Common Ground Farm

Common Ground Farm is a non-profit community farm project dedicated to food justice and education in the Hudson Valley.

Common Ground Farm supports and engages our community by fostering access and connection to fresh food and local agriculture through farming, education, and farmers’ markets. Read more about our work here: https://www.commongroundfarm.org/about-us/mission

06/13/2026

Stop by the Beacon Farmers' Market this Sunday and support your favorite local farmers this Sunday!

We'll be bringing:
🥕perfect, jewel-like courgettes and yellow summer squash
🥕the most gorgeous lacinato kale you've ever seen
🥕collard greens
🥕spinach
🥕lettuce mix

This week, we trellised our first succession of cukes and will be swimming in cucumbers soon! 🥒

We're growing new variety of zucchini called safari that will be coming to market this weekend. Look at those stripes! 💚

06/12/2026

Today was the final BackPack distribution of the school year, and we're sending students home with two heads of Common Ground grown butterhead lettuce as well as a quart of strawberries from our friends at Nightingale Farm!

The Common Ground Farm Team has carefully planned, seeded, planted, cared for, and harvested so much for Beacon students, and are planning for even more in the fall.

CGF's BackPack program provides shelf-stable and farm fresh foods to students in the Beacon City School District who are at risk of weekend hunger. Thanks to flagship funding from the Redl Family Foundation, as well as sustaining funds from the Regional Food Bank's Food Forward program, United Way of Dutchess-Orange region, the Jeannette F. Schlobach Fund of the Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley, and Hudson Valley Credit Union, we have been able to grow the program as community need has increased significantly over the past four years.

We are especially grateful for our wonderful team of volunteers, our friends at the Beacon Rec Center, as well as each of the school social workers who are critical to the success of this program! 💚

06/10/2026

Farm Camp starts at the end of this month and we can't wait! We are looking forward to a season of helping the farmers in the fields, making salsa from tomatoes we pick with our own hands, tending the garden, making art inspired by the natural world, learning, growing, and having fun together!

We still have a little space left if your kids would like to join us this summer:

🥕The week of June 29th, there is currently space available for 6-7 year olds and 10-12 year olds
🥕The week of July 6, there is currently one spot left for 6-7 year olds and 8-9 year olds, and there is space for 10-12 year olds
🥕The week of July 13, there is one spot left for 6-7 year olds and there is space for 10-12 year olds
🥕The week of July 20, there is limited space for 6-7, 8-9, and 10-12 year olds
🥕The week of July 27, there is space for 8-9 and 10-12 year olds
🥕The week of August 3, there is limited space for 8-9 and 10-12 year olds
🥕The week of August 10, there is limited space for 10-12 year olds
🥕The week of August 17, there is limited space for 8-9 and 10-12 year olds

If you haven't locked in your summer plans yet, now is the time! Visit https://www.commongroundfarm.org/farm-camp-registration to learn more and to register!

06/06/2026

Farmer Update: We've been busy planting, seeding, trellising tomatoes, and harvesting in abundance!

This week, we harvested 150 beautiful heads of butterhead lettuce for the Fishkill Food Pantry and Zion Episcopal Church, along with 150 heads of Little Gem lettuce for families participating in the Beacon City School Backpack Program.

We'll have even more fresh greens available at this weekend, including leaf lettuce, curly kale, dinosaur kale, rainbow chard, radishes, and Hakurei turnips.

photo one: butterhead lettuce donated to our food access partners
photo two: little gem lettuce distributed to BackPack recipients
photo three: summer squash incoming!

06/05/2026

The Best Parts of U-Pick Can't Fit in a Basket

Summer U-Pick begins June 10.

They're the conversations with neighbors in the fields. The calm of spending time among the flowers and butterflies. The child who proudly carries home the vegetables they picked themselves. The vibrance of a meal made with food harvested just hours before. The feeling of being connected—to the land, to your farmers, and to a community of people committed to creating a more just and caring local food system.

By participating in U-Pick, you'll nourish your family, support local agriculture, and help ensure that fresh, local food remains accessible throughout our community.

We'd love to share this season with you.

🥕Reserve your share today. Visit the link in our bio. 💚

06/04/2026

Food sovereignty asks us to think beyond what's on our plate.

🥕Who grows our food?
🥕How is it grown?
🥕What kind of food system are we helping create?

At Common Ground, we believe everyone deserves access to fresh, local food. By joining our CSA, you're supporting local farmers, local farmland, and a food system rooted in relationships, stewardship, and community care. Your membership also helps support our food justice work, ensuring that fresh, local food reaches SNAP shoppers, BackPack program recipients, and participants in the free food distributions at Fareground and our other community food access partners.

When you purchase a CSA share, you're not just feeding your own family—you're helping grow a healthier, more connected community.

🥕Summer U-Pick begins June 10. Join us in building a stronger local food system. https://www.commongroundfarm.org/csa

06/03/2026

Connection Changes How Kids Eat

Over the years, we've heard countless stories of children who refuse vegetables at home but happily snack on peas, cherry tomatoes, and even kale while walking through the fields.

When kids connect their senses to food growing around them, they almost can't help but eat the rainbow. They pick green beans, smell herbs, search for caterpillars, help carry the harvest, and contribute to the meals their families share together.

These experiences do more than encourage healthy eating. They help children build a relationship with food, the land, and the changing seasons. They show kids that they are capable, that their contributions matter, and that they can play an important role in caring for themselves, their families, and their community.

Summer U-Pick begins June 10. Come explore the farm together. https://www.commongroundfarm.org/csa 🫑🧅🥕🍅🍆

06/02/2026

Come Be Part of Something Beautiful!

There is something special about seeing familiar faces in the fields each week.

The ritual of harvesting together, sharing recipes, watching children explore the farm, and hauling home a bounty to share with loved ones is what makes U-Pick unique.

Just like plants, people thrive when they are rooted in place, connected to the seasons, and nourished by relationships. That's the kind of community we're growing here.

Summer U-Pick starts June 10. We'd love to see you in the fields. https://www.commongroundfarm.org/csa

06/01/2026

A U-Pick Share at Common Ground is MORE than a CSA.

It is a way to nourish your family, build community, and be part of a stronger local food system. Each week, members gather in our fields to harvest beautiful produce, connect with neighbors, and experience the joy of eating with the seasons.

Your membership supports local agriculture and helps advance our food justice mission, expanding access to fresh, local food throughout our community.

Summer U-Pick begins June 10. Join us for a season of abundance, connection, and impact. Sign up now: https://www.commongroundfarm.org/csa 🥕

05/18/2026

It is time to sign up for U-Pick at Common Ground Farm! A U-Pick share is more than fresh vegetables. It's an invitation to slow down, experience beauty, feel joy, and spend time in community while gathering the freshest food you can eat.

Come wander the rows, meet your farmers, bring your children to help harvest, and become part of the rhythm of the season with us.

Summer begins soon, reserve your U-Pick share today! 🍅

Link is in our bio.

Address

79 Farmstead Lane
Wappingers Falls, NY
12590

Telephone

+18452314424

Website

http://www.commongroundfarm.org/

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