Mission
Late Bloom Farm’s mission is to connect people to the land through growing food using holistic, ecological methods. We strive to be a place of refuge and a community space for people to share, honor and celebrate diversity of life.
Philosophy and Practices
We are committed to using organic, no till, human scale practices that align with nature’s philosophy of growing plants, minimizing our disturbance of the land, and recognizing and celebrating the power in diversity. We honor the fact that these practices are rooted in indigenous wisdom and look to nature as our teacher. We have been certified organic from the very beginning!
Hi! I am Anna.
I am your farmer.
I believe in connecting people to the land through growing food. I am honored to be a part of the process of healing land and community with a reciprocal and regenerative mindset. I spent seven seasons farming at Waltham Fields Community Farm and five seasons at Gaining Ground both community based non profits working to make food accessible for all. I hold a masters degree in education with a focus on multicultural community education. I am a heart transplant recipient, cancer survivor, certified Iyengar yoga teacher, and enjoy speaking Spanish and traveling to places near the sea. Raised by the Minnesotan prairie I am grateful to grow deeper roots in Massachusetts and am pumped to plant more cover crops, spread mulch piles, and discover diverse life forms above and below the soil!
Late Bloom Farm hopes to find collaborators in its vision of growing food for the whole community alongside nature. If you think you might share our values email us @ latebloomfarmma@gmail.com
What’s in a Name?
Late Bloom Farm’s name is inspired by the late blooming plants of the northeast like the golden rods and the asters who Robin Wall Kimmerer speaks of in her book Braiding Sweetgrass. There is beauty in the late bloom, in the long process, the slow fermentation, the soaking steep. And there is purpose for these blooms to fuel pollinators through deep winter or an anticipated journey ahead. There is a word in German, eigenzeit, that doesn’t exist in the English language which means the time inherent to a process itself or in other words the concept that everything simply requires a certain amount of time. For example, the early pussy willow blooms for a period of 1 to 2 weeks, a butternut squash plant takes 105 days until it is mature, and laying hens take about 6 months to lay their first egg. There are phenomenons in life that simply take the time they take; one cannot rush them along or slow them down. They have their process. The name “late bloom” signifies for me the importance of slowing down, appreciating process with reflection and without judgement, power of long uninterrupted practice, patience, and that we all shine our light in this world on our own path.