Food Access Programs

The New Entry Food Hub works with beginning and small-scale farmers to incorporate fresh, local food into community food access initiatives. This work includes many different partners including Council on Aging (COA) and senior centers, food pantries, culinary training programs, community resource centers, housing centers, and farm-to-school programs.  

Culinary Training Partners

Year-round deliveries available

The opportunity to work with local seasonal ingredients is an integral part of culinary training. The New Entry Food Hub works with culinary training programs to provide high quality produce and helps bring their tasty and nutritious creations to consumers through partnership with the New Entry Mobile Market through which these products are highlighted and sold.  

Partners

• Essex Technical School Food Truck
• Root Northshore

Farm to School

Year-round deliveries available

In collaboration with MA Farm to School, the New Entry Food Hub delivers locally grown fresh produce to schools year-round for students to enjoy. In addition to providing the produce, we collaborate with schools to create innovative harvest-of-the-month programs to educate students about their food and seasonal eating. The New Entry Food Hub also helps facilitate farmer visits to schools and hosts student field trips to the New Entry farm in Beverly, MA for hands on learning about local farming. 

Program Partners

• Salem Public Schools  
• Ipswich Public Schools  
• Boston Public Schools  
• Brookline Public Schools 
• Medford Public Schools  
• Milton Public Schools  
• Tufts University Dining  

Mobile Market

Available Seasonally

Mobile Markets are a unique type of market designed to bring affordable, fresh and nutritious food into communities with limited food access. 

In 2023, the New Entry Food Hub began running a pilot Mobile Market program focused on improving food access by selling low-cost and SNAP/HIP-eligible fresh, local produce in food insecure and limited access areas. The New Entry Food Hub also supports farmer education about Mobile Markets through our Mobile Market 101 Course and personalized technical assistance available through September 2026.  

2026 Market Schedule

Find the New Entry Mobile Market and the Essex Tech Food Truck at Wall Plaza in Lynn, MA once a week starting July 1 - October 28, 2026. 

Wednesday Markets:  

• 10:00 - 11:00 am Revere (Lison Towers - 45 Dolphin Avenue, Revere, MA 02151)
• 1:00 - 2:00 pm Chinatown (Tufts University - 186 Harrison Avenue, Boston, MA 02111)
• 4:00 - 6:00 pm Lynn (Wall Plaza with Essex Tech Food Truck -10 Church Street, Lynn, MA 01902)

Pantry Program

Year-round deliveries available

By leveraging grant funding and funding from private donors the New Entry Food Hub is able to make local produce more accessible to pantries and food access organizations in our region year-round.  

Program Locations

• Salem Pantry
• YMCA of Greater Boston
• The Open Door
• Nourishing the North Shore
• Eastie Farm

Senior Farmer’s Market Program

June – October

In partnership with coordinators at COA and elder service sites, the New Entry Food Hub delivers fresh, local produce weekly during the growing season for them to distribute to their clients at no cost. Ongoing funding through Beth Israel Lahey Hospital (BILH), the MA Senior Farmers Market Coupon program, and individual donors make this program possible.  

Massachusetts Program Locations

• Arlington COA
• Beverly COA
• Billerica COA
• Burlington COA
• Medford COA
• Springwell Elder Services
• Somerville Cambridge Elder Services