Gaining Ground

01/09/2026

Thank you to the good folks at Orchard Hill Assisted Living at Sudbury! They held a Holiday Shoppe of beautiful handmade items created by their residents to benefit Gaining Ground.

Not only were all proceeds donated, Orchard Hill MATCHED this amount to DOUBLE their support of local food insecurity. We are so grateful for this generous community!

01/07/2026

Our sincere thanks to the Cabot Family Charitable Trust for their generous funding.

Their support will help provide healthy food to our valued partners La Colaborativa, Eastie Farm, and East Boston Community Soup Kitchen.
Together, we are nourishing people throughout Chelsea, East Boston, Everett, and Revere.

01/01/2026

12/30/2025

On this frigid day, let's look back to summertime when CBS Boston visited Gaining Ground. https://youtu.be/mR-vs9g6ABY

12/30/2025

As a community, we are working hard to meet this moment with compassion and dignity. Together, we refuse to accept rising food insecurity and stand by while our neighbors go without.

Please make your year-end donation to Gaining Ground by December 31 to help fund expansion, abundance, compassion, and dignity in 2026. Donations are gratefully accepted by check, online payment, stock transfer,
qualified charitable contribution, or donor-advised fund. https://gainingground.org/

Thank you!

12/29/2025

There is still time to make a year-end gift that will help fund expansion, abundance, compassion, and dignity in 2026.

As a community, we are working hard to meet this moment with compassion and dignity; refusing to accept rising food insecurity and stand by while our neighbors go without.

Make your year-end donation to Gaining Ground by December 31 to help nourish people experiencing food insecurity this winter and beyond. Thank you!

https://gainingground.org/make-a-donation-online/

12/28/2025

Longtime Gaining Ground partner, the Bedford Food Bank/ Bedford Food Pantry, is offering an innovative solution that expands access to healthy food for people experiencing food insecurity. Self-serve refrigerated lockers safely store food, including local, organic Gaining Ground produce, as an alternative for guests who cannot attend the drive-through pickup. This program is one of the first of its kind in the area. Guests receive a code that opens the locker assigned to them, and can retrieve their refrigerated bundle during a designated window of time.

That's service with flexibility and dignity!

12/27/2025

After a thorough rinse at the farm's wash station, freshly harvested spinach goes for a spin! Removing excess moisture improves the quality and life of tender greens.

If this giant salad spinner looks like a clothes washer on spin cycle, it's because it is, thanks to our farmers' ingenuity and commitment to recycling!

12/26/2025

Your year-end gift to Gaining Ground will nourish young families and create a healthier future for all. 🥦🥕🌶️🫑 🍅

Thank you to the many generous supporters who have stepped up to challenge food insecurity this year. There is still time to make your donation by December 31.

Thank you!

https://gainingground.org/make-a-donation-online/

12/26/2025

The plunging temperatures and icy walkways of winter often coincide with a spike in food insecurity. Thanks to the protection of high tunnels and caterpillar tunnels, Gaining Ground grows food year-round, ensuring fresh, nutritious produce reaches our hunger relief partners during colder months.

This fall, with funding from a Massachusetts Food Security Infrastructure grant, we installed heat in two of the farm's high tunnels. Heat will allow us to grow a wider variety of vegetables over the winter. This year, we are experimenting with early spring broccoli and onions to offer more options for donation from January through March.

Learn more at https://gainingground.org/blog/

12/24/2025

Our Partners are the vital connectors that make Gaining Ground's fresh, healthy produce available to those who need it.

Daniel's Table co-founder Alicia Blais welcomed Gaining Ground, including Mark Congdon, Director of Agriculture and Volunteer Experience, to learn more about how they serve the community and their plans for a new location in 2026.

Daniel's Table prioritizes healthy produce, proteins, and shelf-stable foods, including Gaining Ground's local organic produce, through a weekly Farmer's Market that serves Framingham families with children under 17 or adults over 60. Their innovative Community Freezer Program makes nutritious meals available throughout the community at schools, community health centers, churches, senior centers, and social service agencies.

12/23/2025

There is still time to make a year-end gift that will nourish more people in 2026. Thank you! 💚

Link to donate in bio.