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June 9, 2025
At Gaining Ground, food literacy is more than knowing what’s on the plate. It’s about us learning to grow and harvest the culturally-preferred foods people want to cook with. Here’s how we help to connect food and knowledge.
June 6, 2025
Gaining Ground’s beloved outdoor photo exhibit is back—and we want to feature your work! For the third year, Photography on the Farm turns our fields into a gallery celebrating the beauty, and resilience of our food system. We’re now seeking submissions of original digital images that reflect any aspect of farming, gardening, nourishment, cultural foodways, […]
June 3, 2025
Gaining Ground’s Food for Families program is our sole direct-to-client program serving more than 200 people.
May 7, 2025
Cover crops, like oat, rye and clover, are the true heroes of sustainable farming helping us to build healthy soil.
May 5, 2025
Alison Hong began volunteering with Gaining Ground in 2024. Here she shares why she wanted to volunteer and what she’s learned.
It’s a busy time for Daniel’s Table. Our partner organization delivers groceries to anywhere from 15 to 20 households per week, with an additional 80 to 120 families picking up food weekly.
April 25, 2025
Trevor Delaney began volunteering with Gaining Ground before he could drive. Here he shares why he wanted to volunteer and what he’s learned.
With the generous support of longtime Gaining Ground friends Joe Rigali and Tracy Winn, we’re launching a planned giving program.
Now in its fifth year, Poetry on the Farm celebrates language, food, nature and agriculture.
April 4, 2025
The arrival of spring signals many important events on the farm—including our annual Poetry on the Farm exhibit! In its fifth year, this beloved celebration of language, food, nature, and agriculture will again take the form of a self-guided farm tour, featuring poems from community members of all ages. Thank you to everyone who submitted […]
March 28, 2025
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 […]
March 6, 2025
As part of their curriculum, 10th graders from a Marlborough school visited Gaining Ground and developed solutions to farm challenges.
A targeted, crop-specific survey of our partners allows us to gather detailed information on which items their clients enjoy (and don’t).
Women’s Lunch Place has a nice ring, but it’s a bit of a misnomer for the 43-year-old nonprofit that serves more than 2,000 women annually.
February 21, 2025
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, […]
February 10, 2025
The foundation of any successful growing season lies in the seeds.
The farm is lucky to welcome thousands of volunteers of all ages and abilities each season.
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.
January 29, 2025 • Gaining Ground
In addition to Gaining Ground’s seasonal paid staff roles, we are seeking two college-funded summer interns in 2025.
January 21, 2025
At Bedford Food Bank, the staff focuses on assisting two types of insecurity when a person needs assistance affording food: food security and nutrition security.
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