Planned Giving: Let Your Legacy Nourish Others

By including Gaining Ground in your estate plans, you ensure that healthy, sustainably grown food continues reaching communities in need for generations to come, while preserving current assets through your lifetime. What is Planned Giving? Planned giving allows you to make a lasting impact through financial or estate planning strategies that align with your philanthropic […]

Why Do We Plant Specific Crops?

A targeted, crop-specific survey of our partners allows us to gather detailed information on which items their clients enjoy (and don’t).

Now Accepting Submission For Our 2025 Poetry On The Farm Installation!

Submit HERE! Spring is on the horizon, and with it comes one of our favorite traditions—Poetry on the Farm! Now in its fifth year, this self-guided exhibit transforms the farm into an open-air gallery, celebrating the beauty of language, food, nature, and farming through original poetry. From April to June, we’ll showcase poetry from our food recipients, partner organizations, […]

Maple Syrup Season Is Here

As winter marches on, the sweet scent of maple fills the air at Gaining Ground Farm. The maple sugaring program is in full swing. On any given day, maple sap is being boiled down into syrup.

Gaining Ground Sets Record Harvest In 2024

In 2024, Gaining Ground distributed more than 138,000 pounds (582,000 servings) of fresh, nutritious produce to 10,000 individuals.

Farmer Spotlight Rachael Walton

Gaining Ground farmer Rachael Walton shares her views on regenerative agriculture, how she was able to align her career with her values, and the growth she’s seen at Gaining Ground.

Farm Manager Jared Kimler Comes Home to Gaining Ground

We’re thrilled to introduce you to our new Farm Manager, Jared Kimler. We recently caught up with Jared to learn about his favorite farm task, what he’s focused on during the off-season and his plans for the future.

What Happens On Gaining Ground’s Farm During The Winter?

Don’t let anyone tell you farmers take the winter off. With less time-sensitive production work to do, attention has turned to preparing beds for spring, and planning for an efficient new year. And we’re still growing vegetables.

Farmer Spotlight: Ava Lublin

Gaining Ground wouldn’t be what it is today without the dedication and passion of our incredible team members. One of them is Ava Lublin, an Assistant Grower who first joined Gaining Ground as a volunteer seven years ago. We sat down with Ava to learn more about her journey in sustainable farming, her connection to […]

Giving Back With Farm Tools and Educational Resources

Gaining Ground calls its approach “simple” — growing high-quality food to give to people who need it. Neversink Farm in the Catskills classifies its strategy as a “radical” one. And yet, the link between our two approaches is a natural one. Neversink is an organic farm with one of the highest production-per-square-foot outputs in the nation. […]

Beautiful Bouquets and Amazing Vegetables—Food for Families

On a mild late summer day, Gaining Ground staff, board members and volunteers gathered at the volunteer pavilion, packing 120 bags of seasonal produce for Food for Families.  Gaining Ground’s produce is typically distributed by 16 hunger relief partner organizations throughout eastern Massachusetts, including food pantries, shelters, schools, soup kitchens, and emergency meal programs. However, […]
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