North Shore Community College and the Food Project have teamed up to build and utilize a 1,200 square foot greenhouse on the side of the college at 300 Broad St.
“The intention is for the greenhouse to be shared between us and North Shore Community College,” said Jenn Coverdale, the Food Project’s Lynn Urban Agriculture manager.
The greenhouse, paid through a state grant applied for by the college, just got its occupancy permit, is equipped with aquaponics, rain catchment, composting and solar energy systems.
Everything grown by the Food Project goes back into the city of Lynn. There is a Central Square Farmer’s Market in the summer. There is also a mobile market where food is taken around Lynn to senior housing and other sites. Anything left over is donated to My Brother’s Table.