Why BFFC?

“Community resilience is climate resilience…” and BFFC is building both. Learn how in this video, and hear from BFFC’s Executive Director Orion Kriegman as he shares the inspiration, need, and momentum that yielded the Boston Food Forest Coalition.

“These spaces are transformative
for generations to come.”

— Mayor Michelle Wu, City of Boston

“The City of Boston needs community land trusts like BFFC working on green space preservation and creation in order to mitigate some of the challenges of a changing climate that we are already seeing in our city.”

— Sheila A. Dillon, Director of Boston’s Mayor’s Office of Housing

“I’m really hopeful that we can be an organization that others can look up to and replicate, and that this can spread to other places and they take it on as it makes sense for their cities, their communities.”

— Danielle Sommer, BFFC Board President

“There’s a network of knowledge being shared amongst the stewards. You realize that you’re not the only one going through a certain challenge.”

— LaRay Brison, Steward of the Edgewater Food Forest

"BFFC continues to be a thought partner as we collaborate on and co-create pathways for sustainable and nourishing food justice in all places of growing, living, and belonging."

— Karen Spiller, Steward of the Old West Church Food Forest & BFFC Board Secretary

Why BFFC?

Why BFFC?

“These spaces are transformative for generations to come.”

“The City of Boston needs community land trusts like BFFC working on green space preservation and creation in order to mitigate some of the challenges of a changing climate that we are already seeing in our city.”

“I’m really hopeful that we can be an organization that others can look up to and replicate, and that this can spread to other places and they take it on as it makes sense for their cities, their communities.”

“There’s a network of knowledge being sh﻿ared amongst the stewards. You realize that you’re not the only one going through a certain challenge.”

"BFFC continues to be a thought partner as we collaborate on and co-create pathways for sustainable and nourishing food justice in all ﻿places of growing, living, and belonging."

“These spaces are transformative
for generations to come.”

“There’s a network of knowledge being shared amongst the stewards. You realize that you’re not the only one going through a certain challenge.”

"BFFC continues to be a thought partner as we collaborate on and co-create pathways for sustainable and nourishing food justice in all places of growing, living, and belonging."