Food production at Frogfoot Farm is reaching full summer fever pitch!

We currently are sending over 400lbs of produce per week to our food pantry partners! This will increase dramatically as we are right around the corner from seeing the first harvests of crops such as peppers, eggplant, squash, and tomatoes. Our volunteer farming crew has been working tirelessly through the increasing summer heat harvesting, tending crops, and turning over spent beds to plant new successions. As we head into mid-summer, there is much more work to do including turning our attention to planting fall crops! Volunteer opportunities are expanding to 4 days per week starting on Tuesday August 29th! Please consider lending a hand.

Frogfoot Farm is dedicated to health, equity, and sustainability—because everyone deserves access to nourishing food.

Fields to Families is Off and Running!

Having launched our Fields to Families Gleaning program just one month ago, we have already gleaned from three farms: the Fairhaven Acushnet Land Preservation Trust in Acushnet, Freed Seed Federation in Dartmouth, and Brookwood Community Farm in Canton. We have officially gleaned in two counties and served six food pantries: PACE New Bedford, Damien’s Pantry, Acushnet Council on Aging, Shepherd’s Pantry, Canton Food Pantry, and Fairhaven Council on Aging. We have gleaned 386 pints of strawberries, 229 pints of blueberries, 344lbs of lettuce, 36lbs of turnips, and 13lbs of peas. For the remainder of the season, we will continue to glean gorgeous fresh fruit from Fairhaven Acushnet Land Preservation Trust including blueberries, blackberries, peaches, pears, and apples! We also plan to work with two more farms in Dartmouth and Westport and serve additional food pantries throughout the Southcoast.

With generous support from Bristol County Savings Bank and the Massachusetts Society for Promoting Agriculture, we launched our regional gleaning program at a crucial time—when many local food pantries are experiencing significant shortages in both food and funding. Join the movement. Sign up to learn more below.

What Does Grow Education do Over the Summer?

Great question — we’re so glad you asked! It’s growing season, which means the garden beds are in full bloom. But where do all those veggies go? If school is in summer session and the cafeteria is running, they’re used there. Otherwise, they’re donated to local food pantries — or sometimes, they need to go to seed. If a garden is “going to seed” you will see some new signage at the garden to communicate that and why.

This week we hosted our first field trips at Frogfoot Farm with Wareham Elementary’s summer school program. Students helped harvest beets that were donated to local families through Damien’s Place Food Pantry #FullCircle!

More exciting news to share: during the 2024–2025 school year, Grow Education provided over 20,000 student experiences! We love the work we do — but when we step back and look at the numbers, it’s a powerful reminder of the impact and reach of this program. Wow!

Spring 2025 MBSR Class

Fall Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Course

Our Spring participants explored an eight-week Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) course, a proven method rooted in the idea that our thoughts, perceptions, and reactions profoundly affect physical health. Thank you for joining us!