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Broccoli and Baby Spinach Soup

We just started getting our baby spinach in!  To celebrate, here is a simple and warming soup for those cold winter nights. Ingredients:    1 tablespoon Extra Virgin Olive Oil 2 medium onions, chopped...

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Baby Spinach Pasta

Let’s keep the baby spinach going! Ingredients: ¾ pound of whole-wheat pasta – I used penne, but any tubular pasta would do 2 cups of fresh baby spinach leaves, loosely packed, divided 3 ounces of goat...

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Kale, Strawberry, and Mandarin Orange Salad

This is a delicious salad made with a surprising ingredient – raw kale. The dressing is sweet and tart. The strawberries add a zing that really sets it apart.  Our Executive Director highly recommends...

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Announcing our Green Building Fellowship!

2012 Green Building Fellowship  Full Description Here:Green Building Fellowship ECO City Farms is looking for an engaged and motivated Green Building Fellow to assist with the development of our green...

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Immokalee Workers to visit the Farm Saturday!

Join us to welcome special guests from the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) for a presentation and discussion at our farm. This Saturday April 14th Noon to 1pm. For a potluck lunch. The Coalition...

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Urban Farm Takes Root Amid Strip Malls

Urban Farm Takes Root Amid Strip Malls EcoCity draws residents looking for fresh food, healthier lifestyle Voice of America, Rosanne Skirble, March 05, 2012

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Fall/Winter Volunteer and Tour Hours

As things slow down for the colder season, we will hold volunteer hours and tours ONLY on the 1st and 3rd Saturdays of each month, from October through March. Thanks!

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Orchard Planting Will Bear Fruit for Community

Edy’s Fruit Bars and the Fruit Tree Planting Foundation brought their Communities Take Root program to ECO City Farms this summer, donating dozens of fruit trees to our farm and leading volunteers in a...

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Fruit Trees and Hugelkultur

Check out this explanation of the big mound in front of the hoophouses, written by Elizabeth for the August volunteer newsletter: “Some new developments have included planting of more natural...

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ECO City Farms is ISO a Farmer/Organizer

ECO City Farm’s community farmer/food organizer (CFFO) will work with a team to build the nation’s first Urban Residential Farm at a low-income subsidized housing complex. ECO City Farms in Bladensburg...

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Join us for the Winter Farming Lecture Series and Permiculture Certification...

Winter Farming Lecture Series January – February 2013 Join us for a journey through winter farming with some of our areas most skilled farmers! Our Winter Farming Lecture Series will be held on four...

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Urban Agriculture Certificate Program

Register Now for our  Intensive Introduction to Urban Commercial Agriculture offered by ECO City Farms and Prince George’s County Community College, held April 5-7.    Taught by the hard-working,...

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Hello From Antonio – ECO City Farms’ New Blogger!

I would like to spend my first post introducing myself and what I’ll be doing as ECO City Farm’s blogger.   Urban farming is a relative new interest, passion and pursuit of mine. As a young kid, the...

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Immokalee Workers to visit the Farm Saturday!

Join us to welcome special guests from the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) for a presentation and discussion at our farm. This Saturday April 14th Noon to 1pm. For a potluck lunch. The Coalition...

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Urban Farm Takes Root Amid Strip Malls

Urban Farm Takes Root Amid Strip Malls EcoCity draws residents looking for fresh food, healthier lifestyle Voice of America, Rosanne Skirble, March 05, 2012

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Behind the Food Part 1: Fickle Weather Brings Veggie Flowers

Photos and text by Antonio Hernandez “You used to be able to look at a farmer’s almanac and predict the weather…but those days are long gone.” That’s a familiar refrain among the farmers at ECO City...

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A Day Out for the Summer Youth: Claggett Farm

On a hot and humid morning in late June, ten members of ECO City Farm’s Summer Youth Program climbed aboard a small bus to Claggett Farm in Upper Marlboro, Prince George’s County, Maryland.

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