Mission Statement: 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.
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We grow great food, farms and farmers!
Vision Statement: We envision a just, vigorous and sustainable food system in the Chesapeake foodshed with ample fertile soil, quality environments and sustainable incomes for farmers and other food workers, and access to nutritious high quality food for all.
What we do: ECO City Farms seeks to enhance food security, safety and access, to improve nutrition and health, to preserve cultural and ecological diversity, and to accelerate the transition to an economy based on preservation, recycling and restoration. We amplify community voice and engagement to reinvigorate the Chesapeake foodshed with sustainable ways of making food and money.ECO City Farms educates, creates prototypes and incubates viable food-related income-producing enterprises through replication methods that:
- Farm and grow healthy food;
- Produce healthy soil;
- Create diverse collaborations among new and seasoned, urban and rural farmers;
- Offer experiential training, community-based education and workforce development;
- Aggregate, market, process, and distribute local produce;
- Reshape land-use policy and regulations to encourage local agriculture;
- Promote environmental protection, renewable energy, and materials reuse;
- Share financial strategies and resources;
- Engage and empower youth and families;
- Rekindle people’s relationships to food as a source of enjoyment, nourishment and self-sufficiency.
Commitment to Diversity/Respect for all beings: ECO works to create a bio-diverse ecosystem to nourish our plants and animals, and a diverse inclusive workplace and farm community that respects and embraces differences in all our activities and operations. These activities include, but are not limited to, the selection of Board Members, staff, interns, volunteers, vendors, trainees and beneficiaries.
