ECO seeks to reverse the effects of systemic poverty, racism, and environmental destruction through establishing and promoting social venture community-based businesses.  Our mission is to involve people from all walks of life in healthy and sustainable living activities. With the generous support of Prince George’s County, The Maryland – National Capital Park and Planning Commission and Kaiser Permanente, our new Offshoot Farm Network will produce...

Engaged Community OffshootsThe Offshoots Farm is a multi-site urban and suburban agricultural enterprise that grows healthy food throughout our community inside the Capital Beltway in Prince George’s County, Maryland. The Engaged Community Offshoots urban farm network will produce organically grown vegetables and fish through interdependent and intensive urban farming.  In our agricultural model is a sustainable model that utilizes waste streams to create...

Turning Waste into Wealth “The path to the garden (or farm) of your dreams leads right through the middle of a compost pile” -Vegetable Gardener’s Bible Compost is the basis of sustainable urban farming.  Modeled after Growing Power’s successful composting system in Milwaukee, ours is created by combining different municipal wastes into a proven formula that accelerates decomposition and creates fertile soil. Our compost system will have...

In partnership with the Cross Roads Farmers Market of Langley Park, we are proud to offer a 10 month New and Immigrant Farmer Training Program from August 2010 until May 2011. After recieving 21 applications, we have selected 5 passionate residents to join us as employees in our expanding network and/or to start their own urban farm enterprise.  They will learn everything from composting to harvesting to markets, about all the different income streams possible on...

We are in the process of planning our next Sowing Seeds summit for 2011 – we will keep you posted! Thanks to everyone for coming out to Sowing Seeds Here and Now! A Chesapeake Urban Farming Summit. We was a wonderful success, with about 375 people engaged and passion about proliferating urban agriculture in our region. We are planning a fall harvest festival, more information on that as it unfolds. We invite you to come to our open volunteer hours, when...