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Chickens rule! Christian Melendez, our Urban Farm Coordinator with neighborhood children and chickens ENGAGED COMMUNITY OFFSHOOTS

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Engaged Community Offshoots (aka ECO City Farms) grows great food, farms and farmers inside the Capital Beltway in Edmonston, MD.

  • Margaret Morgan-Hubbard, ECO City Farm's CEO and Founder with Will Allen of Growing Power at Edmonston farm
  • Chickens rule! Christian Melendez, our Urban Farm Coordinator with neighborhood children and chickens
  • Selling our produce at the Riverdale Farmers Market
  • Matt Gifford, muralist, hard at work on the mural gracing our farm
  • Inside one of our hoop houses-- this one houses seedlings, vermicomposting, and a new aquaponics project!
  • Another one of our hoop houses with tomatoes in bloom.
  • Find us at 4913 Crittenden Street, Edmonston, MD 20781. Volunteers welcome!
  • Our intern Cara's got greens!
  • The sun always shines on sustainable ECO City Farms.
  • Andrea Harrison, President of the Prince George's County Council, riding our farm smoothie bike!
  • Our trainee and assistant summer youth educator Rose loving beautiful healthy greens!
  • New Farmer trainee Jose sampling our greens!
  • No Compost, No food!
  • Urban Farm Coordinator Christian Melendez tending swiss chard
  • Some of our new immigrant farmer trainees at ECO City Farms in Edmonston, MD

At ECO City Farms, we seek to enhance food security, improve nutrition and health, preserve cultural and ecological diversity, and more through sustainable agriculture and healthy food education.

At our flagship farm in Edmonston, we grow vegetables, raise chickens for eggs and keep bees on our 1-acre farm, a solar- and geo-thermal-powered site. Our operation currently includes four hoop houses, an outdoor classroom, and several types of composting. We are expanding our farm to accommodate more hoop houses, a commercial kitchen, a larger classroom space, and a farm stand.

Your support will help us expand our current farm and plan for a new urban farming project in a low-income housing complex, also inside the Beltway in Prince Georges County, MD.

Please visit us on the farm or at our website to see our work on building local food systems in action! We are located at 4913 Crittenden Street, Edmonston, MD 20781.

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  1. CAMILLE NIXONCAMILLE NIXON 12/31/2011 at 12:03 PM ET
    In less than 2 yrs, ECO has built, planted & feed in leaps & bounds. Congrats!
  2. Steven JacksonSteven Jackson 11/10/2011 at 07:46 AM ET
    The entire organization is committed to a vision of communities providing food, energy, and love to itself.
  3. Natalia B HunterNatalia B Hunter 11/09/2011 at 11:30 PM ET
    I wish I had more free Saturdays to volunteer at your wonderful farm! Keep doing what you're doing! :)
  4. Eric AdebayoEric Adebayo 11/09/2011 at 11:23 PM ET
    TFR local produce!
  5. Hanum N WensilStrowHanum N WensilStrow 11/09/2011 at 06:28 PM ET
    =) Thanks for the good food and the great community
  6. Davey RognerDavey Rogner 11/09/2011 at 04:48 PM ET
    I love the work you all do! Thanks for being local eco champions, providing healthy food to people and continuing to inspire me. LOVE!
  7. Margaret Morgan-HubbardMargaret Morgan-Hubbard 11/09/2011 at 04:25 PM ET
    I can't think of anywhere I'd rather be!
  8. Michelle DudleyMichelle Dudley 11/09/2011 at 11:58 AM ET
    ECO farm is a space where true community is built and real food is grown. Keep up the good work, friends!
  9. Regina PaleauRegina Paleau 11/09/2011 at 11:33 AM ET
    We go to this farm as often as possible to see the wonderful developments and progress. My daughter Olivia particularly likes the chickens :)
  10. Natasha PaleauNatasha Paleau 11/09/2011 at 10:09 AM ET
    This organization provides so much more than fresh & healthy food. They provide a health space for the community to engage with the land and with each other, SO many opportunities to learn, and a wonderful staff who are always willing to teach.
  11. Winston HoyWinston Hoy 11/09/2011 at 09:44 AM ET
    Do you want to see more healthy, local, sustainable food for all in the DC Metro Area? ECO is making it happen by building the farms, training the farmers and growing the food!
  12. Gul GuleryuzGul Guleryuz 11/09/2011 at 09:00 AM ET
    Best kept secret of not only Prince George's County but also the Washington, D.C. Metro Area.
  13. CAROL BONKOSKYCAROL BONKOSKY 11/09/2011 at 04:57 AM ET
    It doesn't get more local than this.
  14. Renee CatacalosRenee Catacalos 11/08/2011 at 04:46 PM ET
    An undiscovered treasure - something for Prince George's County and the entire region to be very proud of!
  15. Lindsay SmithLindsay Smith 11/08/2011 at 10:01 AM ET
    A great organization working to improve health and access to healthy food in Prince George's County.
  16. Margaret Morgan-HubbardMargaret Morgan-Hubbard 10/26/2011 at 11:04 AM ET
    Winter harvesting at ECO City Farms in... Winter harvesting at ECO City Farms in Edmonston

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    Engaged Community Offshoots (aka ECO City Farms) grows great food, farms and farmers inside the Capital Beltway in Edmonston, MD.

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