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Tiny farm that grows tiny plants in Roslindale could move to Readville
By adamg on Thu, 05/11/2017 - 3:47pm
The Boston Department of Neighborhood Development holds a meeting this Monday on a proposal to lease about three-quarters of an acre it owns in Readville to two Roslindale residents who grow "microgreens" - vegetables that are harvested as soon as they put out their first leaves.
DND is looking at turning over several vacant parcels at Manila Avenue and Norton Street to Lisa Evans and Tim Smith, who say their produce has more nutrients than the fully grown vegetables and who currently sell their produce at local farm stands and farmer's markets.
The meeting begins at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, May 15, at the Academy of the Pacific Rim School, 1 Westinghouse Plaza in Hyde Park.
The DND proposal, which has yet to go out as a formal RFP, has already generated a debate between microgreen fans and nearby residents, who worry about possible flooding from covering up any part of the parcels.
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Comments
Not much of a debate
40 comments in support and one person worried that "clear cutting" the land will lead to it being turned over to a developer.
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Before the astroturfing started, the first several comments were concerned about losing some green space, and about what filling the wetland would do for flooding in the neighborhood.
I think it would be a shame to lose a little patch of woods for the sake of somebody's harebrained business. It's not a distressed former industrial site in need of rehab, it's a forest.
sincere question
Why hasn't it been designated as an urban wild?
I don't know enough about the plot to know anything re its value as wild space (which, ftr, I do think is important to conserve prudently as the city grows).
Also, if it's a wetland, as is claimed in a couple of the comments, then doesn't state law have something to say about it?
Otoh, I will also admit that I am a repeat customer of this business's microgreens. (At least I think I am - did they change the name over the winter?) and I certainly wish them the best as they grow their business.
Why not develop it though?
I'm neither familiar with the site or the company, but isn't building more housing a better use of this land than hooking up a business with land? This is right in a residential neighborhood after all.
Ok, most people
do not shop at farmer's markets and/or local food stands so what is the ultimate benefit here?
Silly-ogism
That's some faulty logic there - Most people don't make use of any specific business/service you can think of, so why build anything, anywhere?