Common Good City Farm

12/30/2022

Friends, we’d like to close out the year by doing what farmers do best—planting! There’s still time to show your support and plant seeds for a great 2023. www.commongoodcityfarm.org/donate

12/28/2022

Looking to partner with us in the new year? Curious about how to rent the farm for an event?

Visit us at https://www.commongoodcityfarm.org/book-the-farm

12/27/2022

Leading up to the New Year 🌿🌝

Leading up to the New Year 🌿🌝 -

Dear friends of Common Good,    We hope that you’re having a wonderful holiday season! We’re grateful for all that you’ve shared with us this year. 

12/20/2022

You continue to empower us...

You continue to empower us... -

During these last weeks of 2022, the team at Common Good has been reflecting on a memorable year, what went well, and what challenges we faced–as well as creating our collective new year goals. As we reflect on this past year, we are so grateful to have the support of our community. You make all ...

12/20/2022

Last Saturday we teamed up with Kelly Miller Residents Council, ANC Commissioner Amanda Farman, DCHA Office of Capitol Programs, and El Studio & Life Deeds to host a Holiday Coat & Toy Giveaway.

We provided fresh produce, hot cocoa, and chili. Thank you to .dc for coordinating hot food donation from Palantir and Thank You to those who donated outerwear and toys!

Support our work going forward, make a meaningful contribution - link in bio

12/18/2022

Lots of fun at the end of year party for LEAF today- we made cards, cooked up some homemade hot chocolate with special toppings and had a special guest doing face painting! Have a great holiday break- the LEAF program is back in January!

12/18/2022

Join us for our LEAF program End of Year party today(Sunday) at 3!!! Hot cocoa, card making, making a recipe together and face painting!!

12/15/2022

The LEAF Youth Program is cancelled today due to weather.
Join us Sunday for our End of Year party and last class of the year from 3:00-4:30! We’ll have hot cocoa ☕️, fun activities and cook together!
The coat and toy drive drop off is also cancelled, we ask you to bring items from 11-11:30 on Saturday right before the free holiday market or contact us about donations.
Thank you!

12/14/2022

Yesterday in our staff meeting we discussed some highlights and challenges from this past year.
We are looking forward to being even more intentional with our mission and commitment to equity as we grow our programs and expand our reach.

Join us in planting seeds for 2023!

12/14/2022

There is still time to support this week's free holiday market and giveaway! Support our 2nd annual Holiday Market and Giveaway for residents of Kelly Miller and LeDroit Apartments held in partnership the Kelly Miller Resident’s Council.

We are hosting a Toy and Coat Drive with the Kelly Miller Resident’s Council for a Holiday Market and Giveaway on Saturday, December 17. (Updated date due to weather)

We will be accepting donations at Common Good City Farm (300 V St NW) this Thursday 12/15 from 2-6 pm! Bring them in the main gate across from the playground and look for Emily!

You can also support financially (all funds will go directly to the giveaway) https://secure.givelively.org/donate/common-good-city-farm/kelly-miller-resident-s-council-holiday-giveaway

12/07/2022

We want to take a moment to hold space for gratitude as we reflect on what an eventful year this has been and look forward to all that is to come in 2023!

This year we:
• Expanded our Regenerative Agriculture Certificate Program to more students and provided a stipend making the program more accessible
• Harvested over 3,800 lbs of produce from our land - preserving and cultivating a half acre of green space in the heart of DC
• Distributed over 16,000 lbs of produce via our Farm Market with a pay-what-you-can model reaching over 300 families per month
• Engaged over 45 volunteers through our City Farmers program who contributed over 600 hours of service
• Hosted 10 Community Events that engaged over 500 neighbors and community members
Provided 800 students with agriculture education by hosting over 35 field trips to Title 1 schools
• Taught over 100 youth through 79 LEAF classes and 30 Youth Garden sessions

Every dollar you contribute moves our mission to sustain and support a more equitable community through growing, learning, cooking, and sharing fresh food together.

Please do not underestimate the ripple effect your $5 or 5 minutes to share our fundraising campaign creates for our community.

Join us to plant seeds in 2023!

Donate: https://secure.givelively.org/donate/common-good-city-farm/support-the-farm-this-2022-holiday-season

12/06/2022

'Tis the Season to be...

'Tis the Season to be... -

Toys: We are looking for donations of new (unwrapped/ no gift wrapping) toys for local children in our community. Used toys should be in excellent condition. Coats: New coats welcomed for children and adults, used should be washed and in excellent condition (no stains, tears, missing buttons/ zipper...

12/06/2022

We had a great time in LEAF class this past Sunday learning about empanadas, learning some easy Spanish phrases and then cooking up our own empanadas! This month we’ve been learning about food traditions and cultural foods and having a great time! LEAF class is year round- join us on Thursdays at 4:30 and Sundays at 3:00!

12/02/2022

Support our 2nd annual Holiday Market and Giveaway for residents of Kelly Miller and LeDroit Apartments held in partnership the Kelly Miller Resident’s Council.

