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For 16 years, what began as neighborly conversation became a community project now known as the Interfaith Garden. This collaborative grows free fresh vegetables for the Lexington Food Pantry. Twice a week, teams of church and community volunteers work together on a fenced in (bunny proof) plot of land in Lexington Center to grow fresh organic produce.
The project began with 4 families from First Parish Church on church land adjacent to the current garden. Sharing water and conversation, the current garden soon emerged under the Lexington Interfaith Clergy Association. First time gardeners work there beside experienced gardeners, so there is a learning exchange, and it’s a great way to meet others who want to contribute to a stronger community in Lexington. Volunteers are not only from participating faith-based groups, but also high school students, boy scouts, and interested individuals as well – as many as 150 different individuals each season.
When the Lexington Interfaith Garden started the food pantry was mostly offering canned food. The pantry was working hard to provide food for a growing number of struggling families, but when the Interfaith Garden began it was one of the pantry's first sources of fresh produce. While the food pantry has continued to expand its sources for fresh healthy food, the number of people who need that food is quickly rising. Through the garden's community wide collaboration, in the 2025 growing season almost 1700 pounds of fresh picked organic food in 51 varieties were walked over to the pantry in carts, all grown at the Interfaith Garden. We continue to experiment with new foods, new methods, and new people to keep the food carts moving.
Food need has grown exponentially and the pantry now needs cash as well as garden produce to keep offering healthy food for neighbors who don’t have enough to eat. More and more clients visit the Food Pantry weekly. In the fall of 2025 it was not unusual to have 175 families show up for groceries, which represented over 500 people being fed.
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The Interfaith Garden is an all-volunteer organization running on a minimal budget. Your donation will enable our garden to continue to make an important difference in our community. Any excess financial resources may be shared with the Lexington Food Pantry.
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