About Us

ECO City Farms is an educational, not-for-profit enterprise located inside the Capital Beltway in Prince George’s County, MD designed to serve as a prototype for sustainable local farming.

We grow great food, farms and farmers.

We envision a just, vigorous and sustainable food system in the Chesapeake foodshed with ample fertile soil, quality environments and sustainable incomes for farmers, and access to nutritious high quality food for all.

Read about the accomplishments of our first year in our 2010 Annual Report.

ECO City Farms seeks to enhance food security, safety and access, to improve nutrition and health, to preserve cultural and ecological diversity, and to accelerate the transition to an economy based on preservation, recycling and restoration. We amplify community voice and engagement to reinvigorate the Chesapeake foodshed with sustainable ways of making food and money.

ECO City Farms educates, creates prototypes and incubates viable food-related income-producing enterprises through replication methods that:

  • Farm and grow healthy food;
  • Produce healthy soil;
  • Create diverse collaborations among new and seasoned, urban and rural farmers;
  • Offer experiential training, community-based education and workforce development;
  • Aggregate, market, process, and distribute local produce;
  • Reshape land-use policy and regulations to encourage local agriculture;
  • Promote environmental protection, renewable energy, and materials reuse;
  • Share financial strategies and resources;
  • Engage and empower youth and families;
  • Rekindle people’s relationships to food as a source of enjoyment, nourishment and self-sufficiency.

ECO works to create a bio-diverse ecosystem to nourish our plants and animals, and a diverse inclusive workplace and farm community that respects and embraces differences (race, color, religion & creed, gender, age, national origin & ancestry, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status) in all our activities and operations. These activities include, but are not limited to, the selection of Board Members, staff, interns, volunteers, vendors, trainees and beneficiaries.

 

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ECO City Farm: Living Green in the City

The Washington Informer, January 3, 2012

 

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All New! Intensive Weekend Certificate Course in Urban Farming! Register Now!!!

Posted by on Jan 23, 2012 | 0 comments

Intensive Weekend Certificate Course in Urban Agriculture at ECO City Farms

When: March 23, 24, 25 or May 18, 19, 20, 2012 or September 7, 8, 9, 2012

What: A New Intensive Weekend Course in Urban Agriculture offered by Prince George’s Community College and ECO City Farms, register early, courses fill quickly!

Times: Fridays and Saturdays 9:30-6:00 and Sundays 12:00-6:00 (with lunch & snack daily)

Where: Taught at ECO City Farms, Edmonston, MD. Intensive course is $525, inclusive.

Description: This 22 hour, very intensive weekend hands-on course will provide you with sustainable strategies you require to plan and design an intensive food production system, based on your needs, goals, and resources, and suited to your own individual urban space.  It includes five (5) core modules. Starting Your Farm, Composting 101, Hoophouse Design and Construction, Intro to Urban Livestock, Harvest, Processing and Marketing.

To register, go to: www.pgcc.edu/owllink and selecting Workforce Development & Cont. Ed. Students, or you can register in person on the main campus at Bladen Hall room 126 or at the University Town Center campus. A maximum of 20 people can be accommodated per weekend, so please register early to assure your place.

For more information, contact: Info@ecocityfarms.org, 301-288-1125

 

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Guide to Winter Growing

Posted by on Dec 31, 2011 | 0 comments

When the days shorten and the remainder of the natural world goes into hibernation, we continue to need quality local food.  Winter farming is key to maximizing productivity of small urban farming spaces. The vigorous summer cycle takes a lot out of the soil and winter gives us the chance to rejuvenate our soils by aerating, adding compost and feeding the soil food web.  We do this without interrupting our crop rotation or planting schedule, as we transition to winter crops. We also transition from production for farmers markets to our winter CSA.

ECO City Farms is one of the few year-round farms in our region. We are committed to learning, innovating and continuing to develop successful strategies for winter growing. This involves using appropriate tools for the urban farmer, including hoophouses, row covers, coldframes, geothermal and compost heat. We also must choose the most appropriate and productive plants for the winter harvest and market our winter produce in ways that work for the farm and the consumer.  Read on for more about how we are incorporating all these strategies at our Edmonston farm in 2011-2012. 

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Internship @ ECO City Farms: Volunteer Coordinator

Posted by on Sep 27, 2011 | 0 comments

ISO a Volunteer Coordinator Intern

ECO City Farms is a Not-for-Profit Educational Urban Farm in the DC metro area located in Edmonston, Maryland (www.ecocityfarms.org). Our mission is to grow food, farms, and farmers.

We are ISO a dynamic and committed person to serve as a part-time intern to manage our volunteers. The internship entails 10-15 hours a week, including 5 hours on Saturdays from 8:30 to 2:30. Ideally, we would like a 10-12 month commitment.

The internship position has four major components:

  1. Outreach to Volunteers and Volunteer Schedule Management;
  2. Organizing and managing Saturday Volunteer Days;
  3. Follow Up/Communications relating to Volunteers;
  4. Volunteer Appreciation.
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