Athens Community Farm

Volunteer run, collectively grown, communally shared

We are a community supported micro farm in the heart of the Village of Athens, New York that grows and distributes fruits, vegetables, and herbs. We are built and maintained solely by community volunteers and welcome all our neighbors to come by and enjoy the space. Shares of the harvest are available to anyone who wants them at the farm or distribution locations.

What’s growing is for everyone—no cost or membership needed.

We’re raising funds to provide fresh veggies this winter to the community. Click here to donate today!

How to get involved

Visit

Come visit the farm any time. We’re located just behind the Athens Volunteer Fire Dept. at 39 Third Street, Athens NY. Explore what’s growing in the beds, do a little weeding or pick your own veggies. The farm space is yours to explore!

Have an idea for the farm? Just let us know and we can work on it!

Pick-up

Stop by the D.R. Evarts library at 80 Second Street, Athens, NY on Saturdays from 10am – 11am. We’ll be set up with free, fresh veggies during their weekly Story Time event.

Rivertown Apts residents: We drop off the week’s harvest in the common room on Wednesdays around 8am.

Volunteer

Want to volunteer? Sign up for updates about upcoming work days and other volunteer opportunities. As volunteers we love to build beds, plant seeds, harvest produce and paint signs. Sometimes we drive veggies around the neighborhood. No experience is necessary to help out – those that know how will teach you and if no one knows, we learn together.

Donate

The farm relies on donations to keep it running. Please feel free to connect us with anyone that may be able to provide materials like lumber, soil, seedlings or tools. Have the capacity to donate directly?

We’re currently raising funds to provide produce to the Athens Food Pantry and Rivertown Senior Apartments this winter by purchasing CSA shares from Black Horse Farms. Donate today if you’re able!

Donate

Please make checks out to Sarah Grinberg w/ Athens Community Farm in the notes. Checks can be mailed to:
Athens Community Farm
c/o Sarah Grinberg
7 S Warren Street, Athens, NY 12015

Athens Community Farm 2021

A look at our first year

2,600

square feet of garden

2234

bunches/bags of produce donated, as of 12/31/21

25+

volunteers building, weeding, watering + more

45

varieties of vegetables, herbs and fruit grown throughout 2021

What’s growing

  • Beets
  • Broccolini
  • Carrots
  • Celery
  • Chard
  • Collard greens
  • Cucumbers
  • Eggplant
  • Garlic
  • Herbs
  • Kale
  • Lettuce
  • Melons
  • Peppers
  • Squash
  • Tomatillo
  • Tomatoes
  • Zucchini
  • Flowers
  • + More!

Partners

Long Table Harvest
EJA Elementary School
The Lo Farm
D.R.Evarts Library
Rivertown Senior Apartments
Black Horse Farms
Athens Food Pantry
High Hill Food Pantry
MX Morningstar Farm

News & updates from the farm

More news

Thanks for a great second season farm community! We officially finished putting the garden beds to rest this Sunday with a final layer of leaf mulch. Major 🙏 to the Village of Athens DPW for dropping off a pile of right at the farm. Check out this weeks distribution of community shares from @the_lo_farm! Thanks to these generous farmers we were able to provide our Athens and High Hill pantries with sweet potatoes, brussel sprouts, greens, squash, multiple varieties of radishes, carrots, bok choy, rutabaga… and I’m sure I missed something. This marks our 25th and final week of vegetables from The Lo Farm for 2022 and we’re looking forward to checking back in next spring. Thank you Leah, Orlando and Cooper! We reached our goal! Thanks to everyone that donated and shared over these past two weeks. We’ll be able to share 5 boxes of veggies (50+ items) a week from this Wednesday thru March. See you soon @blackhorsefarm1! We’ll leave the page up for a bit for anyone that still wants to contribute, all additional funds will go to providing fresh produce to the Athens community throughout the year. Come join the farm team on Saturday November 5 from 10 AM – 1 PM to celebrate a successful season and put our beds to rest for the winter. There will be food, drinks and a lot of goat compost. We’ll even have the screenprinting supplies out if you want to make your own community farm merch! It’s the last community table of 2022! Stop by the D. R. Evarts Library Saturday from 10-11 for free, local veggies. We’ve got mustards, kale, beets, celery, lettuce + lots of herbs (cilantro, lemon verbena, mint and rosemary) along with beautiful flower bouquets! While you’re here check out our fundraiser to bring winter csa shares to the Athens Pantry and Rivertown Senior housing - link in bio. It’s that time of year again! We’re raising funds to continue bringing fresh produce to local pantries and senior housing through the winter. Click the link in our bio or go to https://gofund.me/f671b065 to donate today! Flowers, herbs and conversation at the community table today! Stop by the D. R. Evarts library Saturday 10/15 10-11 am for one of our last of the season! Kale, collards, beets, broccolini and radish too ☺️ Last Thursday EJA Elementary school students, teachers and Leslie Reed with @clermontfriends stopped by the farm to check out what we have growing, make germination necklaces and plant garlic for next season 🧄 This is the second season we’ll host a garlic crop from the school classes. It’s so much fun to collaborate with other community gardeners 🙂 What they planted this fall will be ready to harvest next summer! Feeling like you want to do more digging in the dirt and just can't wait until our next event? Come by the D.R. Evarts Library at 80 Second Street, Athens this Friday 10/7 from 10 am - noon to help plant a native garden around the building. You may have noticed the bushes were removed last week and we'll all be working to get some new landscaping in before the ground freezes up.
Get in touch with any questions or ideas
athenscommunityfarm[at]gmail.com
Visit anytime
39 Third Street
Athens, New York 12015

(right behind the Athens Volunteer Fire Department)