The North Amherst Community Farm is a small, local, not-for-profit organization devoted to preserving farmland and promoting sustainable farming practices in our community. The capital campaign we completed in 2016 will preserve our 30+ acre farm property in North Amherst, MA.
How NACF works
NACF operates via a shared stewardship model; community owned farmland with a long-term, affordable lease to succeeding generations of farmers. Since its purchase in 2006, NACF’s farm property has been leased to Simple Gifts Farm, a for-profit entity which operates an organic CSA. This model has provided a local, sustainable food source and accessible open space for everyone in the community since 2006. Shared stewardship has already proven highly successful.
SGF has worked hard at improving the farm; drilling a well and installing an irrigation system; clearing brush that encroached on the farm fields over decades; adding greenhouses for winter production and PV solar panels on the CSA share barn; increasing soil fertility using a small scale livestock program. In 2024, Simple Gifts discontinued their farming operation. Several local farms are currently renting the land and greenhouses for 2025. NACF has initiated a visioning process to decide in cooperation with the local community, what’s next for the farm.
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