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Gould Farm has received a generous grant from the Sidney R. Baer, Jr. Foundation to expand wellness programming, enhancing nutrition, fitness, and holistic care for adults with serious mental illness.

A community meal in the common dining room at Fellside in Medford, MA, to which current guests living in the program as well as local...

In loving memory of Robert "Bob" Rausch, who dedicated over 45 years of his life to Gould Farm.

We’re thrilled to welcome Maggie and Ray as this year’s Commonwealth Corps service members at Gould Farm! Both bring rich experience and a passion for community, wellness, and meaningful connection. Over the next year, they’ll be living and serving alongside our community—supporting wellness initiatives, contributing to our food philosophy, and carrying forward important projects that weave together work, care, and daily life at the Farm.

It feels like just yesterday that we were letting the dairy herd out onto the spring grass for the first time in the year... The cows bounded out after the long winter in the barn, kicking up their heels and sinking nose-first into the tall, green grass. That moment always feels like the return of warmth here at Gould Farm—a season of abundance, growth, and full, long days.

At the 2025 Psychosis Care & Connection Retreat, Gould Farm clinician Brett Thatcher, LICSW, MTS, presented his paper A Generative Unease: Thinking Psychosis with Queer Theories. Brett invited participants to consider psychosis not only as a challenge to be managed but also as a potential source of meaning, creativity, and self-making. His scholarship, rooted in compassion and community, reflects Gould Farm’s mission to honor each person’s unique path of healing. Read how his

Gould Farm is thrilled to welcome back Licensed Dietitian Nutritionist and Certified Personal Trainer Angie Craig. Angie first served on the Farm Team and now returns to lead group classes and provide individualized nutrition and fitness counseling for guests. Her work—supported in part by The Sydney R. Baer Jr. Foundation—is part of Gould Farm’s whole-health approach to recovery, helping guests build strength, confidence, and connection through balanced nutrition, movement,

Recently, our Fellside Skills Group completed a deeply moving series of life-story sharing sessions. Participants spoke openly—some about mental health and recovery, others with humor or reflection. All stories were real. All mattered.

We’re thrilled to share the recordings of the five powerful, thought-provoking, and profoundly humane presentations from this year’s Psychosis Care and Connection Retreat.