Eastie farm (EF) will expand its climate corps (CC), an earn-to-learn fellowship in which participants are paid to train in green and blue jobs

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded Eastie Farm Inc. $1.031 million on July 1, 2026, under the Congressionally Identified Awards and Projects program (CFDA 11.469) to expand its Climate Corps, an earn-to-learn fellowship that pays participants to train in green and blue jobs.

Eastie Farm will deliver hard skills training, career pathway exposure, and professional connections to prepare participants for further careers or study in environmental fields. The project emphasizes coastal vulnerabilities research and nature-based solutions tailored to the needs of East Boston's coastal community. The award runs through June 30, 2029, with performance taking place in East Boston, Massachusetts.

The project gives participants hard skills, exposure to career paths, and connections to prepare them to take actionable steps into further careers or study. Given we are a coastal community, research on coastal vulnerabilities and developing nature-based solutions to these vulnerabilities are focal points of this project.