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ABBY WITH DAUGHTER EMMA
Writer: janelle brandon | Photographer: kevin taylor
Good as Gold
abby gold leads local foods movement
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bby Gold is a city girl to her core. She grew up in the Boston metro area enjoying freshly grown food often from within the city limits. “Paris has a long history of growing food within city limits,” Gold said. “In fact, enough food was grown to feed its whole population. Gold became interested in nutrition science in high school when her infant sister had feeding problems. She worked at Bread and Circus (it’s now the popular grocer Whole Foods) and learned about wholesome, nutritious foods. Her parents loved to cook and have dinner parties. Gold was fortunate to have a garden in the back yard of her brownstone apartment building. “To get me to eat unusual foods like avocados, pomegranates, lamb, and liver, my mother would tell me the food was only for adults, but I could have a little taste if I wanted!” After college at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, Gold had her first garden at a community plot in Northampton, Massachusetts.
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