Community Equitability Group, Resiliency Gardens Project- 'The Growing Space'

At A Glance

Location: 

Needham, Massachusetts

Primary Issue Area:

  • Food
  • Living Economies
  • Environmental Health
  • Climate Change & Energy
  • Land & Water

Active since:

2020

Our Purpose

Community Equitability Group (CEG) was founded during the Pandemic. We connected to discuss our food insecurity/access & health.We focus on 6 major areas of concern: 1) Food Justice: access, sovereignty, cultural/religous & health appropriate foods 2) Economic justice & empowerment 3) Health & well-being  4) Climate & Environmental Justice, 5) Land access, organic regenerative repair with Indigenous community & lands, 6) Tech Justice. The Resiliency Gardens Project was created to increase Food Justice: grow organic food in raised beds in our yards. CEG Food Bags: formed to distribute organic produce donated by local farms & rescued groceries with a partnership with Foodlink. They rescue & deliver, we store, pack & distribute. In 2023, we distributed 12,500 lbs of food.CEG Food Bags focus on people experiencing food insecurity, living in public housing, recent refugees & folks stuggling with food prices.  We support people in medical and family crisis, too. We founded on mutual aid principles. We model 'Community Equitability'- a wide ranging sliding fee scale for the Resiliency Gardens Project. 'The Growing Space' mission: grow local organic produce, regional just transistion, economic empowerment & creativity. Model small, local sustainable businesses while creating a regional just economy. Empowerment for those of us forgotten by the current economic- societal paradigm.