Photo Essays: Busa Farms

The Busa family can trace its beginnings in the late 1800's to a small town in Sicily on the outskirts of Messina called Santo Stefano di Briga. Because of the financial condition of the times and the family, the oldest boys decided to emigrate to America. The teenage boys found their way to the Boston area and started working for the local farms and businesses. In a few years they managed to save and borrow enough money to buy an old farm on Lowell Street in 1919. The 12 acre parcel had a barn and some storage buildings and a 18th century farm house .The Busa brothers specialized in fresh vegetables for the local markets and restaurants. The present day farm and stand, run by Trudy, Dennis and Francis is the continuation of the business their great grandfather John Busa started in 1920.