Massaro Community Farm To Takeover Valley Indy Facebook!


Keep an eye out on the Valley Indy Facebook page on Saturday, Feb. 27. That’s when Massaro Community Farm will be taking over the Valley Indy’s social media account, granting the farm access to some 16,000 people.

It’s part of a Valley Indy Facebook Takeover” program at The Valley Indy.

Takeover What?

Local nonprofits sign up to run The Valley Indy’s Facebook page on an assigned Saturday, and use the event to raise awareness about the organization, including what they do in the Valley.

Example — a few months back The Valley United Way used their takeover to spread the word about Harvest House,” an effort to get food to local pantries.

There’s no limits placed on what the nonprofits group can post.

Why?

Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, many Valley-based nonprofits had to cancel major fundraising events.

Funds in already tight budgets were diverted to deal with COVID-19. Some nonprofits had to make large investments in PPE and cleaning supplies. Others had to invest in technology to work remotely.

Spreading the word about these important groups is the least we can do, considering all they do for the community.

In advance of the Massaro Community Takeover, I asked Massaro’s Lindsay Browning to explain a little bit about the organization, which is on the Ansonia-Woodbridge border.

Massaro Community Farm (MCF) is an organic farm whose mission is to keep farming, feed people and build community. We keep farming by growing vegetables for 300 Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) subscribers, restaurants and farmers markets,” Browning said.

We feed people by donating at least 10 percent of our harvest, or thousands of pounds each year, to hunger relief agencies. Food pantries report fresh produce as the no. 1 item in demand. In 2020, the farm donated 8,630 pounds of vegetables,” she said.

Some 5,000 people visit Massaro Community Farm each year, whether it be to attend events (The Valley Shakespeare Festival has performed there, for example), or to attend a number of educational programs the farm offers.

You can learn much more about the farm and the important role it plays in the area by reading The Valley Indy Facebook page on Saturday, Feb. 27.

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