Spring Vegetable Supper Workshop at Newton Community Farm

Students in grades 3-5 come and join as the farm harvests and prepares ingredients to take home for a delicious and healthy spring supper.

Newton Community Farm Seedling Sale Coming Soon

Start your garden with hearty seedlings from Newton Community Farm.

Newton Community Farm Seeking High School Interns

Newton Community Farm is now accepting inquiries for our High School Summer Intern Program.

Newton Community Farm CSA Enrollment Open to All Newton Residents Feb. 4

In 2013, sharers will benefit from NCF's successful efforts at season extension, allowing for 24 weeks of fresh, locally-grown vegetables from June through mid-November.

Newton Community Farm CSA Enrollment Starts January 21

In 2013, sharers will benefit from NCF's successful efforts at season extension, allowing for 24 weeks of fresh, locally-grown vegetables from June through mid-November.

Winter Classes at the Newton Community Farm: Beer Brewing, Urban Gardening & More

NCF will offer a variety of courses in the winter of 2013 for children, gardeners, and others who have an interest in the outdoors, food, and farming.

PHOTOS: Starting Fresh at Newton's New Farm Stand

Community members gathered at the Newton Community Farm's new Winchester Street farm stand June 14 for an official ribbon cutting. The stand, which opened earlier this month, was recently rebuilt after it burned down earlier this year.

Although the stand typically opens in April, the Newton Community Farm had to delay the opening of its Winchester Street farm stand this year after it burned down in February. The fire was likely arson, officials said at the time.  After the fire, the farm started raising money to build a new stand, which will now be managed by a farm staff person whenever it is open.  National Lumber helped provide some of the wood at a discounted price and local contractor Mark Quigley built the new stand. Read more about the new stand and new happenings at the farm in this recent Newton in the Kitchen column.  The farm stand hours are Tuesday-Friday, 2 p.m. - 7 p.m. and Saturday, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. The Newton Community Farm will also have a stand at the …

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Newton in the Kitchen

Newton Farm Stand Rises from the Ashes

This weekend, the Newton Community Farm's farm stand will reopen. After a devastating winter fire, they are back with a beautiful new structure and a renewed commitment to the community.

When the Newton Community Farm’s farm stand burnt down in late February of this year, it seemed impossible that it would be rebuilt and able to open in time for its usual summer season. But like the mythical phoenix, it has risen from the ashes with an even more impressive, permanent structure and with an even firmer commitment to the community. But there will be changes in place when the farm stand opens for the season on Sat., June 2. “In the past, we had an honor system,” explains Megan Talley, who with Joshua Faller is currently running the farm and the farm stand. “We had a slot you could put money in. But we had some theft of produce, so we decided to staff it this year, on a trial basis. And people feel more comfortable with someone…

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LJCohen

10:38 am on Friday, June 1, 2012

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Stock Up for Your Spring Garden at Annual Seedling Sale

The Newton Community Farm's Spring Seedling Sale will be held this Sat., May 19.

Looking for some fresh, new plants to fill your garden this year? Look no further than the local community farm.  The Newton Community Farm's Annual Spring Seedling Sale will be held at the farm this Saturday and Sunday, May 19-20. Roughly 20,000 vegetable and herb seedlings will be available for you to purchase.  The sale will be open to the public from 1 p.m. - 3 p.m. both days. A special pre-sale for Friends of the Farm will be held from noon - 1 p.m. Seedlings will run you $5 per four or six pack. The farm will only accept cash and checks. In other Newton Community Farm news, the farm announced that its Winchester Street farm stand will open to the public June 2. The hours are Tuesday-Friday, 2 p.m. -7 p.m., and Saturday, 10 a.m. - 2 p…

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Newton Community Farm Seeks Donations to Rebuild Farm Stand

The farm stand burned down in the early morning hours of Feb. 25.

Three weeks after a fire destroyed the Winchester Street farm stand at Newton Community Farm, there are plans to rebuild.  According to a press release issued Tuesday, the farm is looking to raise $5,000 to support a new farm stand on Winchester Street. The new stand will accommodate more produce and provide better shade from the afternoon sun, the press release said. It will also be handicap accessible.  According to fire officials and farmers, the farm stand fire broke out between 2:30 a.m. - 3 a.m. on Feb. 25. By the time firefighters woke the farmers at 3:30 a.m., the 8-foot by 10-foot stand had been razed.  The stand had served the Newton community since 2007. Initially, the Newton Fire Department suspected the fire was started …

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