Coming
off a surprisingly successful summer, the Massachusetts Avenue
Project is making big plans to improve next season.
Located
at 389 Massachusetts Avenue, one of M.A.P.’s main goals is to
reduce the “food desert” on the West Side. In addition to providing the
community with affordable fresh grown produce at their Massachusetts Avenue
location, they also provide a mobile produce truck for easier access to fresh
food.
And
with the growing season winding down, Katie Pfohl, Farm and Markets Assistant
at M.A.P., is already looking forward to the next season and a new greenhouse.
“We are going to move our
composting to somewhere else, and some of our chickens so that we can do that
on a bigger scale,” she said. “We also want to grow a
lot of lettuce. Get the greenhouse up and maybe do a little more adventurous
stuff in the greenhouse.”
Eric
Alcosiba a senior at Tapestry Charter High School has been employed with M.A.P.
since February and he believes the program is beneficial for the community.
“Joining M.A.P. and
actually working here you see where your food comes from,” he said. “You can get more
involved with your community and it also teaches some great skills.”
For
more information regarding M.A.P. and its growing green movement visit their
website at mass-ave.or. Take a farm tour offered on Tuesdays at 4p.m. or
Saturdays at 10:30a.m. ;the farm tours will go until the second week of
November. By Sara O'Brien and James Wright
