President David Alperovitz sharing ideas with Farm Manager Pete Lowy and Board Member John Mendelson at the annual meeting last March. Through teamwork, many of those aspirations have happened!
When I reflect on my time at Codman Farm over the past year, it is with great pride and excitement. My family moved to Lincoln eight years ago, and Codman Farm quickly became a wonderful entrée to Lincoln, a place where we formed new friendships and new connections. Codman was, and continues to be, a “community” farm above everything else, and I feel so very grateful to be part of this community.
The Farm is a rich landscape of innovation, agriculture, and community. This past year we have seen new investment in equipment, a volunteer-driven haying crew, improved efficiency in all of our operations. We have many exciting projects in the works for 2019 from solar power, to improved infrastructure to more community and education focused events.
On a more personal note, the “greening” of Codman, has become of fervent interest to me -- specifically our move to harness the sun’s energy for use in our operations. This past year we purchased and installed 2 solar thermal arrays on the farm. With this project my enthusiasm now dovetails with pride in knowing that the roughly 300,000 eggs collected annually are now washed with water heated by the sun.
In 2019, we plan to bring solar photovoltaic to the farm to offset the increased electric use associated with our current expanded farm operations. My pride and excitement are reflected in the parallel missions of the farm and my own personal values of preserving the earth, and making the land accessible for the community in posterity.
Please come by the Farm, and please support our Annual Appeal as we continue to reinvigorate OUR Community Farm.
David Alperovitz, President
Farm Staff
Farm Manager Pete Lowy
Asst. Farm Manager Jared Martin
Bookkeeper Deb Rosson
Board of Directors
David Alperovitz, President
Nancy Fleming, Vice President
Ginger Reiner, Treasurer
Jeff Patterson, Clerk
George Travis, AgCom Co-Chair
Fan Watkinson, AgCom Co-Chair
Carol Card
Carol Carmody
Juliana Delahunty
Lis Herbert
John Mendelson
DJ Mitchell
Tina Murdough
Toni O’Connor
Drew Shilling