⬩ Volunteer Opportunities ⬩
Several times each month throughout the growing season, we host a morning of what we playfully refer to as “meeting, weeding and eating” when we invite community members to Stonewood Farm to help us maintain the Market Garden. This is the garden where we grow produce for our various outreach programs like the First Harvest Pantry at Lyall Church and Meals on Wheels.
Volunteering requires a commitment of approximately three hours of work in the garden. In the month following your volunteer day(s), we’ll host a Volunteer Appreciation Lunch; the perfect opportunity to exchange ideas on important food access issues and to learn from community members how we can better serve our community.
During the time working in the garden, volunteers must be able to bend, crouch, and kneel on sometimes rocky, uneven surfaces. Volunteers should plan to have plenty of water, sunscreen, a hat and sunglasses, knee pads if available, work gloves, and snacks if needed. Appropriate clothing with closed-toed shoes is a necessity.
If you’re interested in lending a hand and meeting new neighbors, please sign up below for one or more of the following dates.
If you’ve signed up for a date and can’t make it, please email us at farmer@stonewoodny.org as soon as possible so someone else can fill your space. In case we need to postpone due to inclement weather, we will email you with a proposed rain date.
As an expression of our gratitude to the volunteers who help make our work possible, we are hosting a monthly Volunteer Appreciation Lunch in our Cookhouse. When you volunteer on the Farm during any given month of the 2025 season, you will be invited to join us for a Farm-fresh lunch prepared by Chef Kristen the following month so we can celebrate all that we have accomplished together. The lunch dates are as follows:
Wednesday, July 23rd at 12 pm
Wednesday, August 20th at 12 pm
Wednesday, September 10th at 12 pm
Wednesday, October 29th at 12 pm
Wednesday, November 12th at 12 pm
Friday, December 19th at 12 pm
⬩ Our 2025 Volunteer Dates ⬩
Looking to get your hands in the soil, connect with your community, and support a mission-driven farm? Join us every Thursday from June 19th through November 20th for volunteer days in our Market Garden!
