Farms in Acton, MA

Acton

On January 1st, Idylwilde Farms will be adhering to the town of Acton’s new bylaw that band single use plastic checkout bags. Idylwilde is fully onboard with this endeavor and hopes that customers will permanently switch to reusable bags to help the environment. We also recycle all cardboard to help keep tons of trash out of the landfill.

Acton · Produce Farm, Farm Stand

Cucurbit Farm is a fifth-generation farm at 32 Parker Street in Acton, Massachusetts, with a self-service farmstand open daily 9 to 5 and a fish truck pulling in Friday afternoons.

Acton · Farmers Market

This listing is Boston Area Gleaners, a nonprofit that harvests surplus crops left in the field after a farm's commercial pick is done and routes the produce to families facing food insecurity around Boston. Its food hub function handles the sorting, cold storage, and transport that turns gleaned produce into usable donations rather than compost. The organization estimates roughly a third of Massachusetts households deal with food insecurity, which is the problem the gleaning model is built to chip away at.

Acton

Boston Area Gleaners is committed to supporting an equitable, just, and sustainable local food system. We fulfill our mission by building innovative partnerships with local organizations and businesses in order to bridge food distribution gaps, improve healthy food access, prevent on-farm food waste, and create new markets for locally grown produce. Our vision is to sustain a permanent agricultural supply chain that will improve the viability of local farms and the health of communities who have

Acton · Farmers Market