Provides beginning farmers with business training, access to land and farm equipment, organic production training and materials, marketing assistance and continued guidance to start their farm businesses. Community Sustainable Agriculture (CSA) is a partnership between consumers seeking high quality, ecologically produced food and the farmers who grow it.
Contact
New Entry Sustainable Farming Project
733 Cabot Street
Beverly, MA 01915
978-654-6745
nesfp@tufts.edu
https://nesfp.nutrition.tufts.edu/
Volunteers:
Consider volunteering with New Entry! We welcome new volunteers who bring energy, creativity, knowledge, and fun to our work. We strive to build relationships with our volunteers so that we may learn from one another. Our dedicated volunteers are vital to the success of our programs and our work transforming the food system, in New England and beyond.
Here are some ways you can get involved:
– Become a Share Packer at the Food Hub- generally Monday afternoons June-October
– Become a Site Coordinator with the Food Hub- Greet CSA members and make sure they get their shares. Tuesday afternoons June – October at Condon Shell, Medford and Waldorf School at Moraine Farm,
Beverly.
– Become a Farm Volunteer- help with planting, weeding, harvesting, and other miscellaneous field tasks! Flexible timing- Monday through Thursday, May- October
– Become a License Plate Advocate- year-round, can easily accomodate varying schedules
– Join us or bring your group for an on-the-farm project- we welcome school and professional groups March-November
– Other ideas- what do you bring to the table? How would you like to get involved? Let us know!
Learn more about these opportunities as well as past volunteer projects, here: https://nesfp.nutrition.tufts.edu/volunteer
Area Served
Andover, Dracut, Lowell, Chelmsford
Last Updated: August 2016