he Board and Staff would like to express our sincere gratitude to all those supporters who have given generously and shared their time and talents with Gaining Ground throughout the 2015 season. Special thanks go to:

• Andrew Brockaway, for reviewing our barn design for building approval
• Applefield Farm and Nashoba Brook Bakery, for donating delicious apples and soup, respectively, for our Harvest Fest
• Belmont Day and Thoreau School third graders, for raising $8,300 for our Read for Seeds program
• Ben Tull, for filming and editing a fundraising video
• Ben Winslow, for data input of hundreds of volunteer names
• Boston Area Gleaners, for delivering our extra produce to hunger-relief organizations
• Caroline Davis, for providing recipes for our produce at Open Table
• Charlotte Trim, for all her support with soil nutrition for healthier crops and fruit trees
• Chinese Bible Church of Greater Boston, for sharing their potluck lunch each season
• Concord Compost Center, for generously providing “black gold” to nourish our soil
• David Outerbridge, for daily help taming the jungle and building time-saving structures
• David O’Neil, for his suggestions for the siting and design of our barn
• Denny Blodget, for proofing newsletter content
• Edith Pendock, for bringing much-appreciated sweets when she volunteers
• Equal Exchange and Karma Coffee Roasters, for donating coffee bean sacks, which we reused to block weeds and hold the moisture in our fields
• Holly and Louis Salemy, for hosting our  “Cocktails and Conversation” event this spring
• Board member Jeff Young, for guiding each step of our barn design and building over the past year
• John Gates, for making deliveries to Pine Street Inn
• Ken Bassett, for guidance in siting our barn
• Martha Hamilton, for her willingness and good cheer while volunteering all season long
• Nashoba Brooks School, for making cornmeal and bean mixes for Thanksgiving distribution
• National Charity League, for providing volunteers for mailings and our Harvest Fest
• NetScout, for our greenhouse renovations and the soup mix and recipes for our partner organizations
• Peter Galluzzo, for the unlimited number of boxes he supplies weekly
• Ray Andrews and other neighbors, for donating cider apples
• Santiago Benoit and Concord Scout Troop 132, for building a picnic table and benches
• Sarah Purgus, for her artistic farm creations: slate beehive and rustic loom
• Studio-e, for crafting our newsletters and barn fundraising appeal
• Susan and Alan Silberberg, for being the driving force behind our new Rosie’s Place distribution

Our 2015 farm projects and operations were made possible in part from generous support from the following organizations:

• The Buck Foundation
• Carl Forstmann Memorial Foundation
• The Charles Engelhard Foundation
• Cedar Tree Foundation
• Concord-Carlisle Community Chest
• The Crawford Idema Family Foundation
• Cummings Foundation
• First Parish in Concord
• First Parish in Lincoln
• Garden Club of Concord
• George and Alice Rich Foundation
• Green Leaf Foundation
• Harpley Foundation
• The Manton Foundation
• Middlesex Savings Charitable Foundation
• NetScout Heart of Giving Community Program
• Project Bread
• The Sudbury Foundation
• Theodore Edson Parker Foundation
• Winning Home, Inc.
• Women Working Wonders