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Volunteer On The Farm! Fridays and Saturdays 2025

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ORGANIZATION: Waltham Fields Community Farm

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Help out in the farm fields to grow organic vegetables for all our community food programs. You may be weeding, transplanting, seeding, harvesting, helping with special projects. No experience necessary, just a willingness to help. Often the job requires crouching or kneeling in the farm rows (for weeding, etc) so you should be able to be okay with that movement.

You will be outside the whole time, so dress for the weather, wear closed-toe shoes. Thunderstorms cancel.

NOTE: There is NO volunteering on SATURDAY JUNE 7TH, 2025.

SPECIAL DATES: CROP MOBS on Saturday July 12, August 9th, and September 6th are extra fun...and you don't have to be on time! Great for people who can't make it by 9am. Come by anytime between 9am - noon. We stop at noon and will have some snacks, too.

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About Waltham Fields Community Farm

Location:

240 Beaver Street, Waltham, MA 02452, US

Mission Statement

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.

Description

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.

CAUSE AREAS

Community
Environment
Hunger
Community, Environment, Hunger

WHEN

Sat May 31, 2025 - Fri Aug 29, 2025
09:00 AM - 12:00 PM

WHERE

240 Beaver StreetWaltham, MA 02452

(42.38458,-71.21386)
 

SKILLS

  • Environmental Education
  • Farming
  • Botany
  • Gardening
  • Horticulture

GOOD FOR

  • Teens
  • People 55+
  • Public Groups

REQUIREMENTS

  • This is a Done in a Day opportunity and there is no prior training or ongoing commitment needed.
  • Must be at least 15
  • up to 3 hours per shift
  • Please arrive on time by 9am; you can stay as late as noon. Wear sun protection, closed-toe shoes, and dress in layers for the weather. We suggest bringing your refillable water bottle.

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