{"id":11642,"date":"2025-09-02T13:59:44","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T17:59:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/babylonmicrofarms.com\/?p=11642"},"modified":"2025-09-02T13:59:44","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T17:59:44","slug":"commonwealth-is-bringing-sexy-back-to-senior-living","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/babylonmicrofarms.com\/commonwealth-is-bringing-sexy-back-to-senior-living\/","title":{"rendered":"Commonwealth is \u2018Bringing Sexy Back to Senior Living\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 data-start=\"150\" data-end=\"228\"><strong>Commonwealth Senior Living Brings Farm-to-Table Freshness and Engagement<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"230\" data-end=\"500\">For Commonwealth Senior Living, mealtime is more than nutrition\u2014it\u2019s about community, creativity, and comfort. Across 35 communities in six states, the dining teams focus on scratch cooking, crafting everything in-house from fresh-baked breads to handcrafted desserts.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"502\" data-end=\"796\">Their farm-to-table commitment is equally strong. In Virginia alone, Commonwealth partners with 47 farms to source up to 85% of produce locally in season, while initiatives like <em data-start=\"680\" data-end=\"700\">Today from the Bay<\/em> deliver freshly caught fish from Chesapeake Bay and Great Lakes fisheries within 24\u201348 hours.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"798\" data-end=\"1143\">To extend freshness year-round, Commonwealth introduced Babylon Micro-Farms\u2019 hydroponic systems in 28 communities. Residents take part in the process\u2014choosing seeds, naming rows, and harvesting leafy greens, herbs, and edible flowers. These engaging micro-farm programs have earned national recognition for innovation and resident involvement.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1145\" data-end=\"1365\">With regional menu flexibility, quarterly plate presentation contests, and farmers\u2019 market collaborations, Commonwealth reimagines senior dining as restaurant-quality food infused with pride, tradition, and creativity.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1367\" data-end=\"1456\"><strong><a class=\"decorated-link cursor-pointer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foodservicedirector.com\/senior-dining-meals\/commonwealth-is-bringing-sexy-back-to-senior-living-\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\" data-start=\"1370\" data-end=\"1454\">Read the full article in FoodService Director<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1367\" data-end=\"1456\">Interested in bringing fresh, hyper-local produce and engaging dining experiences to your community? <strong><a class=\"decorated-link cursor-pointer\" href=\"https:\/\/meetings.hubspot.com\/sara-hayes1\/round-robin-calendar\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\" data-start=\"1562\" data-end=\"1634\">Book a demo with our team today!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Commonwealth Senior Living Brings Farm-to-Table Freshness and Engagement For Commonwealth Senior Living, mealtime is more than nutrition\u2014it\u2019s about community, creativity, and comfort. Across 35 communities in six states, the dining teams focus on scratch cooking, crafting everything in-house from fresh-baked breads to handcrafted desserts. Their farm-to-table commitment is equally strong. In Virginia alone, Commonwealth partners [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":11643,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","content-type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11642","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-babylon-in-the-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Commonwealth is \u2018Bringing Sexy Back to Senior Living\u2019 - Babylon Micro-Farms<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Discover how Commonwealth Senior Living is redefining senior dining with farm-to-table partnerships, scratch cooking, and Babylon Micro-Farms\u2019 hydroponic systems that engage residents and deliver fresh, hyper-local produce year-round.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/babylonmicrofarms.com\/commonwealth-is-bringing-sexy-back-to-senior-living\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Commonwealth is \u2018Bringing Sexy Back to Senior Living\u2019 - Babylon Micro-Farms\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Discover how Commonwealth Senior Living is redefining senior dining with farm-to-table partnerships, scratch cooking, and Babylon Micro-Farms\u2019 hydroponic systems that engage residents and deliver fresh, hyper-local produce year-round.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/babylonmicrofarms.com\/commonwealth-is-bringing-sexy-back-to-senior-living\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Babylon Micro-Farms\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BabylonMicroFarms\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-09-02T17:59:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/babylonmicrofarms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Commonwealth-Senior-Living.webp\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1707\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Sara Hayes\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Sara Hayes\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Commonwealth is \u2018Bringing Sexy Back to Senior Living\u2019 - Babylon Micro-Farms","description":"Discover how Commonwealth Senior Living is redefining senior dining with farm-to-table partnerships, scratch cooking, and Babylon Micro-Farms\u2019 hydroponic systems that engage residents and deliver fresh, hyper-local produce year-round.