Gaining Ground

04/22/2025

Happy Earth Day from Gaining Ground! 🌎

Today we celebrate the land that sustains us—and the collective hands that help care for it. Our first uncovered crops of the season—broccoli, head lettuce, cabbage, and onions—have officially made it out of the greenhouse and into the soil. It’s a hopeful sign of what’s to come. 🌱

Together, our farm crew and volunteers are stewarding this land with care, intention, and deep respect for the ecosystems we’re part of. From seed to harvest, every step is a team effort—rooted in community and in our commitment to a healthier planet and a more equitable food system.

Here’s to a season of growth, gratitude, and giving back to the Earth. 🌱🌅

04/21/2025

Happy Patriots day!

Gaining Ground was proud to join the Concord Agricultural Committee this past weekend to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the start of the Battle of Concord and Lexington. 🌱

Concord has a long and rich agricultural history—rooted in both Indigenous stewardship and settler farming traditions. At Gaining Ground, we’re honored to carry that legacy forward through organic and no-till farming practices that care for the land, feed our community, and protect natural resources for generations and harvests to come. 🧑‍🌾🌿

04/21/2025

In honor of Earth Day, our friends at are donating $1 from every Blue Breeze Smoothie purchased this week to Gaining Ground! 🌱

Life Alive Organic Cafe celebrates positive eating through scratch-prepared organic meals that encourage both personal and planetary wellness.

We’re thrilled to partner with Life Alive in this joyful celebration of food that fuels people and the planet. 🌎

Grab a tasty Blue Breeze Smoothie this week and be part of our shared mission to nourish communities and care for the Earth we all depend on.

04/19/2025

Our 5th annual Poetry on the Farm installation is officially open! 🌱📖

This year, nearly 60 poets from the Gaining Ground community shared their words on land, food, farming, and the natural world. Thank you to all those who submitted poetry and brought to life this special tradition!

Alongside the poetry, this exhibit also features information about food insecurity and quotes from our distribution partners—grounding this wonderful art in the lived experiences of those who receive our food. 🌾

The exhibit will be open through June 15. Come take a walk, enjoy the spring growth, and read lovely poetry in a place where food and art grow side by side.

04/18/2025

Happy Farm Friday! 🌱

Spring has sprung on the farm! We had a bustling week of volunteers getting their hands dirty with us. 🤝

Special thank you to groups from Harvard Business School and Minuteman Vocational Technical School - it’s such a wonderful sight to see the fields full of smiling faces! 🧑‍🌾

Want to feel the sun and the soil for yourself? Our volunteer calendar is still open - but spots are filling up!

https://gainingground.org/volunteer/sign-up-to-volunteer/

04/16/2025

Calling all high schoolers and future farmers! 📢

Each year, we welcome thousands of volunteers to the farm each year, and almost half are youth. Among those youth volunteers are a special group called our High School Farm Team. 🧑‍🌾🍅

Each year, students from across the region join us for 10 weeks of teamwork, leadership, and plenty of weeding.

From harvesting tomatoes to learning about food systems, HSFT members become an essential part of our summer crew—and grow more than just vegetables along the way! 🌱

Applications are open to join! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf1vDLND8IoamnLjLrUoIrXU526MKF0Pp-FN1BsAPYZdtNSFg/viewform

04/11/2025

Happy Farm Friday! 🌱

A big shoutout to our Community Farm Team, who kicked off their first week back on the fields with incredible energy and teamwork.

We spent an epic day out at Oz—our expansion plot in Minute Man National Historical Park—uncovering the beds and getting the land ready for spring planting. It’s always inspiring to see how much progress can happen in just one day when many hands come together. 🤝

Here’s to another season of meaningful work, muddy boots, and full hearts! 🧑‍🌾

04/10/2025

Yesterday marked the official start of our volunteer season here at the farm! We were thrilled to kick things off with a visit from our friends at Toast, who joined us in the fields. 🌿

We’re so grateful to these Toast-ers—and to all the incredible volunteer groups who bring their time, energy, and enthusiasm to the farm.

Each season, we’re able to grow and harvest more fresh produce for communities experiencing food insecurity—and it’s only possible because of the individuals and teams who show up and dig in with us. 🌱

Interested in getting your hands dirty? Groups and individuals can sign up to volunteer here: https://gainingground.org/volunteer/sign-up-to-volunteer/

04/09/2025

2.5 million. That’s roughly how many seeds gaining Ground plants per year to grow organic, nutritious food for people experiencing food insecurity—and we couldn’t do it without our amazing supporters. 🌱🤝

One of our favorite partnerships is Read for Seeds—a springtime program that brings together local students, schools, and generous donors in a powerful effort to grow both food and minds.

Here’s how it works: Students read as many pages as they can, family and friends sponsor their reading adventures, and all the funds raised go directly toward buying seeds for our farm. It’s a special recipe of reading, learning, and giving back.

