Announcing Arcadia Farm Camp 2013!

After a wildly successful inaugural season, we're excited to announce that information about Arcadia Farm Camp 2013 is now available!

We're making a few changes this time around to make camp more accessible and more fun. For example, we'll provide a transportation option to and from the farm from Old Town and Capitol Hill.* We've also opened camp up to older kids, so that eleven-year-olds and twelve-year-olds can join us. We're even offering an early bird discount for those who sign up before March 15, 2013.

This year we're also offering different themes each week: Little Locavores, Green Growers, Small Chefs, and Young Farmers. While every week definitely includes the basics - food, farming, and fun - we'll include special activities depending on the theme.

And we're definitely sticking with what works: morning chores like weeding and collecting fresh eggs, chef demonstrations, water games on hot days, taste tests, harvesting for the daily salad bar and much, much more.

We're opening registration on February 1, 2013, so stay tuned to our blog and our website for more info. In the meantime, you can also head over to our FAQ page to learn more about camp.

*Transportation is contingent on sufficient ridership, though, so tell your friends to sign up!

Sign up for your field trip to Arcadia Farm now!

The D.C. Farm to School Network is excited to announce that registration for our spring field trips to Arcadia Farm is NOW OPEN! We'll take 3rd & 4th grade groups of up to 50 students each for interactive visits to our sustainable farm located at Woodlawn, a National Trust Historic Site in Alexandria, VA.

Arcadia Farm field trips will take place on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10:30am to 1:30pm from April 10th though June 14, 2012. We're especially pleased to offer transportation scholarships to help cover the cost of buses to and from Arcadia Farm for qualifying D.C. schools.

The field trips are aligned with age-appropriate curriculum standards, and teach students

• 1) how to grow food sustainably with the natural cycles of the earth;
  
• 2) which fruits and vegetables are available in our region during different times of the year;
  
• 3) how farm-fresh food is different from processed or fast food; and
  
• 4) that fruits and vegetables can be healthy and delicious!
  

Visit the Arcadia Farm field trip website at www.dcfarmtoschool.org/field-trips for more information. For questions, or to register your school for a field trip, please contact Katherine at katherine@dcfarmtoschool.org.
We hope to see you out at the farm soon!

Farm to Table Family Day

We're excited to be participating in the National Portrait Gallery's Kogod Courtyard for a Farm to Table Family Fun Day!  Join us on Sunday January 22nd from 11:30am to 3:00pm for some hands-on food & farming activities, give-aways, entertainment and more.  Find more details on the flyer here.

We'll be joined by some of the best D.C. area nonprofits, like our friends at City Blossoms, the Washington Youth Garden, and the Capital Area Food Bank.  We've got all sorts of fun, hands-on activities planned, like veggie stamping, produce matching, and "find the real food" challenges.  It's all free, so don't miss out!