About Frogfoot Farm

A farm-to-food relief partnership to grow, farm, and recover food for neighbors in need across Southeastern, MA. 

Thanks to a partnership with A.D. Makepeace Company (ADM), the Marion Institute is developing and managing a farm-to-food relief program on ADM property located at the Wareham/Plymouth line. The shared purpose of Frogfoot Farm is to increase the availability of nutritious, local food for area food relief programs by growing food at Frogfoot and training volunteers to become certified gleaners for our sister program, Fields to Families, that harvests (aka gleans) surplus crops from farms across our region. ADM has committed the land, soil improvements, and irrigation to support this work. The Marion Institute must fundraise to support all other costs associated to fully launch and run the farm. We cannot do this important work alone and invite you to partner with us and make Frogfoot your community farm too. Thank you for your financial support.

Every week, the Marion Institute’s farm-to-food relief programs harvest fresh, nutrient-rich produce right here in our community. But without refrigeration, our ability to deliver and reach more families is limited.

The “Harvest Hopper,” as we’ve lovingly coined it (for now anyway), will safely transport produce from fields across our region with ZERO EMISSIONS to food pantries throughout Southeastern MA. With your support, more families will have access to healthy, local food they can count on.

Together, we raised an incredible $75,000! This allows us to purchase the “Harvest Hopper” — a zero-emission refrigerated van that will help us deliver fresh, local produce to food pantries across Southeastern MA.

Thank you to everyone who has brought the Harvest Hopper to life!

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Thank you to our 2025 Sponsors

Please support the organizations that support The Marion Institute

Lead Infrastructure Supporters

Maria & Wael Bayazid, Cindy & Doug Crocker, Victoria & David Croll, John C Decas Charitable Trust, Priscilla & Allan Ditchfield, The Downey Family, C.C. Dyer, JoAnn & Byron Hensley, Sloan & Wick Simmons

Individual Sponsors

Trish & Chris Arnold, Margherita & Michael Baldwin, Laurie & David Barrett, Chrissie Bascom, Maria & Wael Bayazid, Ellen Bruzelius & William Tifft, Sue Butler, Tom Cashel, Katherine Chapman Stemberg & Bill Schnoor, Ann Marie & Dick Connolly, Nancy & David Corkery, John Decas, Priscilla & Allan Ditchfield, The Downey Family, Christy & Evan Dubé, Sarah & William Ducas, Kathleen & Mal Durkee, C.C. Dyer, Deborah Elfers & Mark Haffenreffer, Pam & Ron Ellis, Milo Fay & Rid Bullerjahn, Emily & Hod Field, Jen & Peter Francis, Sharon & Dave Giblin, Cindy & Steve Gormley, Laurie & Peter Grauer, Nancy & Michael Grogan, Shoma Haque & Josh Schultz, Laurie & George Host, Jane & Charlie Howard, Lyle Howland & Jack Manning, Beppie Huidekoper, Nan Johnson & Alan Minard, Beth & Brian Keane, Karen & Skip Linn, Rachel & Stephen Lynch, Cathryn & Christopher MacLean, Beth & Carmine Martignetti, Holly & Joe McDonough, Susan Eldredge Mead, Hannah & Michael Moore, Bobbie & Chip O’Hare, Nicole & Pat O’Leary, Heather Parsons & Andy Kotsatos, Sandria Parsons, Leigh & Peter Phillips, Carolyn & Jim Rubenstein, Michelle & Hew Russell, Antoinette Russell & Louis Bailey, Chris Schlesinger, Laura & Jamey Shachoy, Paula & Eric Strand, Steve Tempini, Joan & Ed Tiffany, Heather & Bill Vrattos, Marion & Henry Wainer

Contributing Sponsors

Anonymous, Ava Grace Charters, The Bay Club, Black Earth Compost, Blue Stream Shellfish LLC, BrewFish Bar & Eatery, Buzzards Bay Bee Company, Catherine Grace at Blue, Cathleen Broderick Photography, Chef Mary Towers, Artist Devin “Nived” McLaughlin, Eden Florist and Garden Shop, Forno Bakery, Gohagan & Company Affinity Travel, Jim’s Organic, Nessralla Farmstand & Greenhouses, Nicole Benisch & Light Spirit Essentials, NorthEast Tent & Event Rentals, Oxford Creamery, RPI Printing, Social BNB Experience, Social Table Experience, Southcoast Brass Band, United Rentals Pocasset, Village Signs, Vino di Vino Marion