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/babylonmicrofarms.com\/commonwealth-is-bringing-sexy-back-to-senior-living\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Commonwealth is \u2018Bringing Sexy Back to Senior Living\u2019 - Babylon Micro-Farms","og_description":"Discover how Commonwealth Senior Living is redefining senior dining with farm-to-table partnerships, scratch cooking, and Babylon Micro-Farms\u2019 hydroponic systems that engage residents and deliver fresh, hyper-local produce year-round.","og_url":"https:\/\/babylonmicrofarms.com\/commonwealth-is-bringing-sexy-back-to-senior-living\/","og_site_name":"Babylon Micro-Farms","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BabylonMicroFarms","article_published_time":"2025-09-02T17:59:44+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1280,"height":1707,"url":"https:\/\/babylonmicrofarms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Commonwealth-Senior-Living.webp","type":"image\/webp"}],"author":"Sara Hayes","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Sara Hayes","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/babylonmicrofarms.com\/commonwealth-is-bringing-sexy-back-to-senior-living\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/babylonmicrofarms.com\/commonwealth-is-bringing-sexy-back-to-senior-living\/"},"author":{"name":"Sara Hayes","@id":"https:\/\/babylonmicrofarms.com\/#\/schema\/person\/12fefb093462e9760bfb911f34e03e70"},"headline":"Commonwealth is \u2018Bringing Sexy Back to Senior Living\u2019","datePublished":"2025-09-02T17:59:44+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/babylonmicrofarms.com\/commonwealth-is-bringing-sexy-back-to-senior-living\/"},"wordCount":190,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/babylonmicrofarms.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/babylonmicrofarms.com\/commonwealth-is-bringing-sexy-back-to-senior-living\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/babylonmicrofarms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Commonwealth-Senior-Living.webp?fit=1280%2C1707&quality=73&ssl=1","articleSection":["Babylon\u00ae in the News"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/babylonmicrofarms.com\/commonwealth-is-bringing-sexy-back-to-senior-living\/","url":"https:\/\/babylonmicrofarms.com\/commonwealth-is-bringing-sexy-back-to-senior-living\/","name":"Commonwealth is \u2018Bringing Sexy Back to Senior Living\u2019 - Babylon Micro-Farms","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/babylonmicrofarms.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/babylonmicrofarms.com\/commonwealth-is-bringing-sexy-back-to-senior-living\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/babylonmicrofarms.com\/commonwealth-is-bringing-sexy-back-to-senior-living\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/babylonmicrofarms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Commonwealth-Senior-Living.webp?fit=1280%2C1707&quality=73&ssl=1","datePublished":"2025-09-02T17:59:44+00:00","description":"Discover how Commonwealth Senior Living is redefining senior dining with farm-to-table partnerships, scratch cooking, and Babylon Micro-Farms\u2019 hydroponic systems that engage residents and deliver fresh, hyper-local produce year-round.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/babylonmicrofarms.com\/commonwealth-is-bringing-sexy-back-to-senior-living\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/babylonmicrofarms.com\/commonwealth-is-bringing-sexy-back-to-senior-living\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/babylonmicrofarms.com\/commonwealth-is-bringing-sexy-back-to-senior-living\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/babylonmicrofarms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Commonwealth-Senior-Living.webp?fit=1280%2C1707&quality=73&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/babylonmicrofarms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Commonwealth-Senior-Living.webp?fit=1280%2C1707&quality=73&ssl=1","width":1280,"height":1707,"caption":"Photo courtesy of Commonwealth Senior Living"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/babylonmicrofarms.com\/commonwealth-is-bringing-sexy-back-to-senior-living\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/babylonmicrofarms.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Commonwealth is \u2018Bringing Sexy Back to Senior Living\u2019"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/babylonmicrofarms.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/babylonmicrofarms.com\/","name":"Babylon Micro-Farms","description":"Automated Growing Systems for Fresh Food Anywhere","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/babylonmicrofarms.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/babylonmicrofarms.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/babylonmicrofarms.com\/#organization","name":"Babylon Micro-Farms","url":"https:\/\/babylonmicrofarms.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/babylonmicrofarms.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/babylonmicrofarms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bmf_shipping_logo.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/babylonmicrofarms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bmf_shipping_logo.jpg","width":300,"height":45,"caption":"Babylon Micro-Farms"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/babylonmicrofarms.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BabylonMicroFarms","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/babylonmicrofarms\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/babylon-micro-farms","https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/BabylonMicroFarms"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/babylonmicrofarms.com\/#\/schema\/person\/12fefb093462e9760bfb911f34e03e70","name":"Sara Hayes","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/babylonmicrofarms.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/babylonmicrofarms.com\/wp-content\/wphb-cache\/gravatar\/65a\/65a2d99c9c18c73a64730082b810c402x96.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/babylonmicrofarms.com\/wp-content\/wphb-cache\/gravatar\/65a\/65a2d99c9c18c73a64730082b810c402x96.jpg","caption":"Sara Hayes"},"url":"https:\/\/babylonmicrofarms.com\/author\/shayes\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/babylonmicrofarms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Commonwealth-Senior-Living.webp?fit=1280%2C1707&quality=73&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/babylonmicrofarms.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11642","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/babylonmicrofarms.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/babylonmicrofarms.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/babylonmicrofarms.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/babylonmicrofarms.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11642"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/babylonmicrofarms.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11642\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/babylonmicrofarms.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/babylonmicrofarms.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/babylonmicrofarms.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/babylonmicrofarms.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}