Wednesday afternoons! Work includes standing at tables counting, weighing, bagging vegetables, and prepping and packing boxes. We will be working in the open Distribution Barn / Barn Store on site at 240 Beaver Street, Waltham, MA. Please dress according to the weather. Please check to be sure there is availability and sign up here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F084DA4A729A6FD0-50692782-veggie
Waltham Fields Community Farm is a nonprofit organic farm in Waltham, MA. Volunteers will help package boxes with a variety of produce for our Wednesday Produce Prescription (Veggie Rx) program. This program serves low-income local residents who might not be able to enjoy our delicious vegetables otherwise. Program participants are selected by a local health care center based on having disease or condition that could be helped with healthy food.
Thank you for your willingness to share your time with us! You put the COMMUNITY into our community farm, and we are very grateful!
240 Beaver Street, Waltham, MA 02452, US
The mission of Community Farms Outreach, d/b/a Waltham Fields Community Farm, is to promote local agriculture and food access through our farming operation and educational programs, and to help people connect with their food supply in healthful and meaningful ways. We use practices that are socially, ecologically, and economically sustainable, and encourage healthy relationships between people, their food supply, and the land from which it grows.
We grow a variety of organic vegetables and manage fifteen acres of leased land with our base in Waltham. Our tagline is "local food for everyone" and we have a variety of food access projects: donating over 15 tons/year of fresh organic vegetables to local nutrition and emergency food organizations, collaborating with social service organizations for own low-income Outreach Market, and working with a local health care center to offer "produce prescriptions" are some examples. We also offer farm-to-table and environmental education programs for children from toddler through teen; service learning/volunteer experiences, and farmer mentoring. We operate a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) farm-share program and are a resource for other organizations seeking assistance in starting a community farm. We participate in many public forums and host community events, such as Waltham Farm Day - our free on-farm festival held each fall.
240 Beaver StreetWaltham Fields Community FarmWaltham, MA 02452
August 14, 2024
