![]() ![]() Over the years, Fenway Farms has experienced some “growing pains,” Abell adds, mainly around quantity. “We kind of leave it on its own and don’t manipulate it too much … we just let it shine for what it is.” “A lot of the product that we use from the farm, we keep it simple,” Abell says. There are three main growing seasons (spring, with radishes, baby lettuces, and strawberries summer, with heirloom squash, zucchinis, tomatoes, and peppers and fall – his favorite season, because it hopefully means the Red Sox are in the playoffs, he adds), and offerings on the menu for the ballpark restaurants, luxury boxes and concession stands adapt as the year goes on. When it comes to freshness, you can’t beat it, because it doesn’t even have to load onto a truck, says Abell, the senior executive chef at Fenway Park, where he’s worked for 17 years. Just down the walkway running parallel to the farm, Chef Ron Abell and his staff across multiple restaurants and concessions at Fenway use the fruits, vegetables and herbs in dishes served at the ballpark. Meanwhile, a highly efficient irrigation system, Grallert says, runs through each row of planters into every individual milk crate, ensuring “a precise amount of water for the kind of plants we’re growing.”Īll that produce doesn’t have to travel far. The farm is all organic, without harsh chemicals instead, white mesh cloths are draped over some fruit and vegetable beds to keep pests at bay. Read more: Why we should build cities that are kind to nature To maximize the yield with the available space, the team avoids planting larger crops such as sweet corn, pumpkins, or watermelon, he adds. “We can produce anywhere from 4,000 to 6,000 pounds of fresh produce a year, depending on what we’re growing,” Grallert says. ![]() ![]() Once the peppers are harvested, for example, another fall crop will be planted in their place. In late August, near the end of the summer season, the farm was flush with eggplant, cherry tomatoes, carrots, onions, multiple varieties of peppers, beets, greens such as kale and arugula, and herbs like basil. ![]()
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