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Farm & Local Food

Food Rescue in MetroWest

January 14, 2019

The Sudbury Foundation, in partnership with the MetroWest Health Foundation, Middlesex Savings Bank Charitable Foundation, and the Foundation for MetroWest, has approved a three-year continuation grant of $362,500 to  Lovin’ Spoonfuls, the Boston-based food rescue agency. The grant will enable Lovin’ Spoonfuls to continue their work “rescuing” fresh fruits and vegetables from grocery stores, farmers markets […]

Turning Food Deserts into Oases

July 12, 2018

Grants for Local Farms

Food initiatives have become innovative vehicles for community engagement, entrepreneurial growth, healthy eating and relief from food insecurity in cities like Revere, Lowell, Worcester, and Springfield. Ted Siefer has a nice piece in the July issue of Commonwealth Magazine about the burgeoning food movement in Massachusetts’ gateway cities and the good work of some of […]

Grant Partner Spotlight: Aurelia’s Garden

May 15, 2018

We had a nice site visit recently to Aurelia’s Garden in Wayland, one of our newest grant partners. They are an all-volunteer, nonprofit micro-farm founded in 2020 to address food insecurity by providing fresh, nutritious organic produce to local food pantries. They farm on two local sites which have been loaned to them. The first is a […]

MA and its Farms Need Rain

August 23, 2016

Massachusetts is experiencing its worst drought in more than a decade, with little reprieve in sight for dry rivers, thirsty crops, and water bans across the state. Farmers are trying to be creative, despite the heat. You can read up on it here: Baker tours farms impacted by drought-filled summer How This Summer’s ‘Severe’ Drought Is Affecting Mass. […]

MA Local Food Action Plan

March 8, 2016

We’re pleased to be supporting the efforts of a new alliance — the Mass. Food System Collaborative — working to implement the recommendations of the Massachusetts Local Food Action Plan. In 2013, the Mass. Food Policy Council convened stakeholders from every segment of the state’s local food system to develop a plan to address the opportunities and challenges of […]

Eat Fresh

July 26, 2011

One of the many valuable programs the Sudbury Foundation has supported is the “Eat Fresh” initiative at A Place to Turn (APTT), a food pantry in Natick. Funds from the grant (combined with a companion grant from the Foundation for MetroWest) allow APTT volunteers to shop twice a week for fresh produce so no matter when […]

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