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Arcadia's Veteran Farmer Program has trained more than 100 military veterans, active duty, and a handful of family members to be farmers since 2015. Two-thirds are now farming or in process of becoming farmers.

People tell us we are doing a good, charitable thing. But what we''ve said all along is: Arcadia is not saving them; they are saving all of us...simply by deciding to be farmers.

And the last couple of weeks have proven us right in a way we couldn''t anticipate. Since the start of the pandemic, Arcadia''s Veteran Farmers have stepped up to do even more. They are playing key roles in standing up the Mid-Atlantic Food Resilience and Access Coalition, putting their considerable talent for organization, logistics, and execution, combined with their understanding of agriculture, to work strengthening the regional food system to feed all of us.

MAFRAC is identifying and filling gaps in food access by activating and coordinating local farmers, producers and processors with the organizations and the places that need them. Food is critical infrastructure, and supporting local food businesses benefits all of us - economically, environmentally, and yes, public health.

And Arcadia veteran farmers are smack dab in the middle of it all. They see a need. They step up.

Step up for them by supporting the Veteran Farmer Program through Spring2Action and help create the next wave of heroic farmers: www.spring2action.org/organizations/arcadia-food-inc

Our gates may be closed, but our hearts are open.

About Arcadia

Arcadia Center for Sustainable Food & Agriculture was founded in 2010 with the mission to create a more equitable and sustainable local food system that will improve the health of our community, the viability of local farmers, and preserve our environment for future generations.

Arcadia Farm is located on the historic grounds of Woodlawn Estate in Alexandria, Virginia, thanks to a landmark partnership with the National Trust for Historic Preservation and the support and vision of Arcadia's Founder, Michael Babin.

Arcadia is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, identified as
Arcadia Food, Inc.
(Tax ID 27-3611614)

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"Look for the helpers." That's what Fred Rogers' mom said to him when he saw scary things in the news as a boy.

Today I feel lucky to work for an organization that is one of the helpers.

Arcadia's Mobile Market is helping people with lower incomes get fresh, affordable and healthy food. As always, the food comes directly from local farms, which in some cases face economic ruin as long-time restaurant customers shut their doors to the public for the duration of the pandemic.

If you'd like, you can be one of the helpers, too, by contributing here: https://www.spring2action.org/organizations/arcadia-food-inc.

We will use your donations to fund Arcadia's surge operations during the pandemic, and to grow food, train military veterans to be farmers, show and engage children in the origins of healthy food, and provide convenient, affordable food access to people who would do without it otherwise.

I know it's a tough time. If you are in a position to help, we would greatly appreciate it.

Our gates may be closed, but our hearts are open.

About Arcadia

Arcadia Center for Sustainable Food & Agriculture was founded in 2010 with the mission to create a more equitable and sustainable local food system that will improve the health of our community, the viability of local farmers, and preserve our environment for future generations.

Arcadia Farm is located on the historic grounds of Woodlawn Estate in Alexandria, Virginia, thanks to a landmark partnership with the National Trust for Historic Preservation and the support and vision of Arcadia's Founder, Michael Babin.

Arcadia is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, identified as
Arcadia Food, Inc.
(Tax ID 27-3611614)

FORWARD TO A FRIEND

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Alexandria, VA 22309

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Arcadians:
We are about to throw lots of dates and numbers at you, all in the service of good food. But first:

We miss you! We miss your faces, your help on the farm, your cheerful toasts at Farm Tonic. We miss your kiddos, we just generally. miss. Everything!

But we're busily gearing up for a time when we can all hang out together again, and in the meantime, we have news:

For the first time ever, Arcadia is offering CSA shares - that's Community Supported Agriculture, for the uninitiated. We will be packing up 25 shares per week of Arcadia's farm bounty. Ten of those shares are destined for families who live near the farm and lack affordable access to fresh food; the remaining 15 are up for grabs.

Revenue from the CSA will help us buy the farm equipment we need for our new fruit orchard (!). The CSA is also an important learning experience for Megan, Vanessa, and Zeek, our three Veteran Farm Fellows, who may one day run CSAs of their own. So thank you for participating!

Here's the dates and numbers part:

There are just 15 shares. Lock yours down fast!
The CSA will last for 26 weeks - starting June 5, ending Nov. 27
It costs $650 - you pay at once for the entire season (to save our accountant's sanity, we are not offering partial shares or partial payments at this time).
If you'd like to help offset the cost of shares for families in need, you can donate a little extra!
Pick-ups are at our farm gate in Alexandria on Friday afternoons - we'll pop them right in your trunk for contact-free veggies!
Each share will have a mix of salad greens, cooking greens, roots (carrots! beets!) shoots (garlic scapes!), herbs, and as summer rolls in, "fruits" - think tomatoes, peppers, squash. And perhaps a melon or two!
No, you can't pick what goes in it! That's the dramatic element of a CSA. It''s like a vegetable surprise party!
You''ll get a heads up every week on the box''s contents through a charming newsletter from our farmers.
If you miss a pick up, don't worry: we'll donate it to a family in need via a local food pantry, and see you the following week!

What''s more, you can add a farm-grown flower share to your CSA! You''ll get gorgeous flowers every Friday, and support Change of Plants Farm, one of Arcadia''s incubator farmers! You met Farmer Jennie last week HERE.

Arcadia-grown food is gorgeous and chemical free, but not certified organic.

