Explore: School Partners

Empowering Youth to Make a Difference: Read for Seeds

June 17, 2026 • Gaining Ground

Gaining Ground’s long-running Read for Seeds program had another successful season. Students at local schools raised more than $18,000, funding about 90% of our annual seed budget. Our enthusiastic thanks to the students, teachers, and families for their initiative and generous support!

Together with Gaining Ground, Bridge Boston Nourishes the Whole Child

April 30, 2026

It takes 80 pounds of fresh okra and spinach for Chef Keverne Glasgow to feed Bridge Boston Charter School his signature Trinidadian callaloo. When the stew is served, the K–8 students rec-ognize the ingredients—because they helped grow them at Gaining Ground. Since 2019, Gaining Ground has partnered with the Roxbury school to provide students with […]

Experiential “Field” Learning

January 16, 2026 • Gaining Ground

A successful partnership with Minuteman High School, entering its fifth year, provides students the opportunity to get field experience, literally, that complements the concepts they are learning in the classroom.  Minuteman is a regional public technical education high school located in Lexington that combines academic and technical learning for students from member towns in the […]

Growing to Meet Growing Need

May 1, 2020

We donated 60% more produce this April compared to a year ago, thanks to two additional hoop houses providing warm shelter for more early spring crops. With the current pandemic, this increase has been well timed. At a time when fresh local vegetables are scarce, Open Table in Maynard and Concord Public Schools have gratefully received […]

Building New Bridges

October 28, 2019 • Amy Capofreddi, Executive Director

This year, thanks to a generous grant from Adobe Foundation, Gaining Ground has entered into a new partnership with Bridge Boston, a Roxbury charter school where 100 percent of the student population qualify for free lunch. We send weekly distributions of produce to the students, and the students help us as volunteers on the farm. […]

From Volunteer to Videographer

October 6, 2017

Cooper has volunteered with his family at Gaining Ground since he was five years old. Now thirteen, he continues to enjoy doing something that positively impacts the community, while having fun and getting to know the farm and farmers. This summer Cooper decided to capture various aspects of volunteering at the farm on film. Here […]

Partnering Together for Hunger Relief

October 5, 2017

For the past two years, the Pottery Club at Middlesex School in Concord has participated in the Empty Bowls program and raised more than $2,000 for Gaining Ground. Empty Bowls is a national program that has been helping to raise money and awareness in the fight to end hunger since 1990. Throughout the school year, […]

Where do our seeds come from? Ask a reader!

February 10, 2015

We grow about 150 different species of plants at Gaining Ground—vegetables, fruits, flowers, and herbs. Most of our seeds come from Maine and start arriving at the office in January and February. Always organic, and whenever possible we choose non-GMO (genetically modified organism) seed sources. A special partnership with elementary school readers in Concord and […]