Massachusetts Food System Collaborative
Massachusetts Food System Collaborative

Tag: Culturally Appropriate

Distribution and aggregation model brings cultural crops to inner city

Founded in 1988, the Pioneer Valley NE Growers Coop works with skilled farmers who lack resources to run their own operations. These farmers, who in their home countries cultivated crops for a living, are in Massachusetts as seasonal workers or resident farm workers. Hankering for familiar produce, they began to grow it on small plots […]

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Independent grocer knows the value of well-trained employees

Tropical Foods is more than a supermarket – it’s a community institution. An independent grocery store that has been family run for more than 50 years, Tropical Foods is a bedrock in the transitioning community of Dudley Square – employing 100 local people, some for over 14 years, with continued training and growth opportunities. Tropical […]

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