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Farmer Training: Legal Poultry Processing in Maryland
Saturday, October 15, 2011, 2 to 4:30 p.m. — Have you ever considered starting your own small-scale poultry operation? Are you a homesteader interested in the best way to process your chickens? Join...
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DC Metro Area Food and Farming Mixer + Campout
Join the Food Day celebration on the beautiful Potomac River front grounds of Piscataway Park for an afternoon including a community potluck, speakers, a screening of the film “The Greenhorns,” a...
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Food Justice Series Speakers
The following are the invited speakers to present on the panel during the next installment of the Food Justice Series held at Busboys and Poets in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, November 17, 2011. This...
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Farming in High Tunnels
**This workshop is FULL, and registration is now closed. Friday, January 27, 2012–Presented by University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s Small Farm Outreach Project, Farming in High Tunnels will take a...
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Learning to Extend the Growing Season with High Tunnels
The 2012 season of farmer training programs offered by the Accokeek Foundation’s Center for Agricultural and Environmental Stewardship kicked off last month with much success. Attended by nearly 40...
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Sky Harman, Ecosystem Farm Apprentice
Sky comes to the Ecosystem Farm at Piscataway Park, pursuing a life and a livelihood in sustainable farming. He is a West Virginia native and comes back to this part of the country after living the...
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Susan Cook, Ecosystem Farm Apprentice
Susan Cook has spent the last twenty years in the creative field, working variously as an exhibition graphic designer, as an art/creative director for a couple large NY ad agencies, and most recently...
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Candice Proctor, Ecosystem Farm Intern
After graduating with a degree in communications from Towson University, Candice recently moved back to her hometown of La Plata, MD. She has a strong passion for sustainable and organic agriculture...
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Honoring Farmworkers: A Celebration of Cesar Chavez
The Accokeek Foundation, Rural Coalition, and Southern Maryland Agricultural Development Commission co-present the 2012 Food Justice Series. The Series kicks off with “Honoring Farmworkers: A...
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Community Farm Day
Community Farm Day: Small Fruits Workday Be a Farmer for the Day! Join the Ecosystem Farm staff on Saturday, June 8th, from 10am-1pm for an early summer volunteer work day and potluck. Take a break...
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Farmer Training: Legal Poultry Processing in Maryland
Saturday, October 15, 2011, 2 to 4:30 p.m. — Have you ever considered starting your own small-scale poultry operation? Are you a homesteader interested in the best way to process your chickens? Join...
View ArticleClik here to view.
DC Metro Area Food and Farming Mixer + Campout
Join the Food Day celebration on the beautiful Potomac River front grounds of Piscataway Park for an afternoon including a community potluck, speakers, a screening of the film “The Greenhorns,” a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Farming in High Tunnels
**This workshop is FULL, and registration is now closed. Friday, January 27, 2012–Presented by University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s Small Farm Outreach Project, Farming in High Tunnels will take a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Honoring Farmworkers: A Celebration of Cesar Chavez
The Accokeek Foundation, Rural Coalition, and Southern Maryland Agricultural Development Commission co-present the 2012 Food Justice Series. The Series kicks off with “Honoring Farmworkers: A...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Community Farm Day
Community Farm Day: Small Fruits Workday Be a Farmer for the Day! Join the Ecosystem Farm staff on Saturday, June 8th, from 10am-1pm for an early summer volunteer work day and potluck. Take a break...
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Field Notes: Volume 16, Number 10
This Week’s Harvest Cilantro Onions Beets Beans Chard Fennel Tomatoes While we strive for consistency at the Ecosystem Farm, we ask that our SHAREholders please keep in mind that Friday and Tuesday...
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Pic of the Week #6 – Harvesting Potatoes at the Ecosystem Farm
This week’s Pic comes to you from our beloved farmers at the Ecosystem Farm. Our farm crew is amazing and is always hard at work, ensuring that there is a variety of fresh produce for the CSA...
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The Hog Blog: It’s National Cow Appreciation Day!
by Sally Harry Harry, the Red Devon steer, aka "Lisa's Boyfriend" National Cow Appreciation Day, eh? Who could’ve imagined such a day existed?! Well, that Sally sure has been hamming it up around here,...
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Field Notes: Volume 16, Number 12
This Week’s Harvest Basil Cilantro Garlic Chard Onions Cucumbers Peppers Summer Squash Tomatoes While we strive for consistency at the Ecosystem Farm, we ask that our SHAREholders please keep in mind...
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The Indispensable Honeybee
Inside one of the Ecosystem Farm's four honeybee hives. During this time of bright sunshine and bountiful harvests from farms and gardens all over the region, it is important to stop and thank those...
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