Eastie Farm founder and director Kannan Thiruvengadam has been appointed by Acting Mayor Kim Janey to serve on the Boston Conservation Commission (BCC). Thiruvengadam, who most recently was a featured speaker at the Massachusetts Democratic Party 2021 Platform Convention held…
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Eastie Farm’s Kannan Thiruvengadam Featured Speaker at the Massachusetts Democratic Party 2021 Platform Convention
When East Bostonians think of sustainability, environmental activism and those who are racing against time to starve off the devastating impacts climate change will have on our world many think of one person–Kannan Thiruvengadam. Since arriving in Eastie, Thiruvengadam has…
Janey and Eastie Farm Celebrate Growing Food and Building Community
There was a lot to celebrate at Eastie Farm last week. Acting Mayor Kim Janey and City Councilor Lydia Edwards joined Eastie Farm Founder and Director Kannan Thiruvengadam and a whole host of volunteers and residents that have benefited from…
Tree Eastie, NOAH, MOF and Eastie Farm Collaborate to Offer Free Trees to Residents
Tree Eastie, an organization that has been trying to rekindle the neighborhood’s grassroots effort to get more trees planted in the neighborhood, is collaborating with three other neighborhood groups to provide free trees to Eastie residents. Tree Eastie, NOAH (Neighborhood…
Eastie Farm and Tree Eastie Team up to Provide Rain Barrels to Residents
Tree Eastie, an organization that has been trying to rekindle the neighborhood’s grassroots effort to get more trees planted in Eastie, has partnered with Eastie Farm to bring rain barrels to residents. With barrels donated from Eastie based Orleans Packing…
Eastie Farm, Rep. Madaro Honor the Community Farm’s Youngest Volunteer
Jeffries Point resident Josue Tejada, a fourth grader at Patrick J. Kennedy School (PJK), is one of Eastie Farm’s youngest volunteers who shows up each day ready to help out at the community food distribution site. “He is our friendly…
Eastie Farms Has Been Doing Its Part Battling Eastie Inequities
Eastie Farm’s Kannan Thiruvengadam states that the East Boston community, made vulnerable by inequities of many kinds, has been hit hard both by the COVID-19 pandemic and its economic fallouts. “We at Eastie Farm are doing whatever we can to…
Eastie Farms’ Thiruvengadam Named ‘Volunteer of the Year’
At last Tuesday’s Mayor on Main Streets event outside Sammy Carlo’s Deli, Eastie Farms founder and director Kannan Thiruvengadam was honored as the Boston Main Streets Volunteer of the Year. “As I’ve mentioned before what is really important to the…
Eastie Farm Receives City Grant
A few years ago a vacant city-owned parcel on Sumner Street that had sat idle for decades was finally slated for development by the Department of Neighborhood Development (DND). DND officials met with neighbors through a series of community meetings…
East Boston Chamber News
The East Boston Chamber of Commerce Commemorates the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on March 21 The East Boston Chamber of Commerce will be placing a display of American flags to commemorate the upcoming International Day for…