We are hosting a Toy and Coat Drive with the Kelly Miller Resident’s Council for a Holiday Market and Giveaway on Thursday, December 15.

We will be accepting donations at Common Good City Farm at the following times:
Sunday, December 4 & 11: 2:30 - 4:30 pm
Thursday, December 8: 4 - 6 pm
Thursday, December 15: 2 - 4 pm

Toys: We are looking for donations of new (unwrapped/ no gift wrapping) toys for local children in our community. Used toys should be in excellent condition.

Coats: New coats welcomed for children and adults, used should be washed and in excellent condition (no stains, tears, missing buttons/ zippers).

11/29/2022

Join us this to plant seeds in 2023. Pictured here is James, Renata, and Britt, a group of students from our Certificate Program in Regenerative Agriculture, who worked on a project where they planted radish, turnip, cilantro, and spinach seeds in the same bed in a practice called intercropping. The purpose of this project is to experiment to see how intercropping works and what benefits may be yielded. Some potential benefits of intercropping include utilizing nutrients and water more efficiently, attracting beneficial predators, and managing cover crops more effectively. We just completed our second year of the Certificate Program in Regenerative Agriculture, where we trained 2 cohorts of adults plus 1 youth cohort in hands-on regenerative agriculture techniques. This program is offered free to students with a stipend for students for completing each level in the program.

Support this work and more by making a donation to our 2022 End-of-the-Year campaign and help us plant seeds for 2023: https://secure.givelively.org/donate/common-good-city-farm/support-the-farm-this-2022-holiday-season

11/29/2022

We Need You This to Plant Seeds for 2023

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11/23/2022

As we enter the holiday season, we want to take a moment to express our gratitude to you for making the farm and our expanding impact possible. Your contributions further us toward cultivating a more equitable community in DC through growing, learning, cooking, and sharing fresh food.

Pictured here is some of the staff and volunteers at our last Farm Market of the season this year. We send our thanks to you in helping us grow and cultivate the community we want to see. Whether it was shopping at our weekly pay-what-you-can Farm Market, attending one of our Community Events, Seed-to-Table workshops, or A Night on the Farm dinners/ cocktail parties, or bringing your kids to LEAF, we appreciate you and your engagement!

Fourteen years ago, community members gathered to plant the seeds that created Common Good and those plants continue to bear fruit.
Join us to continue our journey to tend to those plants and plant new seeds in 2023.
Visit our website to join our newsletter for opportunities to get involved and visit https://secure.givelively.org/donate/common-good-city-farm/support-the-farm-this-2022-holiday-season to make a donation and support our programming in 2023.

11/22/2022

Gratitude from the Farm

Gratitude from the Farm -

We invite you to consider your resources and make a contribution that feels significant to you. Because no matter the amount, it is significant to us.

11/17/2022

At the end of September we harvested a great crop of sweet potatoes from the youth garden during LEAF class- And today we will use those to make yummy mini sweet potato pies during class- come join us at 4:30 today (11/17) for our sweet potato pie making party! Students will also make extra pies to giveaway to neighbors for the upcoming holiday as a way to share our gratitude for this food!
The LEAF Youth Program is a year round opportunity for elementary aged youth to join on the farm for growing, learning and cooking. During the winter class will be on Thursdays from 4:30-5:45 and Sundays from 3:00-4:15

11/16/2022

Throwback to last week at the farm planting garlic with students from our Certificate Program in Regenerative Agriculture.

Here they learned how to use the single dibble wheel - a tool that leaves an impression in the soil to accurately space transplants or in this case cloves of garlic!

11/04/2022

November News from the Farm 🌱

November News from the Farm 🌱 -

There have been many incidents of gun violence in the LeDroit Park neighborhood. Most recently, on Monday, October 24 at 5:54 pm, there was a shooting on the 2000 block of 5th Street, Northwest. The victim was a teenager who suffered non-fatal injuries.  

10/31/2022

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Tuesday Nov 8th Cocktail Hour

We teamed up with local bars Astoria and Barrel to bring handcrafted cocktails using our farm fresh ingredients.
Each purchase includes two drink tickets with additional tickets to be purchased at the event.
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This special cocktail hour is part of our end-of-the-year fundraising campaign. We hope to connect on the farm but if your unable to attend please consider making a meaningful contribution on our donation page.

We look forward to continued youth and adult programming centering wellness and education at Common Good!

10/27/2022

We had so much fun with our pumpkin science lesson at LEAF class! Want to get in on the fun? Join us for class today at 4:30 to learn all about fruits or come out to Falloween this Sunday from 1-4 to do some pumpkin decorating and lots of other family fun activities 🎃

10/26/2022

What are your plans for the weekend? 🎃🍁🍂👀

Sunday 10/30 round up the fam and join us on the farm!

Fall-O-Ween is a day to enjoy all things Fall and Halloween!

• pumpkin decorating
• face painting
• Free food
• costume contest
• games, prizes + more!

