Waltham Fields Community Farm

11/09/2025

Let’s enjoy a meal together with ingredients grown at WFCF and in partnership with local farms. Its’ a wonderfully simple, farm fresh menu with gluten Free and vegan accommodations, between 11-1pm in our heated greenhouse! Advance ticket purchase is necessary for planning, thank you! See link in bio to purchase.

We are excited to share that our menu will be lovingly prepared by the rockstars at in Watertown. Ritcey East supports and gives back to the community in all the same ways we care about at WFCF. Check out their website, food drive and prepared meal initiative, supporting local food banks, and, their vital advocacy for trans youth and equity for our transgender 🏳️‍⚧️ community.

11/08/2025

Good news, but the need continues! Winter is coming. Keep giving if you can.

Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey has just announced that her administration is directing full November SNAP benefits to be paid.

Current SNAP households who have missed a monthly payment should begin seeing benefits on their cards within the next few days to one week. Households that have not yet missed their monthly payment will receive their benefits on their regular date.

This announcement follows a federal court order requiring the USDA to release full SNAP benefits.

This moment serves as a powerful reminder of what collective community action can accomplish. You showed up by the hundreds at the Rally for SNAP at the State House. Over 800 of you sent more than 7,500 messages to federal and state policymakers demanding these funds. And you donated generously to extend food access to people when they needed it most.

Our advocacy works. Your compassion is powerful. Your rallying, calls, emails, social posts, and public pressure made it impossible for decision-makers to ignore the urgent need to protect food assistance for families across the state. Thanks for coming together as a community to care for each other and fight for food access!

Read the press release from Gov. Healey: https://www.mass.gov/news/governor-healey-directs-full-snap-benefits-to-be-processed-today

11/06/2025

TONIGHT is our Annual Meeting & Potluck Supper at Cedar Hill Camp's Great Hall (Girl Scouts Eastern MA), right across the street from the farm! All are welcome!

We're excited to gather as a community, break bread together, and share updates about Waltham Fields Community Farm. Bring a dish to share (with ingredients card) or just come be nourished by your community.

We also ask you to consider bringing non-perishable food items (canned proteins and vegetables) and pantry staples like rice, beans, pasta, and healthy oils. No expired items please. Take action with us to alleviate the stress of food insecurity on our neighbors, especially as many community members are critically impacted by SNAP delays.

See link in bio for more info on our annual meeting!

11/05/2025

Our Annual Appeal is officially underway! Your support is as essential as the vegetables we grow! It empowers:
- Feeding our community
- Enhancing food security
- Stewarding urban farmland
- Teaching through hands-on learning
- Training future farmers

See the link in our bio to donate today!

11/05/2025

We would love extra help bringing in the harvest - sign up for one or several Wed-Fri volunteer days 9:30am - noon ( plus some Mon and Tues) Thank you!

11/01/2025

Join us this Thursday, 11/6, for our Annual Potluck & Meeting! Our deep appreciation for our neighbors at for welcoming us back into the Great Hall (Cornelia Warren’s former cow barn!) for this gathering of community. We hope to break bread and share a communal meal with you. Please join us for a potluck supper followed by our annual meeting. Not only do we have much to share, there is a deep need for solidarity within our community, a need to give and receive support and mutual aid. In that spirit, please bring a dish to share (if you are able, if not, please come and be nourished). We also ask you to consider bringing non-perishable food items (canned proteins and vegetables) and pantry staples like rice, beans, pasta, healthy oils. No expired items please. Take action with us to alleviate the suffering experienced so deeply, and especially as community members are not able to access SNAP benefits. We look forward to seeing you this Thursday!

10/31/2025

Correction! WFCF Farm Stand open Saturdays (11/1, 11/8, 11/22, 12/6) from 10:00am to 2:00pm. We are a SNAP/HIP approved vendor. Locally harvested, fresh produce available at the Farm Stand, 240 Beaver Street, Waltham.

10/31/2025

“The fundamental human need for food should be a universal priority, free from manipulation for political gain or ideological dispute. It is considered a basic human right and essential for a dignified life, not a matter of partisan debate”.

10/28/2025

Unprecedented impact for MA families beginning Nov 1… 4 days from today.

With our farm’s Fall CSA program beginning next weekend, households who are registered for a share and are relying on their SNAP benefits to pay for it, will be unable to accessing benefits due to the enduring government shutdown.

The impact from the shutdown will be deeply felt within our farm community, across the Commonwealth and throughout the nation. Households depend on these benefits for food and nourishment. Farmers have dedicated food for SNAP recipients and rely on these reimbursement funds.

Please help and sound the alarm and raise awareness. Join the rally today at the MA State House. Contact your MA elected representatives and share your urgent concern for families in our communities.

10/23/2025

Farm Day thanks to our Local Business Heroes and organizations whose support makes Farm Day an admission free community event year after year! We would also like to extend a special thank you to the for their support and promotion of this special day and for access to the which provides free access for all community members from Waltham Common.

10/23/2025

Thank you all for an AMAZING FARM DAY! Our community experienced the farm in the best ways: carrot picking, cider cycling, potato printing, tractor climbing, and learning about everything from fiber rabbits to pollinators. Your presence on the farm inspires us daily and truly makes us a Community Farm!

A big farm thank you to all those folks who brought their talent, time, and energy to make Farm Day a beautiful success! Bakers dropped off goods for the Great Farm Day Bake Sale, our ever gracious emcee, , Edgar B. Herwick III,  introduced our musicians Lucy Pyle & Friends and KS Swingset and magicians Amy the Amyzing and Craig LeMoult the Magnificent , community organizations crafted and played games to celebrate the land we steward, and dozens of you volunteered in so many ways. Special thanks to Bentley APhiO and Brandeis Symbiosis for all the extra help. This day would not be possible without all of your effort!

10/22/2025

Join us for mocktails this Friday, 10/24! We'll be soaking up the October sunshine and gorgeous weather while learning the best methods for using and preserving the late-season harvests as drink ingredients. We can't wait to show you the many plants and herbs we can use to flavor and color our mocktails! Hors d'oeuvres and all mocktail supplies provided.

Sign up at link in bio!