Healthy Soils Field Day on ECO City Farms Urban Farm Incubator with Love Bug Farm
Schedule
Tue Oct 15 2024 at 04:00 pm to 06:30 pm
Location
ECO City Farms | Hyattsville, MD
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Join the Million Acre Challenge and Future Harvest for a Field Day at ECO City Farms' Urban Farm Incubator at Watkins Regional Park with Love Bug Farm. We'll learn more about farming on community land in an incubator setting with shared infrastructure, limited till systems, equipment choices, cover cropping, and composting.About ECO City Farms
ECO City Farms is a nonprofit urban teaching and learning farm in Prince George’s County that grows great food, farms and farmers in ways that protect, restore and sustain the natural environment and the health of local communities. Working with area children, youth and adults, ECO educates and trains the next generation of urban farmers and eaters.
The Urban Farm Incubator at Watkins Regional Park is a collaboration among ECO City Farms, the Prince George’s Soil Conservation District (PGSCD), Prince George’s Food Equity Council (FEC), The Capital Market of 20743 at Mary and Main, and the M-NCPPC Parks and Recreation Department. By opening up county land to smaller scale farmers, we aim to provide support for beginning farmers to launch new farm-based businesses in Prince George’s County using regenerative, certified naturally-grown, and organically-grown agricultural best practices. We offer this next step training ground to help farmers decide whether they have a viable business plan, and to better assess their land and infrastructure needs when they are ready to purchase farmland or rent a plot elsewhere in the future. The Urban Farm Incubator accommodates multiple farmers and provides increased support through common infrastructure, equipment, mentoring, and technical assistance to help launch their businesses successfully.
About Love Bug Farm
Love Bug Farm was started in 2022 when we were offered a ½-acre plot at the Urban Farm Incubator site at Watkins Regional Park in Prince George’s County Maryland. We grow nutrient dense foods using regenerative farming practices that prioritize building soil health and supporting healthy ecosystems. The majority of our produce is distributed to local families for free through our partnerships with the Capital Area Food Bank, faith-based organizations and schools. Nearly all of our produce is washed, packed and distributed within a day or two of being harvested.
Register: https://futureharvest.wildapricot.org/event-5837706
This Field Day is based on work that is supported by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) Innovative Nutrient and Sediment Reduction Grants
(INSR), under grant number #: 2021:73981
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Where is it happening?
ECO City Farms, 4913 Crittenden St, Hyattsville, MD 20781, United States,North Brentwood, MarylandEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
