Appleton Farms is a park in
Ipswich, Massachusetts, owned and maintained by
The Trustees of Reservations. The property was deeded to the Trustees in 1998.
The land was granted to Samuel Appleton, an immigrant from
Little Waldingfield, England, in 1638 by the town of Ipswich and is one of the oldest continuously operating farms in Massachusetts. In 2002, The Trustees of Reservations established a vegetable
Community Supported Agriculture
Community-supported agriculture (CSA model) or cropsharing is a system that connects producers and consumers within the food system closer by allowing the consumer to subscribe to the harvest of a certain farm or group of farms. It is an alterna ...
Program.
Also maintained by the Trustees of Reservations is the adjacent
Appleton Farms Grass Rides.
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{{Protected Areas of Massachusetts
The Trustees of Reservations
Open space reserves of Massachusetts
Ipswich, Massachusetts
Parks in Essex County, Massachusetts
1998 establishments in Massachusetts
Protected areas established in 1998
Appleton family