Fresh Take Blog

Ms. Juanita has lived in Southeast DC for decades. After retiring and volunteering with local food access organizations, she eventually crossed paths with FRESHFARM, where she was hired as one of seven Market Champions for DC Health’s Produce Plus program. She is committed to advocating for food access programs in Washington, DC and providing a dignified service to the community.

This summer, the FoodPrints Summer Program provided hands-on cooking and gardening to 150 students at three DCPS sites: Takoma, Langley, and Houston Elementary Schools. Every afternoon, students cooked and ate FoodPrints recipes and explored the school garden.

Building off our successful FoodPrints school partnership model and past community engagement work, FRESHFARM pivoted our work this year with Early Childhood Education (ECE) centers to focus on deep engagement and education at three centers. Our current partners are: Educare IDEA and Educare Parkside in Ward 7, and House of Ruth in Ward 8.

Learn all about the Mid-Atlantic Grains Program, the result of a collaboration between Common Grain Alliance and FRESHFARM to build market opportunities for local grain farmers and millers while fostering a vibrant regional grain economy in the Mid-Atlantic.

Summer is here, and it's prime time to get out to your favorite markets or explore new ones with our Summer Traveler loyalty program!

Longtime farmers market shopper and FRESHFARM sustainer donor Paula Thiede shares her love of farmers markets and why she supports FRESHFARM.

Learn more about FRESHFARM’s Pop-Up Food Hub, our nonprofit food distribution program.

A twenty-year veteran in food & public health policy, Catherine (Cat) Oakar will lead FRESHFARM at a pivotal time for regional food systems.