Explore: Partner Spotlight

Everything And The Kitchen Sink: Women’s Lunch Place Finds Multiple Ways To Serve Community

March 6, 2025

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.

Bedford Food Bank Works With Gaining Ground To Address Nutrition Insecurity

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.

Beautiful Bouquets and Amazing Vegetables—Food for Families

October 3, 2024

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, […]

The Madd Love Language of Food: UTEC

June 26, 2024 • Danielle Capalbo, Communications & Development Manager

For the second year in a row, Gaining Ground is proud to support the Madd Love Meals program at UTEC, a weekly delivery of free groceries throughout Lowell, Lawrence, and Haverhill that nourishes about 120 households experiencing food insecurity. 

Fresh Flavors and Full Hearts – Women’s Lunch Place

December 7, 2023 • Danielle Capalbo, Communications & Development Manager

On a crisp fall morning, chef Inna Khitrik stirred a huge skillet of aromatic Mediterranean soup over the stove at Women’s Lunch Place, a Boston-based day shelter that serves more than 1,800 unhoused women each year. “We ask for just their first names, no other questions,” said Khitrik, who became the Kitchen Manager in July […]

From the Field: Freshness Matters, and Other Lessons from Partner Visits

September 27, 2023

When peak season subsides at Gaining Ground, we remain busy and productive—including making autumn visits to our hunger relief partners.  These 16+ organizations provide a connection between the farm and the community, by distributing organic produce from Gaining Ground to thousands of people experiencing food insecurity in Eastern Massachusetts. September visits have included the Bedford […]

Stronger Together: La Colaborativa

August 29, 2023

Up-tempo music and conversations among neighbors were the soundtrack on a recent afternoon for the open-air food pantry that convenes twice a week in Chelsea, at a Route 1 underpass, coordinated by the Latina-led nonprofit La Colaborativa.  In the shade, community members chose from vegetables, fruits, grains, flours, dairy, eggs, proteins, and canned goods.  “All […]