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Local Food

By Greg B Johnston

Local Food - A booth offers lessons on jam-making at the Third Annual Urban-Ag Fair. The event, held Sunday afternoon in Harvard Square, showcased locally-grown foods and encouraged visitors to try urban agriculture. By Gregory B. Johnston

Local Food - "It's about getting people excited about old-fashioned skills, which people in the city are becoming interested," says Alexa Photopoulos '05, standing at the jam booth. By Gregory B. Johnston

Local Food - The Urban-Ag fair emphasized foods that are easy to produce with limited land in the middle of the city: jam, honey, herbs, and small plants like tomatoes. By Gregory B. Johnston

Local Food - The Charles Square Farmers Market featured these Cortland apples from Kimball Fruit Farm in Pepperell, MA. They're perfect for baking. By Gregory B. Johnston

Local Food - Kimball Farm offers a variety of produce, including these heirloom tomatoes, as well as "pick your own" opportunities. By Gregory B. Johnston

Local Food - Grateful Farm in Franklin, MA, brought in these sugar pumpkins. Produce has been coming in weeks early because of the unusually hot summer. By Gregory B. Johnston

FM's own Greg B. Johnston '13 explores the local food offerings in Cambridge.

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