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|  ECO City Farms April 2015 |
Spring is in full bloom at the farm!
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Openings for ECO Farm Share (CSA)!
Beginning in May, ECO City Farms will be offering weekly farm shares of locally grown produce to Prince George's County residents. Each week will contain a different mix of produce, depending on what is in season. The taste and freshness of locally grown, fresh picked produce can't be beat.
Produce is sustainably grown either by ECO City Farms or by partner farmers who grow using organic and chemical free methods. Produce from ECO City Farms is Certified Naturally Grown.
TWO SHARE SIZES AVAILABLE:
LARGE FARM SHARE - ECO FARM SHARE:
Cost: $20/week with purchase of entire five month season, 18 weeks at $360.
Dates: The Spring/Summer season runs from May 7, 2015 to September 24, 2015.
Quantity: Receive eight items, bunches or single pounds per week grown at ECO City Farms.
SMALL FARM SHARE - EAT LOCAL FARM SHARE:
Cost: $12/week wwith purchase of 21 week season, at $252. SNAP/WIC customers pay $10 weekly with monthly commitment & $20 deposit.
Dates: The Spring/Summer season runs from May 7, 2015 to September 24, 2015.
Quantity: Receive four items bunches or single pounds per week grown by ECO or our partner sustainable farmers.
Visit our website for more info and to download the application.
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Let's Talk Food! ECO City Farms is conducting community conversations about Healthy Eating and Active Living (HEAL), integrating healthy food choices into our lives.
These free two hour sessions bring practical information about food and nutrition. The goal is to promote good health habits and a healthy life style for children and adults in Prince George's County.
Upcoming Workshops:
>Thursday, April 16, 8:30am to 10:30am @ Templeton Elementary School Address: 6001 Carters Lane. Riverdale, MD 20737 >Friday, April 17, 9:00am to 11:00am @ Riverdale Elementary School Address: 5006 Riverdale Rd. Riverdale, MD 20737 (Spanish session) >Saturday, April 18, 2:00pm to 4:00pm @ Magic Johnson Community Empowerment Center
Address: 6001 Logan Way. #A5, Bladensburg, MD 20710 >Friday, April 24, 8:30am to 10:30am @ Port Towns Elementary School Address: 4351 58th Ave. Bladensburg, MD 20710
Do you want to bring a Let's Talk Food workshop to your community? If so, please e-mail Viviana Lindo at [email protected].
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| Starting Your Urban Farm/Garden (AGR-311)  ECO City Farms offers a variety of hands-on training opportunities to learn about urban agriculture throughout the year in partnership with Prince George's Community College.
This course is designed for the home gardener or community garden member, and to a smaller extent, the container gardener. We apply principles of efficiency from our "market gardening" courses to the personal scale to help you produce a healthy and consistent abundance of vegetables in you plot.
We will walk and work through the Edmonston Urban Farm (no PowerPoint!), combining lecture and discussion with hands-on experience. This course is a great complement to AGR-320, Composting for Urban Agriculture, as we discuss additional strategies for fertile soil building, crop rotation and cover crops, pests and disease management, and other related maintenance topics.
Date: Saturday May 30 and Friday June 19 (the same class will be repeated on June 19)
Time: 9am-3pm
Location: 4913 Crittenden Street Edmonston, MD 20781
Cost: $165 Visit our Upcoming Classes page to learn more about our courses and how to register. |
| Community Forklift Events 
Once again, we are teaming up with our partners at Community Forklift to offer cool events! Toddler Sensory Tour Date: Saturday, May 9 @ 11am Location: Edmonston Farm 4913 Crittenden Street, Edmonston, MD 20781 Toddlers and parents are invited to explore and engage with nature through a tour of ECO City's urban farm in Edmonston, Md. We will touch, smell, and sometimes taste all phases of our vegetable production from worms to roots and greens. We may even be lucky and get a visit from our farm cat, Rosie, and our ducks. Afterward, the kids can participate in an up-cycle Mother's Day craft activity. Coldframe & Germination Chamber Building Workshop Date: Saturday, May 30 @ 1pm Location: Community Forklift 4671 Tanglewood Drive, Edmonston, MD 20781 Join Farmer Colin to learn how to build cold frames, germination chambers, and other season extension structures you can replicate at your own home. Check our Upcoming Events page later on foe more info. |
| Bike to Work Day 2015  ECO City Farms, Community Forklift, Anacostia Watershed Society and Edmonston Green Team are joining forces to bring you the Bike to Work Day Port Towns Pit Stop - 2015! On Friday, May 15th, ride to work in style and stop by for free refreshments, entertainment, and fun raffles! Register ahead of time for your free 2015 Bike to Work Day T-shirt! Registration for the 2015 event is free and easy to complete online. Remember to select "MD - Port Towns - Edmonston" when prompted to select your pit stop location. We will have morning and afternoon commute pit stops. You may still attend both morning and afternoon events, but the time of day you register for will determine when your T-shirt will be available for pick up. Click Here to Register! |
| FINAL OPPORTUNITY TO APPLY! Apprentices and Interns Wanted for the Spring/Summer Season!  ECO's apprenticeships and internships present an immersive, hands-on opportunity to learn about sustainable urban agriculture by working directly with experienced farm staff. In addition, you make a significant contribution to ECO's programs.
We are still accepting applications for 4 different positions:
1. Edmonston Farm: (2) Apprentices and (4) Interns 2. Bladensburg Farm: (1) Apprentices and (2) Interns 3. (1) Farm to Market Intern 4. (1 or 2) Farm Educator Intern CLICK HERE to learn more about our internship and apprenticeship program and to read the job descriptions of each position. CLICK HERE to apply for an internship or apprenticeship. |
 Open Volunteer Hours
Come one, come all and get your hands dirty and help us run our farms! Perfect way to take advantage of the arrival of spring and warmer temps.
Work is from
9am - 12:30pm
at each location. Please plan to be there for the whole time period. Farm tour follows at
12:30pm. No need to rsvp if you are coming, unless you have more than three people coming with you.
Read more info on volunteering and what to expect. Contact Kayla, our volunteer coordinator, for more information: [email protected]. Find out how to get to our farms: maps and directions
> Edmonston Farm: Volunteer hours are on 1st and 3rd Saturdays of each month.
> Bladensburg Farm: Volunteer hours are on 2nd and 4th Saturdays of the month. ***Volunteer day Saturday, May 23 at the Bladensburg Farm is cancelled for Memorial Day weekend. It is rescheduled for Saturday, May 30.*** |
 Farmers Market The Riverdale Park Farmers Market has moved back outdoors. Enjoy the live music and conversation. Come visit our stand and chat with farmer Deborah about what's in season and share your yummy recipes with Amanda. Every other week you'll catch Sade doing cooking demos of yummy healthy dishes.
The Riverdale Park Farmers Market is open
Thursdays from 3-7pm
and is located inside of the brick and yellow building on the corner of Queensbury Road and the MARC train station parking lot (4650 Queensbury Road Riverdale Park, MD 20737).
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