Food, a group dedicated to creating a community of people who believe in a promoting a better food system, one that is ‘good, clean and fair’. For more information see www.slowfoodboston.com