The Mattapan Mobile Farm Stand began with a simple premise: if people can’t get to fresh food where they live, why not bring fresh food to them?

In Mattapan, one of Boston’s most diverse neighborhoods, access to fresh produce can be a challenge.  In collaboration with local health advocacy group Mattapan Food & Fitness Coalition (MFFC) and Brookwood Community Farm, BR+A+CE worked to design a pedal-powered farm stand to supplement  the weekly Mattapan farmer’s market and help reach underserved parts of the neighborhood.

The mobile farm stand is capable of safety  transporting and displaying eight bins of produce. Aided by gas springs, its origami-like bin covers and top bin carriers hinge open in opposite directions, creating a canopied display area. An abstraction of the letters MFFC is laser cut from the canopy as a custom perforation, casting dynamic shadows when open and reducing the weight of the leaves when in motion.

The Mattapan Mobile Farm Stand was a recipient of a grant from the Awesome Foundation, and a generous donation rom the office of the Mayor of Boston enabled MFFC to hire two members of its Vigorous Youth group to operate the farm stand for its inaugural season.

Photo: John Horner

Photo: John Horner

Model: Chipboard, basswood, monofilament

Photo: John Horner

Photo: John Horner

Photo: John Horner

Photo: John Horner

Photo: John Horner

VOLUNTEER TEAM

The volunteer team for the Mattapan Mobile Farm Stand project was comprised of designers, students, and educators brought together by BR+A+CE with the common goal of increasing access to fresh food in an underserved community and championing the power of design for social good. The mobile farm stand project was been led by Mykel Terada, John DiSalvo, and BR+A+CE co-founders Anthony Piemarini and Hansy Better Barraza.

BR+A+CE is grateful to all the individuals who have donated their time and expertise to help us realize the Mattapan Mobile Farm Stand. Below you will find a list of all the people who volunteered their time to help us realize the mobile farm stand.

R&D (2011-2012):
– John DiSalvo (RISD, 2014)
– Mykel Terada (RISD, 2014)
– Kristen Zeiber (MIT, 2013)
– Eugenia Yu (RISD, 2013)
– Loren Howard (RISD, 2013)
– Joshua Kampa (Arc En Ciel Studio)
– Nick Polansky (MIT, 2013)
– Erik Nelson (Structures Workshop, Inc.)
– Chris Bull (Brown University)

BICYCLE CLINIC TEAM:
– Kevin Saxon (RISD, 2015)
– Kory Almryde (RISD, 2015)
– Allison Johnson (RISD, 2014)
– Chris Ardoin (RISD, 2014)
– Saja Tourbah (RISD, 2014)

FUNDRAISING TEAM:
– Jeremy Afuso (Afuso Design)
– Jesen Tanadi (The Draftery)

 FABRICATION TEAM:
-Aaron Legg (Trimount Ironworks)

PHOTOGRAPHY:
– John Horner

DONORS

The Mattapan Mobile Farm Stand would not have been possible without the generous support of our numerous sponsors and donors. We would like to especially thank the City of Boston, Office of Food Initiatives; The Awesome Foundation; MIT’s Public Service Center; and our community partners, Brookwood Community Farm and Mattapan Food & Fitness Coalition.

Matching Donor (Up to $4500)

City of Boston, Office Food Initiatives

Donors (Donations of $500-$1000)

The Awesome Foundation
Boston Society of Architects
Cafco Construction
Urbanica
The Boston Foundation
Whole Foods Market of Jamaica Plain
Structures Workshop
Studio Luz Architects
In-Kind Donors (Donations of materials + services)
Mid City Steel
Precision Laser RI
Trimount Ironworks
Duncan Galvanizing
Minnesota Diversified Industries
BFS Business Printing
arc-en-ciel
Holland & Knight
Bern Unlimited

Donors (Donations of $5 – $499)

The Rhode Island School of Design, Division of Architecture + Design
Friends of Nerd Nite Boston
Eastern Bank Charitable Foundation
Antonia Better-Wirz
Cecile Mchardy
David Ronn
Jeff Hollocher
Danos Christodoulou
Carlos Villamil
Mike solet
Morgan Pinney
Philip Kaufmann
Ann Woods
Daniel Smithwick
Steve Schnapp
Molly & Janine
Luz Better & Alex Garcia
Mathew, Lucas & Diego Wirz
Liz McLean
Alison Harris
Robert Perry
Joyce Hwang
Peter Robinson
Drew Manahan & Anna Kurkalova
Emily Grandstaff-Rice
Griscel Diaz
Sheri Fabian
Kevin Saxon
Andy Wise
Lynn Hsu & Paul Sherman
Grace Wong
Hubert Murray
Eric Shaw
Kristen Giannattasio
Michelle Lovaglio
Eun Joo Kim
Jason Lee
Stefan Di Leo
Molly Lamb
Cheryl Tougias
Irene A. Guzman
Juan Sosa
Lou Terada
Antonia
Margaret Lewis
John Horner
Scott Kirsner & Amy Traverso
Kristen Zeiber
Shawn Pang
Aaron Cohen
Eugenia Yu
Heather Vandenengel
Leslie Wittman
Michelle Woliner
Kai Gray
Howard Leibowitz
Nilda Taveras
Eugene Colberg
Margaret Li
Lindy Shibata
Kathleen Millard
Brandon Geller
Sarah Watmough
Barbara Ferrer
Sara Ross – Kick*ss Cupcakes
Valerie Burns
Mark Smith
Kate Shields
Jeff Wirz – William Raveis Real Estate
Dore Terada
Rossane Driscoll
Steven Poon
Cybele Clark Mendes

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