September 22, 2021 NHA Community Justice Community Garden Destroyed
Channel: Highest Good
Date: 2021-09-22

This food justice community garden was installed in 2019 as a response to food insecurity. Despite plenty of opportunity to bring tenants together to discuss the gardens, NHA has been unresponsive to tenants who wish to speak about or work in the garden. This morning at 8 am I was notified by other gardeners who were wondering if I had been notified.  Our garden was torn apart this morning, September 22, 2021 between 9:00 am and 1:00 pm. This has an impact on gardeners who rely upon these garden plots to harvest food and herbal medicines.  People who advocated for this playground build no longer live in this community. They did not show up to defend the community gardens.  Many gardeners advocated for this playground and were promised it would have no impact on our community justice garden.  Please contact Mass state legislators and Governor Charlie Baker if this bothers you.  Six garden beds of vegetables and fruits were destroyed mid-harvest today, September 22, 2021.  This playground is being paid for by COMMUNITY PRESERVATION FUNDS but many of us wonder how this works out?  To top it all off, they have chosen to destruct this community garden in the midst of Jewish holiday.