Yay, it's spring and Feast is just around the corner! We can't wait to see you all.
All project proposals are due by Saturday March 24th. Get them in!
Tickets are sold out for this event, but let us know if you would like to be put on our contact list so that you don't miss out on Feast next time.
CSA's at Clover
Exciting things happening at Clover Food Lab. Here's word from former Feast Mass organizer Lucia Jazayeri at Clover:
"CSA stands for community-supported agriculture. Basically, you fork over $ now, farmers use it to plant crops, and during the summer, you get a share of the harvest in the form of a box of vegetables. Problem is, CSAs are often really hard to find out about, inconvenient to pick up, and so are not nearly as accessible or as available as they should be. We think we can put CSAs front and center.
So we're trying a little experiment: for the month of February, we've turned the Clover restaurant in Inman Square (1075 Cambridge St) into a CSA information center. You can come to the restaurant, read about 5 different CSAs, and sign up for one you like (or that fits your schedule). You can even sign up to find a friend to split your share with.
Every weekday from June-October, a different farm will drop shares at Clover. We're offering the space for free, and we're excited that 5 of our favorite farms (Red Fire Farm, The Food Project, Lindentree Farm, Marshall's Farm, and Drumlin Farm*) are joining us for this experiment. A couple of these farms have never done CSA drop-offs before, a few are veterans at it. In the first 2 weeks, we've had about 60 people sign up, which means we could already be funneling over $30,000 towards these hard-working Mass farmers!
If you want to learn more, stop by Clover on Friday night. We're having a party with all 5 farmers. Come by, meet the farmers, ask questions about CSAs, and sign up for shares if you haven't already. It's supposed to be a snowy night – all the better to imagine future summer days filled w/vegetables.
Meet the Farmers Night
"CSA stands for community-supported agriculture. Basically, you fork over $ now, farmers use it to plant crops, and during the summer, you get a share of the harvest in the form of a box of vegetables. Problem is, CSAs are often really hard to find out about, inconvenient to pick up, and so are not nearly as accessible or as available as they should be. We think we can put CSAs front and center.
So we're trying a little experiment: for the month of February, we've turned the Clover restaurant in Inman Square (1075 Cambridge St) into a CSA information center. You can come to the restaurant, read about 5 different CSAs, and sign up for one you like (or that fits your schedule). You can even sign up to find a friend to split your share with.
Every weekday from June-October, a different farm will drop shares at Clover. We're offering the space for free, and we're excited that 5 of our favorite farms (Red Fire Farm, The Food Project, Lindentree Farm, Marshall's Farm, and Drumlin Farm*) are joining us for this experiment. A couple of these farms have never done CSA drop-offs before, a few are veterans at it. In the first 2 weeks, we've had about 60 people sign up, which means we could already be funneling over $30,000 towards these hard-working Mass farmers!
If you want to learn more, stop by Clover on Friday night. We're having a party with all 5 farmers. Come by, meet the farmers, ask questions about CSAs, and sign up for shares if you haven't already. It's supposed to be a snowy night – all the better to imagine future summer days filled w/vegetables.
Meet the Farmers Night
A party with all the farmers of Clover's CSA program (Drumlin, Red Fire, Lindentree, The Food Project, and Marshall).
Friday, 2/24, 7–9pm
Clover HUB (1075 Cambridge Street)
Details on the Clover blog"
* Red Fire Farm and Drumlin Farm have generously donated their produce to several past Feasts.
Friday, 2/24, 7–9pm
Clover HUB (1075 Cambridge Street)
Details on the Clover blog"
* Red Fire Farm and Drumlin Farm have generously donated their produce to several past Feasts.
Falling Through the Cracks: Funding Inegrative Socially Engaged Practice
The video from our talk on arts funding and sustainability the other night, put on by Artists In Context:
This Thursday: Feast Mass Artist Talk
We've been asked by Artists in Context to take part in a discussion about grassroots funding & the arts!
Falling through the Cracks:
Funding integrative socially-engaged practice
Thursday January 19, 7–9 pm
Cambridge Public Library - Main Branch
449 Broadway, Cambridge, MA
Artists involved in post-studio "integrative" practice for positive social outcomes face unique questions and challenges when it comes to funding their projects and supporting themselves through their work...
What are some other options for funding this work and supporting its practitioners? What part can crowd-funding, earned income strategies, and foundations play? What are the limitations of these approaches? What new funding models and institutions are being created or need to be created? What skills do practitioners need in order to make their projects and practices sustainable?
Please join us in exploring these questions and issues at a panel discussion featuring:
Cuong Hoang, Director of Programs at Mott Philanthropic.
Andrew Sempere, Trustee from the Awesome Foundation.
Nerissa Cooney & Alexander Hage, co-founders of Feast Mass.
The conversation will be moderated by artist Lisa Gross, founder of the Boston Tree Party and Hybrid Vigor Projects.
Falling through the Cracks:
Funding integrative socially-engaged practice
Thursday January 19, 7–9 pm
Cambridge Public Library - Main Branch
449 Broadway, Cambridge, MA
Artists involved in post-studio "integrative" practice for positive social outcomes face unique questions and challenges when it comes to funding their projects and supporting themselves through their work...
