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Hayes Farm thrives on unsurrendered Wolastoqey territory just outside Fredericton—continuing a legacy of land stewardship dating to the 1840s, as envisioned by Mary Hayes before her passing in 2015. Today, NB Community Harvest Gardens operates the site as a human‑scale, regenerative, relationship‑based Community Teaching Farm, where education, food sovereignty, and reconciliation are interwoven through hands‑on experience.

Key highlights include:

• Teaching gardens featuring field plots and a three‑season hoop house, with rotating experimental beds like Three Sisters beds and swales

• Open Farm Days, hosted bi‑weekly April–October, that offer pay‑what‑you‑can workshops, farm tours, fresh produce, and community connection

• Group Visits & Educational Programs, tailored for schools, universities, community groups, and educators—grounded in regenerative farming, indigenous foodways, and ecological literacy 

• A strong food relief mission, with more than $10,000 worth of nutritious produce grown and shared with food‑insecure community members in 2024 alone
  
  

Hayes Farm advances NBCHG’s mission to grow food, grow minds, grow community, through inclusive, land-based learning and equitable access to fresh, culturally‑appropriate food for all.

Alex Davenport is a grassroots strategist whose work knits together ecology, energy and policy. Author of Beyond the Walls: Toward a Metamodern Forestry Act—a forthcoming book that reframes forestry as community-first stewardship—Alex pairs theory with place-based prototypes, starting with a crown-land Community Orchard designed to anchor future community-forestry legislation.