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Community Harvest @CHPINC

CHP engages and educates volunteers to grow fresh fruits and vegetables for hunger relief in eastern and central Massachusetts.

Joined September 2009
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Community Harvest Project holds annual festival communityadvocate.com/2023/1… via @CommunityAdNews

Community Harvest Project holds annual festival

During the season at the Community Harvest Project, Nate Eckman leads other volunteers in growing and harvesting crops.

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Community Harvest Project to host Harvest Home Festival communityadvocate.com/2023/1… via @CommunityAdNews

Community Harvest Project to host Harvest Home Festival

Community Harvest Project invites the community to the Harvest Home Festival and 5K on Nov. 5, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Grafton farm.

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"It’s all planted with the intention of going toward hunger relief...Access to produce in general is fairly exclusive. (We) blow open that accessibility and send people locally grown produce from the farm up the road.”servings.org/blog/supply-cha… #blog

Making Local Foods a Force for Good - Community Servings

Our Local Foods Program is a concrete way we invest in a sustainable, community-driven food economy in New England, and put extra health benefit into our meals.

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View Feeding America's interactive map of hunger rates in your area. map.feedingamerica.org/count…

Hunger & Poverty in Massachusetts | Map the Meal Gap

The food insecurity rate in Massachusetts was 8.1% in 2021. Explore a map of hunger statistics in Massachusetts at the state and local level.

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Spectrum News 1 Worcester@SpecNews1Worc
3 Aug 2023
Rep. Jim McGovern reaffirmed his support for anti-hunger initiatives Thursday during a visit to the Community Harvest Project in North Grafton. specne.ws/medWpS
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Thank you for your tireless efforts on behalf of those experiencing food insecurity in Massachusetts.
Rep. Jim McGovern
@RepMcGovern
3 Aug 2023
Spent my afternoon speaking with nonprofit partners who are doing the hard work on the ground, distributing food grown by Community Harvest Project in Grafton to those who are hungry.
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Katie Bergh@Katie_Bergh
26 Jul 2023
New from me & @zoeneuberger: New data confirm that #WIC needs significant additional funding next year - well beyond the $ proposed by the House and Senate – or *hundreds of thousands* of eligible people will be turned away. See the impact in your state: cbpp.org/research/food-assis…

Hundreds of Thousands of Young Children and Postpartum Adults Would Be Turned Away from WIC under...

As Congress considers appropriations bills for fiscal year 2024, new data confirm that WIC needs significant additional funding — well beyond the amounts provided in current House and Senate...

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Community Harvest Project Orchard in Harvard, MA preserved as farmland. #rootedincommunity wbjournal.com/article/commun…

Community Harvest Project orchard in Harvard secured as agricultural preservation land

Grafton food insecurity nonprofit Community Harvest Project has secured an Agricultural Preservation Restriction for its 75-acre apple and peach orchard in Harvard.

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We are proud to be a @TuftsCommunity grants recipient this year! Thank you for funding the purchase of greenhouse supplies to support an extended growing season on the farm! We love partnering with our Grafton neighbors! @TuftsUniversity #tuftscommunity
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Spend a morning with us growing fresh fruits and vegetables for hunger relief! Drop-in volunteers are welcome Monday through Saturday 9am to noon. #RootedinCommunity
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UniBank showed up and helped out! Thank you all!
UniBank@UniBankMA
24 May 2023
We spent yesterday morning at Community Harvest Project Inc. (CHP) planting over 4,000 beet and carrot seeds. Thank you CHP for all you do and for letting us be a part of your great work! community-harvest.org/ Member FDIC / Member DIF / Equal Housing Lender / NMLS #583135
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Thank you to the @WBJournal for highlighting CHP and the issue of hunger in MA. “We provide fresh fruit and vegetables because we believe everyone deserves it, and because our partners tell us people still need it,” wbjournal.com/article/nonpro…

Nonprofits battle against rising food insecurity as pandemic era assistance comes to an end

Community Harvest Project’s food donations have become more critical than ever during the COVID-19 pandemic, and they remain so now as pandemic emergency declaration-related federal and state...

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Plantapalooza at Community Harvest Project happening now! Order online and pick up your plants at our farm on May 19 and 20 at 37 Wheeler Road in North Grafton. Head to our website for more info community-harvest.org/events
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Community Harvest Project’s Plantapalooza plant sale opens May 10 millburysutton.com/2023/04/2…
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You can make a difference! Call your Rep. and ask them to support (not cut!) SNAP.
Foodlink@FoodlinkNY
26 Apr 2023
Today is the day! Join National Call-In Day Opposing House Leadership Plan to Raise Debt Ceiling That Includes Cuts to SNAP. Call the House switchboard, (202) 225-3121, to reach your Member. Members must speak out and support — not cut — SNAP.
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Calling all gardeners. It's plantapalooza time again! Our online plant sale starts May 10 for monthly givers and opens May 11-14 for the general public, Plant pickup is at our farm in Grafton May 19-20. See website for details community-harvest.org
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Volunteer with Community Harvest Project. Spend a morning with us - have fun and do good! volunteermatch.org/search/op… #VolunTweet
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New role for CHP’s Dave Johnson communityadvocate.com/2023/0… via @CommunityAdNews

New role for CHP’s Dave Johnson

Johnson will direct agricultural operations across CHP, including planning what CHP will grow, how CHP grows it, as well as supervising and working alongside staff members who implement these plans

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Lynn Jolicoeur@LMJolicoeur
21 Jun 2022
Really nice story from @RupaShenoy and @hafsaquraishi_ about the largely volunteer-manned, nonprofit farm in North Grafton, Mass., @CHPINC, addressing hunger at its root: wbur.fm/3N4cLFq

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Thank you @WBUR for your interest in our work. A nonprofit farm in Mass. hopes to address hunger at its root wbur.fm/3N4cLFq via @WBUR
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