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Boxborough and surrounding towns enjoy a wealth of local produce and regional foods. These sources can be fresher and more nutritious than products that take days to arrive in our stores. Also, eating local foods can help reduce the emissions involved in transportation.

Boxborough and Acton started the Acton-Boxborough Farmers Market in summer 2009. The market will be held in 2010 during the summer and fall (mid-July to early November):

When: Sundays, 10:00am-1:00pm

Where: Pearl Street in West Acton Center.

Vendors sell fresh vegetables, fruits, berries, honey, eggs, meat, and specialty goods such as breads, cheeses, and handmade soaps. In addition to local and organic foods, the market features music, the work of area artisans, community education, and children’s activities. Check the market website for more information or contact Jen Taylor.

If you’d like to grow your own food but don’t have suitable land, Boxborough has a Community Garden on Middle Road which offers 20 x 30-foot plots for a modest fee. Phone Frank Roth at 978-263-2400 for information. Also, the Boxborough Agricultural Commission is working to represent, enhance, and sustain agriculture, farming, and related activities within our town.

For food-related books and other publications, see Local Food Literature. In addition to eating local food, you can patronize eco-friendly restaurants. Several in Massachusetts, mostly in the Boston Metro area, have been certified by the Green Restaurant Association.

Here are some local food sources and related information such as Community-Supported Agriculture (CSA) programs:

General
Eat Well Guide	Search for local, sustainable, organic food
The Food Project	Middlesex County farms/farmstands
Gardens.com	CSA in Massachusetts
Local Food Guide to Metro Boston	Local farms and food search by zip code
Local Foods Directory	Towns in 495/Rte. 2 area
Local Harvest	Organic food search by zip code
Massachusetts farm/food info	State Department of Agriculture
Northeast Organic Farming Association	For farmers, gardeners, and consumers
Acton
Acton-Boxborough Farmers Market	vegetables, fruits, honey, eggs, meat, specialty goods
Butter Brook Organic Farm	978-263-1936
Cucurbit Farm	32 Parker St., 978-263-4506
Idylwilde Farms	978-263-5943
Stonefield Farm	91 Martin St., 978-263-5572
Berlin
Berlin Orchards	978-838-2400
Bolton
Bolton Orchards	978-779-2733
Bolton Spring Farm	149 Main St. (Rte. 117), 978-779-2898
Nashoba Valley Winery	978-779-5521
Nicewicz Family Farm	978-779-6423
Schartner Farms	978-779-5588
Boxborough
Burroughs Farm	978-263-4346, burroughsfarm@verizon.net
Coutts Specialty Foods	978-263-2952
Cumming Farm	631 Stow Rd., 978-263-7568
Neville Farm	317 Middle Rd., 978-263-3285
Richardson Farm	276 Middle Rd., 978-263-5236
Stewart Farm	448 Liberty Square Rd.
Thoreau Foods	978-266-8973
Winston-Folley Farm	69 Depot Rd., 978-263-7969
Carlisle
Farmstead Cheese	978-287-4091
Concord
Concord Conserves/Local Food	Farmstands in and near Concord
Hutchins Farm	978-369-5041
McGrath Farm	449 Barretts Mill Rd., 978-369-2980
Millbrook Farm	978-287-0299, -0246
Pete and Jen’s Backyard Birds	978-318-0063
Scimone’s Farm	505 Old Bedford Rd., 978-369-3173
Silferleaf Farm	460 Strawberry Hill Rd., 978-369-3624
Spencer Brook Farm	978-371-6404
Verrill Farm	978-369-4494
Groton
Autumn Hills Orchard	978-448-8388
Gilson Farms	368 Main St., 978-448-6499
Groton Farmers Market
Hillbrook Orchards	141 Old Ayer Rd., 978-448-6638
Kirk Farm	978-448-5871
Harvard
Carlson Orchards	800.286.3916
Doe Orchards	978-772-4139
Harvard Farmers Market
Hazel’s U-Pick	13 Westcott Rd., 978-456-9092
Judy and Andy Warner	99 S. Shaker Rd., 978-772-6772 (local grass-fed lamb)
Old Frog Pond Farm	978-456-9616
U-Pick Phil’s Apples	978-456-3361
Wade Orchard	62 Westcott Rd., 978-456-3926
Westward Orchards Farm Store	978-456-8363
Willards Farm Stand	Still River Road
Lincoln
Blue Heron Organic Farm	781-254-3727
Codman Community Farms	781-259-0456
Drumlin Farm	978-259-2200
The Food Project	978-259-8621
Lindentree Farm	978-259-1259
Littleton
Deborah’s Kitchen	617-216-9908
Gary’s Farm Stand	600 Great Rd. (Rte. 119), 978-486-8640
Nagog Hill Farm	74 Nagog Hill Rd., 978-486-3835
Springdell Farm	571 Great Rd. (Rte. 119), 978-486-3865
Stow
Applefield Farm	978-897-2699
Carver Hill Orchards	978-897-6117
Derby Orchard	438 Great Rd. (Rte. 117), 978-897-7507
Honey-Pot Hill Orchards	978-562-5666
Shelburne Farm	978-897-9287
small farm	184 Gleasondale Rd. (Rte. 62), 978-897-5996
Westford
Drew Farms	978-807-0719
Hill Orchard	978-692 9894
Westford Farmers Market

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Boxborough residents can grow their own food at the town’s Community Garden.

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The Richardson farmstand on Middle Road (above), the Stewart farmstand on Liberty Square
Road (below), and other farmstands offer fresh produce to Boxborough residents and visitors.

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