Lexington Community Farm Coalition

Growing Together

janetk — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 01:12:14 +0000

There are all kinds of kids growing together with help from LexFarm volunteers of all ages: Up at the goat yard, the triplet kids are now five weeks old, and growing fast. They are very friendly, and enjoy all the attention they get when visitors arrive. The LexFarm Goat Yard is open most Sundays from 1 – 3 pm. Check the Goat Yard page for updates.

A little ways away from the goat yard is the brand new children’s farm plot – an area set aside by Dennis Busa and planted recently by many enthusiastic children. If you are interested in having your children help tend the LexFarm Children’s Farm plot over the summer on a regular basis, please let us know here.

Must See Film at Cary Library tonight

janetk — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 17:30:56 +0000

LexFarm and Nourish Restaurant in Lexington are offering an opportunity to see the film “Genetic Roulette: the Gamble of our Lives”

Monday, June 10: 6:30 pm
Cary Memorial Library
1874 Mass. Ave, Lexington

The movie and refreshments are FREE, but seating is limited. Doors open at 6:30 with pre-film refreshments from Nourish Restaurant. Post-film discussion led by Jack Kittredge of NOFA/Mass.

Here is more information about the movie from the NOFA Mass May newsletter:

“Jeffrey Smith, last year’s NOFA Summer Conference keynoter, directed this powerful movie. It raises the question of whether the presence of GMO foods, increasing in the American diet since 1996, with their novel proteins (to which our immune systems have not become accustomed), has resulted in an epidemic of inflammatory diseases.

A number of doctors, clinicians,nutritionists, and other practitioners speak about their experiences with clients suffering from leaky guts, allergies, autoimmune diseases, autism, and other such conditions.They testify that the simple act of weaning these patients from GMO foods and getting them onto organic and non-GMO diets has resulted in miraculous “cures”. We also hear from parents with autistic or highly allergic children, and from farmers who have been feeding GMO feed to livestock.”

We’re Digging it!

janetk — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 14:29:01 +0000

On Monday, we delivered our proposal to the Town of Lexington to operate a community farm on the Busa Farm property! We are so grateful to all who brought us to this point. We hope to hear good news later this summer…

And thanks to the generosity of Dennis Busa, we can start a small learning garden on the Busa Farm this season! Please join us:

On Thursday, June 6, from 1 – 3 pm, we invite kids of all ages to come and Dig with Us as we plant our children’s farm plot at Busa Farm, 52 Lowell St, Lexington!

Details and Sign Up here

(And don’t forget to check out the LexFarm ABC book!)

C is for Community

janetk — Sat, 01 Jun 2013 10:40:57 +0000

This page from the 2012-13 New Covenant School Kindergarten’s LexFarm ABC Book says it all.

THANK YOU to the community, who together pledged $25,431 to support our proposal to the Town of Lexington to operate the community farm on the Busa Farm property.

We are truly grateful and look forward to our proposal being selected, thanks to YOU. Stay in touch and follow our progress by subscribing to our newsletter .

See the complete beautiful and heartwarming
ABC Book here.

Amazing community support…we’re raising the carrot!

janetk — Thu, 30 May 2013 21:44:21 +0000

Thank You to all who have supported our “Build the Farm“ pledge campaign! We have surpassed our goal of $20,000 and pledges are still coming in! If you pledge by Friday, May 31st*, we will list your name along with all other supporters for our community farm proposal that we’ll submit on Monday to the Town of Lexington! We have cautiously increased our new goal to $25,000. Read here for details of the campaign, and please encourage all to participate!

Thermometer is updated periodically, but not immediately!

* We will also accept pledges in person at Discovery Day on Saturday, June 1st, but we’re counting on the online community to take us over the top. THANK YOU!

Build the Farm

Proposal Pledge Drive Progress

janetk — Sat, 25 May 2013 01:38:39 +0000

Wow! We are almost at our goal of $20K. Thank You to all who have pledged to date in support of LexFarm’s proposal for a community farm! If you pledge by May 31, we’ll add your name to the list of community supporters when we submit the proposal on June 3rd.

Names for Naya’s kids

janetk — Fri, 24 May 2013 13:05:30 +0000

At two weeks old, Naya’s three kids are healthy and adorable, spending short periods of time outside playing, gamboling about, and even practicing their nascent head-butting skills. Provided they stand still for long enough, you can identify them by their size and markings: Snoopy (left) has the single spot on his back; Lilac (middle) is the smallest and mostly brown doeling. John Snow (right) is the one who is mostly white on his back and hind legs. (See if you can identify them as they run around in this video.)

Goat note: It appears that humans aren’t the only ones who use “baby talk” – close listeners may notice that Naya’s bleats to her kids are different from the typical adult vocalizations.

The Goat Yard will be open on Sunday, May 26th for visitors from 1 – 3 pm; LexFarm members free; we suggest a $5 donation from others.

This is it!

janetk — Wed, 08 May 2013 12:00:05 +0000

On June 3rd, LexFarm will submit our proposal for a community farm!

It’s been over four years since we dared to dream that we could save Busa Farm as a community farm for everyone.

With tremendous community support, a farm was saved.Now it’s time for the community to build its farm:

Add your name as a supporter of our proposal by making a Pledge to Build the Farm

Lexington’s First Annual Bike Walk ‘n Bus Week!

betsy — Mon, 06 May 2013 12:17:22 +0000

If you didn’t know, the Lexington Board of Selectmen have declared May 5 – 11, 2013 Lexington’s first annual Bike Walk ‘n Bus Week to promote healthy, sustainable, and safe transportation options! A wide variety of activities are scheduled this week to celebrate the many alternative transportation resources available in town. This event is being organized by the Bicycle Advisory Committee, Greenways Corridor Committee, and Safe Routes to School Committee, in conjunction with Town staff. Check out the full-schedule here.

Digging in the Earth Day

janetk — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 20:21:52 +0000

Every spring Saturday in New England should be devoted to digging in the dirt. This past weekend it seemed particularly important for some of us to come together as a community and not only dig…but plant some seeds for the future.

In our “Learn and Work: Pasture Planting” Day, we loosened up some soil at the goat yard, and planted some oats, red clover and chicory – future forage for the goats, improved soil for the earth, and renewed hope for the rest of us! LexFarm’s tagline is: “Growing Community, Community Grown” – this past weekend we did both! Happy Earth Day Every Day for Everyone!