A Day Out for the Summer Youth: Claggett Farm
On a hot and humid morning in late June, ten members of ECO City Farm’s Summer Youth Program climbed aboard a small bus to Claggett Farm in Upper Marlboro, Prince George’s County, Maryland.
On a hot and humid morning in late June, ten members of ECO City Farm’s Summer Youth Program climbed aboard a small bus to Claggett Farm in Upper Marlboro, Prince George’s County, Maryland.
Photos and text by Antonio Hernandez “You used to be able to look at a farmer’s almanac and predict the weather…but those days are long gone.” That’s a familiar refrain among the farmers at ECO City Farms, who understand the effect erratic weather can have on crops. Last year’s temperamental [Read more…]
I would like to spend my first post introducing myself and what I’ll be doing as ECO City Farm’s blogger. Urban farming is a relative new interest, passion and pursuit of mine. As a young kid, the only connection to I had to farming was [Read more…]