Meet us under the pavilion at 5pm for Costumes & Karaoke 🧑🏽‍🎤🦸🏾

10/21/2022

Last Friday’s Game Night was a blast!💥
Big thanks to for coming out and teaching us a thing or two!
We’re so grateful to share space with all the lovely folks who came out to gather and play 🥳

Most importantly a huge thank you for making a contribution towards our end of the year fundraising goal!

If you weren’t able to attend, we hope you can come out to the next Cocktail Hour Tuesday Nov 8th 6-8pm - we are teaming up with local bars, Copy Cat and Astoria to bring handcrafted cocktails inspired by our farm fresh ingredients!

10/21/2022

Sunday Oct 30th join us on the farm to celebrate all things Fall and Halloween at Fall-O-Ween!

During the FREE Fall Fest from 1-4 pm we will have
• Free Chilli and Other Snacks -vegetarian options too!
• Try some .b.humble_pies
• Costume Contest
• Face Painting
• Pumpkin Decorating + other kids activities
• Pumpkin Patch + more!

This event is FREE, but we do encourage donations.

Masks are encouraged on the farm when not eating or drinking.

10/18/2022

🎃🦇Sunday, October 30th we’re hosting KARAOKE Night at the farm! Come dressed in costume and ready to belt your favorite song 🎤

5-7 PM Cocktail Hour purchase includes 2 drink tickets and refreshments.

Additional drink tickets will be available for purchase including non-alcoholic drinks🍹

As part of our end of the year fundraising campaign we hope to see you at one of our events, however if you aren’t able to join us we encourage you to make a donation that feels meaningful to you!

10/13/2022

LEAF Youth Class is cancelled today 10/13 due to the weather. We hope to see you on Sunday instead for class from 4:30-5:45!

10/12/2022

GIVEAWAY! We are raffling two tickets to Game Night this Friday, October 14 from 6-8 pm! Each ticket will include 2 drink tickets, appetizers, and access to all of the games. Game stations will include Jenga, Uno, Taboo, Co****le with , and more!

To enter:
- tag 2 friends in the comments below
- share and tag us in your stories
We will pick a winner by Thursday, October 13 at 6 pm

10/12/2022

CSA Share Bag 🍁🍂 ✨🥬🍆🍠🥕
- Lacinato Kale
- Arugula Mix
- Carrots
- Eggplant
- Cucumber
-Cabbage
- Parsnips
- Japanese Sweet Potato
- Bishop Crown Peppers

10/08/2022

Grab your friends and enjoy a night of cocktails and fun!

Come unwind and unleash your inner child next Friday, October 14th, for the first event of our Happy Hour series; Adult Game Night featuring !

Help us reach our end out of the year fundraising goal by purchasing a ticket for one or more of our Fall Event Series.

Can’t wait to see you there!

10/06/2022

Join us on the farm to celebrate all things Fall and Halloween at Fal-O-Ween!

During the FREE Fall Fest from 1-4 we will have
• Free Chilli and Other Snacks -vegetarian options too!
• Try some .b.humble_pies
• Costume Contest
• Face Painting
• Pumpkin Decorating + other kids activities
• Pumpkin Patch + more!

This event is FREE, but we do encourage donations.

Masks are encouraged on the farm when not eating or drinking.

Stick around for our fundraising Cocktail Hour and Karaoke happening the same day from 5-7 pm !

(Ticket link in bio or walk ups are welcome)

10/04/2022

Join us for our fall Cocktail Hour Series and help us reach our end of the year fundraising goals!
Each cocktail hour has a special theme, starting with Game Night!
Next Friday 10/14 from 6-8 PM we’ll be under the pavilion sipping and playing games like taboo, twister, jenga, + more!
Each ticket includes 2 drink tickets with additional drink tickets available for purchase at the event. (Non-alcoholic options will be included on the drink menu.)

To purchase tix click the link in our bio!

See you there 🍹

10/03/2022

Interested in working with Common Good? We are hiring a full time Farm Educator to join the team with the goal of a start date of Monday, November 28. Apply by Friday, October 28. Help us spread the word and share the job announcement with anyone in the field!

For more info, visit https://www.commongoodcityfarm.org/jobs-and-internships

10/03/2022

We’re so excited to partner with Future Harvest to host the Chesapeake Foodshed Feast! Get your ticket and join us on Tuesday, October 11.

10/02/2022

Join us during LEAF youth class today at 4:30! To warm up from the wet weather we’ll be turning some of these youth garden grown carrots into a yummy stew!

10/01/2022

It's Fall on the Farm! October Updates

It's Fall on the Farm! October Updates -

09/30/2022

Next Tuesday resident herbalist Holly Poole-Kavana of is leading a tinctures and elixirs workshop under the pergola at Common Good City Farm! Hope to see you there 6-7pm

09/28/2022

CSA Share Bag:
• corn
• heirloom tomatoes
• yellow onions
• beets
• brussel sprouts
• spinach
• basil
• curly kale
• acorn squash

09/26/2022

Next Tuesday 10/4 will be leading a tincture and elixir making workshop! Join us at Common Good.

Click the link in our story to register!