As participants read and raise funds, they also get to explore the world of sustainable farming through classroom visits with our farmers and a spring field trip to the farm. At Gaining Ground, impact comes in the form of education, community and connection to the land.

To every young reader helping turn pages into produce: thank you! We can’t wait to see how many books you devour this year. 📚🌱

04/08/2025

We’re incredibly grateful to the Sudbury Foundation for their generous grant and steadfast support of our mission. For many years now, the has been a steadfast partner in our work to grow and donate fresh, organic produce to communities experiencing food insecurity. 🥕🥦🍅

Thanks to their continued investment, we’ve been able to cultivate hundreds of thousands of pounds of nourishing food over the years—grown with care and distributed in partnership with local organizations serving our neighbors in need.

As we gear up for our harvest season, we’re so grateful to our many supporters for enabling us to bring our mission to life! 🌱🤝

04/04/2025

🌱 Happy Farm Friday! 🌱

This week, we welcomed our new field crew members Skylar and Christine to the team, and welcomed back Zoe, returning as senior field crew for their second season at Gaining Ground! The team jumped right in harvesting spinach and radishes, skinning our caterpillar tunnels, prepping field beds for the growing season, planting onions, and tackling orientation tasks as they joined the team.

🌿 Skylar is joining us for her first season on a farm! A native New Yorker and recent McGill grad, she’s excited to soak up Boston’s spring and get her hands in the soil as she learns all about sustainable farming.

🌸 Christine brings deep veggie and flower farming experience from Siena Farms and Cross Street Flower Farm. After a year working as a florist, she’s thrilled to return to the field—and we’re lucky to have her creativity and energy on board!

🌞 Zoe, natively from North Carolina, is back for their second season with us and third overall in the Boston area. Their passion for food and water justice continues to shape their connection to land, people, and this work.

We’re so excited for the season ahead with this incredible team! 🧑‍🌾

04/02/2025

We’re sending a huge thank you to our friends at Neversink Farm for supporting Gaining Ground through their Neversink Gives Back program! 🌱🤝

Thanks to their generous donations, like the incredible Vertigo Drop Seeder, our propagation house is running more efficiently than ever. Our team has been so pleased with the performance of their tools as they’ve added so much growth to our greenhouse operation!

We’re so grateful to Neversink for helping us bring our mission to life—growing fresh, delicious produce for those experiencing food insecurity. 🌿🌱

03/28/2025

Happy Farm Friday!

This week, we planted our no-till potatoes, transplanted lots of head lettuce, and multiple rows of snap peas! 🫛 Next week, we will be welcoming our field crew to the team and get this season officially started! 🧑‍🌾

All of us have been hard at work these winter months preparing for this 2025 growing season. 🌱 We’ve been reorganizing the barn, repairing and preparing our infrastructure, hosting workshops, and spending lots of time in the office planning new systems, creating blueprints of the fields, all while remaining steadfast with our winter growing. Throughout the winter, our hunger relief partner organizations have been receiving our spinach, bok choy, carrots, radishes, and other various greens! 🌿🥬

Be sure to stay tuned as we share all of the upcoming happenings on the farm!

To learn more about our practices or how you can join our community please visit our website GainingGround.org.

03/27/2025

Want to volunteer at Gaining Ground? 👩‍🌾🧑‍🌾👨‍🌾

Volunteer season kicks off April 9! 🌿 Sign up today to join us on the farm: help grow, harvest, and nourish your community. Our volunteers are the heart of everything we do—their time and hands make it possible to get fresh, organic produce to those who need it most. Join us this year and get your hands dirty!

👉 See the link in our bio to sign up.



03/24/2025

Say hi to our team! 👋

From farming to distribution and everything in between, these are the folks behind the day-to-day at Gaining Ground. We’re a small but mighty crew working together to grow and donate fresh, organic produce to those facing food insecurity. 🌱

Even with this powerhouse team, it truly takes a village of volunteers, partners, board members and supporters to bring our mission to life. We’re so grateful for everyone who helps make this work possible! 🤝

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03/21/2025

Happy Farm Friday!

We are officially closing the books on this year’s maple sugaring season.🍁 Despite cold weather conditions and a rapid warmup decreasing the sap flow, we were able to produce 22 gallons of syrup this year. This sweet success was made possible thanks to the generosity of 100+ community members who allowed us to tap their trees.

Maple syrup is such a special treat, and we love being able to share it as part of our work providing fresh, nutritious food to communities experiencing food insecurity. Thank you to everyone who made this season possible! 🌱🍁

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03/20/2025

Happy Spring Equinox! 🌱🌸

Signs of spring are emerging all around the farm. The dormant rye cover crop is returning, garlic is sprouting beneath its hay coverage, and the greenhouse is filling up with new life. Freshly prepared beds are ready for the season, and we’ve just completed our first transplanting of lettuces and beets.

We’ve even spotted some eager daffodils sprouting up and buds unfurling on our trees! 🌿

03/17/2025