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The MIT Farm initiative aims to bring community members to green spaces and green spaces to community members with volunteering sessions at local farms, a weekly community-supported agriculture “Fresh Food Bag” popup, and a modular miniature mobile farm prototype. MIT Farm has sold over 150 Fresh Food Bags that come from a partnership with Hannan Healthy Foods Farm, one of the volunteer sites. Each harvest box is sold for $10, but the box contains $20 of fresh, organic produce; half of the cost is subsidized by MIT. Leftover food is donated to the Cambridge and Somerville Programs for Addiction Recovery shelter. Mohammed Hannan, founder of Hannan Healthy Foods Farm, hopes to replicate the farm stand model throughout communities in Greater Boston. “Together, we’re working to build a more resilient, inclusive, and equitable local food system,” he said.