Board of Directors

Christopher Grallert, President
Grant Kinghorn, Treasurer
Aase Kaldestad, Clerk
Christine Nordhaus, Director of Operations
Ronit Ben Shir, Director of Education

Partners with Purpose

Littleton Community Farm is pleased to receive advice, donations and/or in-kind services from the following organizations:

  • Circle Health
  • Littleton Conservation Trust
  • New England Forestry Foundation
  • Reuben Hoar Library

Our Mission

Littleton Community Farm’s mission is to be a center for farm-based education and a model for traditional and innovative farming methods. Our aim is to inspire through hands-on, multigenerational exposure to farm, land, food, and volunteerism; growing for ourselves and for others.

Our Vision

Littleton Community Farm is a gathering place dedicated to fostering an appreciation of and connection among land, food, neighbors and community.

Our Core Values

Honor

We celebrate the preservation of our land, agricultural heritage, and community for the enrichment of current and future generations.

Inspire

We foster an environment dedicated to discovery through farm-based education and community engagement.

Grow

We promote awareness of the importance of farms, relationships to land and community, and access to locally grown food.

 

 

 

Our History

Click here to read about our history.

Beneficiaries

We all benefit from Littleton Community Farm one way or the other: by learning how to grow food; by exercising our body and minds; by meeting and knowing people, etc.

However, one of our proudest goals is to grow food for others. Hunger relief is an important part of our mission.

The core program at LCF is the production and provision of high quality healthy food for the local community and for people experiencing “food insecurity” or “very low food security” (as defined by the United States Department of Agriculture). LCF serves mainly Littleton, Ayer, Devens, Groton, Harvard, Lowell and Shirley through Littleton Elder and Human Services, Catholic Charities Food Pantry in Lowell and Loaves and Fishes in Devens. Through Merrimack Valley Food Bank in Lowell and Boston Area Gleaners (distribution to over 500 hunger relief agencies in the greater Boston area), we have an even wider reach. Middlesex County has 140,000 people who experience food insecurity or low food security, with a significant percentage being children (12%). MA Department of Education asserts that 23% of children in Ayer/Shirley, and 50% in Lowell, are economically disadvantaged.