What are some other options for funding this work and supporting its practitioners? What part can crowd-funding, earned income strategies, and foundations play? What are the limitations of these approaches? What new funding models and institutions are being created or need to be created? What skills do practitioners need in order to make their projects and practices sustainable?
Please join us in exploring these questions and issues at a panel discussion featuring:
Cuong Hoang, Director of Programs at Mott Philanthropic.
Andrew Sempere, Trustee from the Awesome Foundation.
Nerissa Cooney & Alexander Hage, co-founders of Feast Mass.
The conversation will be moderated by artist Lisa Gross, founder of the Boston Tree Party and Hybrid Vigor Projects.
Call for Submissions
Knit & Crochet to Cure Empty Net Syndrome
Former Feast presenter and friend, Maria Molteni, is taking her project to new levels and is looking for submissions to get it there.
The project aims to create functional, hand-crafted basketball nets for neglected public hoops. Inspired by DIY slow production, this process fosters creative problem solving, urban upkeep, and re-purposing of abandon space to build a pro-active network between artists, athletes, and neighbors.
Find more information about NetWorks via: Facebook, Project Blog, or email Maria at: molteninetorks@gmail.com
Farmers To You
We just wanted to give another plug for one of our generous sponsors at the last Feast Mass.
Farmers To You delivers highest quality food produced in Vermont to neighborhoods of Boston. It's like a CSA, but not only can you get vegetables, but also dairy, eggs, meat, fruit, bread, jam, pickles, honey, maple syrup; I could go on.
You create an account, order the food you want through their website, then pick up your order once a week at your closest pickup location, or get it delivered to your house by Metro Pedal Power. There are several pickup sites in Cambridge and Somerville, and recently, one in JP. The food is excellent, prices are very reasonable, and all of your food is coming from the Northeast.
If you were at the last Feast Mass, you got to try squash, garlic, turnips and salad greens that were donated by Farmers To You (amidst a spread of vegetables donated from some wonderful Massachusetts farms as well).
More info here: farmerstoyou.com.
Farmers To You delivers highest quality food produced in Vermont to neighborhoods of Boston. It's like a CSA, but not only can you get vegetables, but also dairy, eggs, meat, fruit, bread, jam, pickles, honey, maple syrup; I could go on.
You create an account, order the food you want through their website, then pick up your order once a week at your closest pickup location, or get it delivered to your house by Metro Pedal Power. There are several pickup sites in Cambridge and Somerville, and recently, one in JP. The food is excellent, prices are very reasonable, and all of your food is coming from the Northeast.
If you were at the last Feast Mass, you got to try squash, garlic, turnips and salad greens that were donated by Farmers To You (amidst a spread of vegetables donated from some wonderful Massachusetts farms as well).
More info here: farmerstoyou.com.
Feast 5 Photobooth
At the last Feast Mass, at 549 Columbus Ave, we had a very special photobooth. If you had your photo taken, thanks for your patience. Here are your photos:
We ate, we voted, we feasted
Last night was a great success! We had two winners, six fantastic proposals, awesome locally grown hand–made food, and some hilarious video of everyone hamming it up.
Thanks to everyone who came we were able to give $600 to John Hulsey & City Life / Vida Urbana's Bank of America Projection. John will let us know when the projections are going to be shown and we'll make sure to let you all know. Make sure to check them out and show support for his fantastic idea. We also gave $250 to Nate Grossman, Leah Craig and Paul Butler's Publication Studio Boston. Stayed tuned so that once they start turning out books you can get your hands on one. Check our Past Proposals page for all of the full proposals.
We couldn't make the night possible and sustainable without the generous donations of: Red Fire Farm, Drumlin Farm, Powisset Farm, Farmers To You, Iggy's Bread, Taza Chocolate, J.P. Licks, Narragansett Beer and Cape Ann Brewery. The produce from the farms is picked for Feast the day before and our team of volunteer cooks plan, wash, prep and make the feast of Feast.
Keep a lookout for updates on projects and ways to get involved.
Feast 5 Deadline extended
We have 5 excellent proposals on the table for Feast Mass #5. However, if you have an idea that you haven't submitted yet, you still have a chance; we've pushed back the proposal deadline to this Thursday. The expected first-place grant will be $500–600, and the second-place grant, $200–250 (that's 2 chances!), so take a minute and answer the three simple questions in our "Submit A Proposal" section.
Feast 5
Feast Mass 5 almost here: Sunday October 23, 2011 from 7-10pm. If you haven't got your name on our guest list yet email us at: feastmass@gmail.com
The event will be held at 549 Columbus Ave. Boston, MA 02118
It is a block and a half off Mass Ave easily accesible by the #1 bus and Mass Ave T stop. Everyone pays at the door, 10 dollars or whatever you'd like to contribute toward the grant.
We're excited to be Feasting with you soon.
The event will be held at 549 Columbus Ave. Boston, MA 02118
It is a block and a half off Mass Ave easily accesible by the #1 bus and Mass Ave T stop. Everyone pays at the door, 10 dollars or whatever you'd like to contribute toward the grant.
We're excited to be Feasting with you soon.
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