Urban Farming Blog

Green City Growers’ CEO & Founder, Jessie Banhazl, reports from the road in Gothenburg, Sweden on her Eisenhower Fellowship. Learn more about her program objectives, and check out her previous posts from Berlin and Munich  After two great weeks in Germany, I said my goodbyes and flew to Gothenburg, Sweden’s 2nd […]

Green City Growers’ CEO & Founder, Jessie Banhazl, reports from the road on her Eisenhower Fellowship, taking place from September 9th- October 13th. Learn more about her program objectives, and check out her previous post from Berlin. The continuation of my Germany trip from Berlin to Munich was well worth it. […]

Green City Growers’ CEO & Founder, Jessie Banhazl, reports from the road on her Eisenhower Fellowship, taking place from September 9th- October 13th, 2019. To learn more about her program objectives, check out her previous blog post.  Before arriving in Berlin, I had a vague sense of what urban agriculture […]

This blog is written by GCG Founder & CEO, Jessie Banhazl For 5 weeks, I will be travelling through Germany, Sweden, and France to learn more about how other countries approach urban farming through an Eisenhower Fellowship . I am so thankful for this amazing opportunity, and I hope to […]

Certified B Corporations are a new kind of business classification that balances purpose and profit.

Green City Growers (GCG) has announced the promotion of Christopher Grallert to the position of Company President.

How did you get into farming? I sort of fell into farming while researching Slow Food for my Master’s degree in Italy. Slow Food is a now international movement that began in Italy in response to the first McDonald’s opening in Rome in 1986. Today Slow Food advocates for “good, […]

“I’ve come to recognize that caring for a garden can also be a way of caring for one’s self. It’s extremely inspiring to see first-hand how our programs help lift people up.” Read the full interview with our farmer and educator Eric Dawson to find out what led Eric to Green City Growers and how he sees his work here engaging and inspiring local communities.

Green City Growers, in partnership with the Boston Public Schools, Friends of the Boston Schoolyards, and the BPS STRIVE program, are pleased to announce that we are the recipient of a 2019 Farm-to-School grant from the USDA.