Mott Street Urban Farm, Boyle Heights/East Los Angeles

02/11/2023

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After 9 years of Exide cleanup, our ongoing Get The Lead Out soil sampling project with & confirmed “cleaned” homes still have high levels of lead & the contamination zone may be 7 times larger!

As impacted communities we demand the current cleanup contractors be replaced, a reassessment & improvement or removal of DTSC’s oversight, & a recommitment from the state to a complete and comprehensive cleanup of ALL of our impacted communities!

We invite all impacted community members to join us Monday, February 13 at 6pm (➡️swipe for flier) for a community meeting at the USC Health Sciences Campus (registration link in bio) where we will share our findings and dialogue as community members to create an action plan. Contact us directly if you live within 4.5 miles of the Exide site and would like us to sample your soil.

Also, read the article “California’s biggest environmental cleanup leaves lead contamination and frustration” (link in bio) that includes part of our research, lifts up the experiences of our members, and shares months of their journalist’s work exposing DTSC and the cleanup contractors.



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FYI our beloved urban community garden El Hoyo del Eastside Mott Street is also found toxic lead and arsenic from the Exide Battery plant as you see our urban farmer and coordinate Miguel taking the soil samples on the article photo.

04/25/2021

Seeds still available at Mott Street Urban Farm 1020 S. Mott in Boyle Heights.

11/14/2020

We are starting an on-line campaign to raise $1,000 to allow us to expand the reach of Mott Street Urban Farm (MSUF) in the Boyle Heights community. Any amount that you can contribute is appreciated.

We have the opportunity to also receive a grant from SeedMoney to partially match the amount that we raise. With these funds we will be able to expand the growing areas at MSUF and to provide additional services, possibly including a community composting drop-off, and to make MSUF more of a gathering place and hub for food, sustainability, and community in Boyle Heights.

Please review our campaign in the link below, and consider a donation to assist us in this effort to grow MSUF's impact in Boyle Heights. The campaign runs from November 15 to December 15. Thank you!
https://donate.seedmoney.org/5525/mott-street-urban-farm-proudly-boyle-heights

Grow Mott Street Urban Farm's impact on agriculture, food, education, arts, and community in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of East Los Angeles.

08/27/2020

https://laist.com/2020/08/26/community_fridges_boyle_heights_lincoln_heights__compton_los_angeles_covid-19_controversy.php

Organized and overseen by residents, these fridges are filled with free food but they exist in a legal gray area where health codes can sometimes hinder community nourishment.

12/15/2018

Thank you Team Moleaer (Moleaer, Inc.)!

https://www.facebook.com/mottstreeturbanfarm/activity_feed/?type=checkin&ref=notif&target_story=S%3A_I150977007144%3A10156826946057145¬if_id=1544835483239860¬if_t=page_checkin

02/15/2018

11/07/2017

Always great to have visitors at Mott Street!

05/08/2017

Thank you to all of our Beyond the Farm volunteers from Stanford Alumni!

04/23/2017

Our hillside has never looked better

04/23/2017

Such an amazing way to spend ! Thank you to , and everyone else for coming out! 🌎💚

04/22/2017

Busy little guy!

04/18/2017

Join Mott Street Urban Farm on April 22 from 9am - 1 pm in an EASTSIDE EARTH DAY community work day co-hosted by Proyecto Jardin, LA Community Garden Council, and Cal State LA at Mott Street Farm in Boyle Heights.

Date: Saturday, April 22

Time: 9am - 1pm.

Location: 1020 S. Mott Street

Wear old clothing, sunscreen and a hat.

RSVP by messenger to Mott Street Urban Farm.

02/04/2017

This funky kale is grateful for the LA rain 🌧