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|  ECO City Farms November 2015 |
#GivingTuesday x ECO City Farms
Tuesday, December 1st
What is #MarylandGivesMore and #GivingTuesday?
#MarylandGivesMore is a movement to make Maryland the Most Generous State in America on 12.1.15 aka #GivingTuesday. Convened by Maryland Nonprofits, #MarylandGivesMore is a day for all of us to give back. Whether you're an everyday giver, a corporate giver, a foundation, or a small business, you can get involved, activate your social network and make Maryland the Most Generous State in America.
Nationally, #GivingTuesday is a movement to add a national day of giving on the Tuesday following Thanksgiving, Black Friday and Cyber Monday. December 1, 2015 marks the fourth national #GivingTuesday.
Support ECO City Farms on #GivingTuesday!
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Community Herbalism Class
Please join ECO City Farms and Marble Arch Gardens for an enjoyable evening designed to teach you how to incorporate beneficial herbs into your life. During this two-hour hands-on workshop, you will deepen your appreciation for our botanical allies as you blend a winter medicinal tea and create an herbal oil infusion. You will take home a sample of the herbal remedies you prepared during the workshop. You will also learn about ECO's upcoming community herbalism series.
Delicious healthy snacks, drinks and herbal teas will be provided.
Date: Thursday, November 19th 2015
Time: 6:00 pm to 7: 30pm
Location: Magic Johnson Community Empowerment Center
6001 Logan Way #A5, Bladensburg, MD 20710
Cost: $40 - We offer a sliding fee scale discount. No one turned away for lack of funds! For Community Nutrition Educators $30
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Sign Up for a Fall/Winter CSA!!
The Fall 2015 and Winter 2016 season runs from October 15th 2015 to March 17th 2016.
ECO City Farms has shares available for the upcoming fall/winter season of its farm share program to Prince George's County residents. Members sign up and pay for the season ahead of time, and pick up up a share of produce each week, containing a different mix of produce, depending on what is in season. The taste, freshness and health benefits of fresh, locally grown produce are tremendous.
Produce is sustainably grown either by ECO City Farms or by area sustainable farmers. Produce from ECO City Farms is Certified Naturally Grown, without any pesticides or chemical fertilizers.
We still have small shares available! Act fast before the season is over!
Two sizes for affordable healthy eating choices:
LARGE SIZE:
This share runs 18 weeks from October 15 to March 17th.
Cost: $17/week with purchase of 18 week season, at $306.
Quantity: Receive 6 items per week.
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SMALL SIZE:
This share runs 9 weeks from October 15 to December 17th.
Cost: $12/week with purchase of 9 week season, at $108.
SNAP/WICcustomers pay $10 week with a monthly commitment and a $20 deposit.
Quantity: Receive 4 items per week.
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What will you get?
We plan to have greens: such as kale, swiss chard, collards, mustards, spinach, lettuces; as well as apples, kohlrabi, turnips, winter squash, scallions and herbs. Everything that grows in season right here.
New this Fall! - Biweekly Egg Share
Add a dozen locally produced free range eggs onto your share every other week for an additional cost of $45 for large shares or $25 for small shares.
Pick up weekly at these locations:
Thursdays: 3-7pm at Riverdale Farmers Market 4705 Queensbury Rd., Riverdale Park, Md. or
Saturdays: 10am-12pm at ECO's Edmonston Farm, 4913 Crittenden Street, Edmonston, Md.
HOW TO SIGN UP?
Download the registration form from our website and return with your payment. Shares are filled on a first come basis.
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FOOD DAY 2015 Recap
Food Day 2015 was a great success! Hundreds of people came to enjoy the day full of festivities.
Thank you to all that came to support ECO and celebrate Food Day last month.
A even bigger thank you goes to all of our partners, vendors and awesome volunteers that made this day possible!
Missed the action? Check out our
blog post to see all of the pictures and video from the event.
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ECO Update
ECO is always in the middle of several exciting projects.
For those that have engaged with us in the past, you may be wondering what the status is of some of our interesting
endeavors
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Bike Stop:
The Ride 4 ECO fundraiser, in partnership with the University of Maryland students, last summer allowed ECO to raise the funds to install a bike stop at the Edmonston Farm. We're currently f
inalizing the art for the kiosk and we'll be installing the pieces before deep winter sets in.
Kitchen/Classroom Space:
The Edmonston farm has been under construction since March of this year, initiated by the delivery of three shipping containers. We have had
issues receiving proper permitting from the County to continue construction. We're currently working with G
arth Rockcastle of MSR Architecture Interiors and Urban Design to design a
flexible space for use as a classroom, kitchen teaching space and
produce storage.
Wormhouse: Our worms are well settled from their move to the Bladensburg Farm last year. New flooring with pavers donated by our friends at Ernest Maier is being installed.
Grant Award: ECO was awarded the USDA Farmers Market Promotion Program grant of $100,000 for 2016-2017. This funding will allow us to further develop the Port Towns Farmers Market with the goal of serving low to moderate income resident's food needs of the Port Towns area and surrounding communities.
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| Open Volunteer Hours 
Volunteer Season ends this month!
Come and get your hands dirty and help us run our farms! Perfect way to spend a day outdoors and get those required service learning hours. The volunteer season is March to November.
Work is from
9am - 12pm
at each location. Please plan to be there for the whole time period.
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.
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Riverdale Park Farmers Market
Thursdays 3-7pm
ECO has a regular farm stand at the year-round
Riverdale Park Farmers Market
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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.
The Riverdale Park Farmers Market is
located in the MARC train station parking lot (4650 Queensbury Road Riverdale Park, MD 20737).
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