Tuesday, August 12, 2025

Urban Soils Safety: Exploring Best Practices

The Food Project West Cottage Farm
Boston
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About Urban Soils Safety: Exploring Best Practices

Join us for an evening of learning about soil lead and about best practices for growing in urban soils! There will be hands-on activities to demonstrate best practices and resources for testing soil in your farm or garden. Featuring The Trustees, The Food Project, Boston Food Forest Coalition, Dan Brabander of Wellesley College, and UMass Urban Agriculture Extension.

This free event is open to the public and is tailored for urban growers and urban agriculture enthusiasts.

Topics include:

  • Background on lead contamination – Should we be concerned?
  • Risk and Assessing Risk
  • How do I get a good soil sample?
  • What test should I use?
  • Interpreting results/risk
  • Best practices and breaking exposure pathways
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