The Food Project

The Food Project's mission is to grow a thoughtful and productive community of youth and adults from diverse backgrounds who work together to build a sustainable food system. They produce healthy food for residents of the city and suburbs and provide youth leadership opportunities. Most importantly, they strive to inspire and support others to create change in their own communities.

Since 1991, The Food Project has built a national model of engaging young people in personal and social change through sustainable agriculture. Each year, they work with over a hundred teens and thousands of volunteers to farm on 31 acres in rural Lincoln, MA and on several lots in urban Boston. They consider their hallmark to be their focus on identifying and transforming a new generation of leaders by placing teens in unusually responsible roles, with deeply meaningful work.

Each season, TFP grows nearly a quarter-million pounds of food without chemical pesticides, donating half to local shelters. They sell the remainder of their produce through Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) crop "shares" and farmers' markets.

Nearly half of The Food Project's work is as a resource center for organizations and individuals worldwide. They provide unique capacity building for organizations and educators who learn from The Food Project's expertise through materials, youth training and professional development opportunities.

For more information on The Food Project, please visit www.thefoodproject.org.