Learning how and where our food is grown from can be a fun and truly impactful experience. Many rural farms and organizations that support farms operating in surrounding areas offer educational and recreational activities for DC area residents interested in venturing beyond the confines of the city to learn about production at a broader scale. Check out the farms and farm supporting organizations below to schedule a visit!
Chesapeake CRAFT (Collaborative Regional Alliance for Farmer Training)
Founded in 2010 by a few local farmers, Chesapeake CRAFT brings together the community of new and aspiring farmers in Northern Virginia and Maryland for farm tours and potlucks throughout the growing season. These simple gatherings are fun, informative, and build networking amongst the farming community.
Chesapeake CRAFT (Collaborative Regional Alliance for Farmer Training)
Claggett Farm
For 20 years the Chesapeake Bay Foundation’s 285 acre Clagett Farm has provided free and reduced-price, fresh produce to people living in poverty and near-poverty in Washington, D.C. The project, a collaboration with Capital Area Food Bank, blends local, sustainable organic agriculture with social justice.
Future Harvest Chesapeake Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture (CASA)
Future Harvest CASA’s mission is to provide education, networking, and advocacy to help build a sustainable Chesapeake foodshed, where food flows from farm and fishery to table in ways that strengthen farming and the regional food economy; protect our land, water, and air; and provide healthy, nutritious food that sustains the region’s communities and cities.
Future Harvest Chesapeake Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture (CASA)
Muirkirk Research Farm (UDC)
Muirkirk Research Farm is formally named the Agricultural
Experimentation Station of the District of Columbia and was
established by the USDA to research and test techniques in urban
agricultural that are consistent with sustainable practices.
Owl’s Nest Farm CSA
Owl’s Nest Farm grows unique, delicious, diverse vegetables on four acres in Upper Marlboro, MD, just twenty miles from Washington, DC. Managed cooperatively by farmer-friends Spencer Ellsworth, Genevieve Fulco and Liz Whitehurst, Owl’s Nest Farm uses organic practices to grow real food for our CSA members, farmer’s market customers, restaurants, and friends.
Working Over Thyme Online Seedling Sale Storefront
Market garden located just outside of Washington, DC providing fresh, Certified Naturally Grown, and delicious produce straight to our customers. On top of selling their produce through a CSA and farmstand, Working Over Thyme sells a wide vareity of seedlings online for pickup or delivery.
Working Over Thyme Online Seedling Sale Storefront
Working Over Thyme Online Seedling Sale Storefront - Specific Information on Farm Tours
Founded in 2010 by a few local farmers, Chesapeake CRAFT brings together the community of new and aspiring farmers in Northern Virginia and Maryland for farm tours and potlucks throughout the growing season. These simple gatherings are fun, informative, and build networking amongst the farming community.
Chesapeake CRAFT (Collaborative Regional Alliance for Farmer Training)
For 20 years the Chesapeake Bay Foundation’s 285 acre Clagett Farm has provided free and reduced-price, fresh produce to people living in poverty and near-poverty in Washington, D.C. The project, a collaboration with Capital Area Food Bank, blends local, sustainable organic agriculture with social justice.
Future Harvest Chesapeake Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture (CASA)
Future Harvest CASA’s mission is to provide education, networking, and advocacy to help build a sustainable Chesapeake foodshed, where food flows from farm and fishery to table in ways that strengthen farming and the regional food economy; protect our land, water, and air; and provide healthy, nutritious food that sustains the region’s communities and cities.
Future Harvest Chesapeake Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture (CASA)
Muirkirk Research Farm (UDC)
Muirkirk Research Farm is formally named the Agricultural
Experimentation Station of the District of Columbia and was
established by the USDA to research and test techniques in urban
agricultural that are consistent with sustainable practices.
Owl’s Nest Farm CSA
Owl’s Nest Farm grows unique, delicious, diverse vegetables on four acres in Upper Marlboro, MD, just twenty miles from Washington, DC. Managed cooperatively by farmer-friends Spencer Ellsworth, Genevieve Fulco and Liz Whitehurst, Owl’s Nest Farm uses organic practices to grow real food for our CSA members, farmer’s market customers, restaurants, and friends.
Working Over Thyme Online Seedling Sale Storefront
Market garden located just outside of Washington, DC providing fresh, Certified Naturally Grown, and delicious produce straight to our customers. On top of selling their produce through a CSA and farmstand, Working Over Thyme sells a wide vareity of seedlings online for pickup or delivery.
Working Over Thyme Online Seedling Sale Storefront
Working Over Thyme Online Seedling Sale Storefront - Specific Information on Farm Tours
Future Harvest CASA’s mission is to provide education, networking, and advocacy to help build a sustainable Chesapeake foodshed, where food flows from farm and fishery to table in ways that strengthen farming and the regional food economy; protect our land, water, and air; and provide healthy, nutritious food that sustains the region’s communities and cities.
Future Harvest Chesapeake Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture (CASA)
Muirkirk Research Farm is formally named the Agricultural
Experimentation Station of the District of Columbia and was
established by the USDA to research and test techniques in urban
agricultural that are consistent with sustainable practices.
Owl’s Nest Farm CSA
Owl’s Nest Farm grows unique, delicious, diverse vegetables on four acres in Upper Marlboro, MD, just twenty miles from Washington, DC. Managed cooperatively by farmer-friends Spencer Ellsworth, Genevieve Fulco and Liz Whitehurst, Owl’s Nest Farm uses organic practices to grow real food for our CSA members, farmer’s market customers, restaurants, and friends.
Working Over Thyme Online Seedling Sale Storefront
Market garden located just outside of Washington, DC providing fresh, Certified Naturally Grown, and delicious produce straight to our customers. On top of selling their produce through a CSA and farmstand, Working Over Thyme sells a wide vareity of seedlings online for pickup or delivery.
Working Over Thyme Online Seedling Sale Storefront
Working Over Thyme Online Seedling Sale Storefront - Specific Information on Farm Tours
Owl’s Nest Farm grows unique, delicious, diverse vegetables on four acres in Upper Marlboro, MD, just twenty miles from Washington, DC. Managed cooperatively by farmer-friends Spencer Ellsworth, Genevieve Fulco and Liz Whitehurst, Owl’s Nest Farm uses organic practices to grow real food for our CSA members, farmer’s market customers, restaurants, and friends.
Market garden located just outside of Washington, DC providing fresh, Certified Naturally Grown, and delicious produce straight to our customers. On top of selling their produce through a CSA and farmstand, Working Over Thyme sells a wide vareity of seedlings online for pickup or delivery.
Working Over Thyme Online Seedling Sale Storefront
Working Over Thyme Online Seedling Sale Storefront - Specific Information on Farm Tours
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