A HUGE thanks to Whole Foods!

I am overwhelmed with the response from our 5% day sponsorship from Whole Foods last week! I want to thank all those involved, all the team leaders, and all the employees of Whole Foods for their coordination and supporting our cause!

With the funds we raised, I will be able to get the summer field prepped for amazing tomatoes and eggplants, I will get to build a season-extension hoophouse, and (i hope!) DUCKS!

A special thanks to the Alexandria store for sending me this great video and another huge thanks to David from Vermillion for making delicious sweet pea soup!

-Farmer Mo

SHOP @ WHOLE FOODS TODAY!!! April 20!

Shop at any DC-region Whole Foods today and 5% of your total will go to Arcadia Farms and the Mobile Market Project! We can really use your help, so stock up on groceries now! Stop by the Alexandria store for a Vermillion chef demo, or go see Kyle from Birch and Barley at P Street. We're also at Tenleytown, Arlington and Georgetown!

See you soon! -Farmer Mo

Check out my ride

Yes, within about two weeks, Arcadia has gone from no vehicles to two! Here's a pic of Farmer Mo with her snazzy farm truck, Bertha:

Much more practical than a borrowed hatchback for hauling around loads of mulch, compost... a 6'x8' pallet of burlap. (True story.) And stylish, too. Just like Farmer Mo.

And here I am trying to figure out how to shift gears on... um... Bus-To-Be-Named:

Oh, it's an automatic. That explains the lack of a clutch. Riiiight. Love the hum of that engine. Ahhh.... Now time to haul some fresh produce around town. Well, after some major (and, if I do say so myself, pretty darn cool) renovations. More on that in coming weeks.

And speaking of weeks, we are in the FINAL WEEK of our online fundraising campaign. If you haven't donated yet, please do so via our Kickstarter page. We need to raise $15,000 by this Saturday, April 23 or we lose the generous pledges of over $11,000 that we've raised so far and I may not be able to get this bus on the road by June. Please donate. And tell your friends.

Our apologies for the long absence in updates! I have been a busy lady on the farm!

Look for all our exciting updates this week-- but, to give you a taste....

Ibti bought a bus, we have greens galore, the bees arrived and new articles to share! News soon!

Spring is Here

Tomatoes in the greenhouse!

Pea shoots have sprouted!

The first seedlings go in at the farm!

Let them eat cake (in the shape of a school bus)!

Last night, during my weekly volunteer shift at Brainfood, we learned about cake decorating. Since there were enough cakes for volunteers, too, I had a chance to design one of my very own. And what did mine look like? Well, a school bus, of course! It's true, I'm obsessed. And I'll be bringing it with me to tomorrow evening's happy hour at Lounge 201.

Come and laugh at my pitiful first attempt at working with fondant and enjoy a slice of the tasty-but-not-overly-large school bus cake. If you arrive on the later side, there will still be tasty, free appetizers featuring beef from White House Meats and a cash bar with seasonal cocktails, but I can't promise there will be any cake left....

So get there early (and bring a credit card to make a secure online donation).

a PSA from Arcadia fans at Georgetown

Excitement about what Arcadia is up to seems to be spreading!

A number of folks came up to me to ask for more information on the mobile market after I gave a little talk following a screening of The Economics of Happiness (part of the DC Environmental Film Festival) on Saturday evening. The little stash of school bus pins on the information table probably didn't hurt.

I went to the doctor yesterday -- I seem to have sprained my back (what am I, 83 years old??) -- and after he handed me a prescription for muscle relaxers the head of Internal Medicine walked out of the exam room with a school bus pin in his lapel and an assignment to get in touch with the local health outreach coordinator to see if we just might figure out some kind of partnership at a healthy eating event.

Then, just today, I heard back from a student at Georgetown University with the final product of her group's class project... check out their PSA that promotes healthier food options in DC Wards 7 and 8 through the mobile market.



Love it! Come on, folks, we've just about $7500 left to raise by April 22! Tell your friends! Tell your neighbors! Tell your PTA! Tell your church congregation! This is a community effort, with food for the people and by the people, and we need your help to get this bus on the road!