Patricia Spence & The Urban Farming Institute
2020
Culinary Community Champion Award
Patricia Spence is President and CEO of The Urban Farming Institute (UFI) of Boston. Prior to UFI, Pat had a successful career in corporate sales & marketing for Xerox Corporation and the Digital Equipment Corporation, and at WILD 1090 radio and WGBH-TV. Pat has also worked in education for the Boston Public Schools, developed the Educational Options Series for families and founded They Made It So Can I, The 5th Grade Speakers Series. Patricia grew up near the historic Fowler Clark Epstein Farm in Mattapan (headquarters for UFI) and comes from a family that has always grown its own food. She is passionate about passing these growing skills on to the next generation. At UFI our motto is "We Don't Just Grow Food We Grow People".