Get the details for the CSA and sign up HERE!

Arcadia''s Mobile Market launches Wednesday June 2:
As you recall from our last newsletter, our Mobile Markets surged into operation during the pandemic in our traditional off-season to make sure our customers had a safe place to get fresh food. We serve neighborhoods that lack access to affordable, convenient food under the best of circumstances.

After some rapid adjustments to the new normal, Team Mobile Market launches the 2020 season next week.

We are serving the same 10 under-resourced neighborhoods we always serve, but have tweaked the weekly schedule because of the ongoing need for social distancing and low- to no-contact markets.

Here is where to find us for the next two weeks - buckle up for dates and times:

Week 1:
Wednesday June 3: Mayfair ( Kenilworth Terrace NE & Burnham Pl NE) 3-6 pm
Thursday June 4 Pop-Up: Hendley Elementary (425 Chesapeake Street SE) 3-5 pm
Friday June 5: Edgewood (Edgewood St NE & Evarts St NE) 3-6 pm
Saturday June 6: Anacostia (13th St SE & W St SE) 10 am - 1 pm

Week 2:
Wednesday June 10: Bellevue Library/Community of Hope (115 Atlantic Street SW) 3-6 pm
Thursday June 11 Pop-Up: The Park at Ledroit (3rd and Elm Streets NW) 3-5 pm
Friday, June 12: Oxon Run Park (Wheeler Rd Se & Valley Ave SE) 3-6 pm
Saturday June 13: Deanwood Recreation Center (48th St NE & Minnesota Ave NE) 10 - 1 pm

Sign up for the Mobile Market newsletter HERE to keep track of this mildly complex schedule.

Or sign up for text alerts to know when the Mobile Market is at the stop most convenient to you.

Remember: The Mobile Market sells the very best local produce and meat from amazing small farms. We accept and double federal nutrition benefits - so $10 on your EBT card buys you $20 in delicious food. (We also double WIC and Senior FMNP). The markets are open to everyone - we accept cash and credit cards too!

Farm Camp:
We are sad to report that because of the ongoing pandemic, we have made the hard decision to cancel Farm Camp this season. Our Farm Camp families have been incredibly gracious, understanding that our limited physical infrastructure prevents us from being certain we can keep everyone safe and healthy.

We are working on plans to engage farm campers and other families in socially distant but fun,educational and delicious activities on the farm; keep an eye on our COVID response page for the latest updates and new resources in the Arcadia Stay At Home Club.

Volunteer Update:
Our site is unfortunately still closed to visitors and volunteers, but fear not: we have a "honey do" list as long as a garden hoe waiting for you when we re-open! Sign up to receive Farmer Katherine''s newsletter to stay up to date on all the farm gossip - you wouldn''t believe what those ratchet hornworms, busy bees. and innocent little seedlings are getting up to!

About Arcadia

Arcadia Center for Sustainable Food & Agriculture was founded in 2010 with the mission to create a more equitable and sustainable local food system that will improve the health of our community, the viability of local farmers, and preserve our environment for future generations.

Arcadia Farm is located on the historic grounds of Woodlawn Estate in Alexandria, Virginia, thanks to a landmark partnership with the National Trust for Historic Preservation and the support and vision of Arcadia's Founder, Michael Babin.

Arcadia is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, identified as
Arcadia Food, Inc.
(Tax ID 27-3611614)

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9000 Richmond Highway

Alexandria, VA 22309

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Arcadians - thank you. Strap in: it''s a long one, but there''s lots of good news to share as we hunker down in our homes, waiting for time to pass.

Last Sunday, as Arcadia made its national television debut on the docuseries "What''s Eating America with Andrew Zimmern" you donated more than $11,000 for Arcadia''s Mobile Markets, which have surged to serve the city''s most vulnerable residents, and the Capital Area Food Bank which is supporting nearly 500 local food pantries at a time when the need is skyrocketing.

A check for half of that amount is on the way to the Capital Area Food Bank. And we are proud and grateful to put your donations to work today at our Deanwood Mobile Market stop in Washington, D.C.''s Ward 7. We are delivering 200 farm shares of local food, each weighing 12 lbs and with a great variety of nutritious veggies, to our customers, most of whom at that stop are elders.

Arcadia's Mobile Market is by nature a nimble model that operates as the connector between underserved DC residents and local farmers. Now more than ever we see the vital role we fill. We have moved to a pre-order only model, so customers can order online, we pack everything with heightened care and safety measures, then the customers pick up and pay at designated sites around the city."

Our Mobile Market team - Erin, Erik and Izzy - is on the front line of this food crisis, doing everything they can to serve the community while keeping everyone safe through hand washing, social distancing, and careful food handling.

What''s even more extraordinary, to me as the executive director, is the Mobile Market teams'' initiative and innovation. Springtime is normally dedicated to planning and preparing - the relative calm before the happy, exhausting storm that is the growing season. This is when we are normally hiring 10 to 15 seasonal employees, training them, getting permits and inspections, visiting local farms to find new sources, fixing our equipment, and conducting community outreach for a market season that traditionally starts in Mid-May - right when local food starts to be harvested in abundance.

The Arcadia Mobile Market team huddled - virtually - and decided to conduct a surge operation. Everyone working the markets is paid, of course, but they are volunteering for duty. They devised a plan both to serve the people who need access to food the most and to keep everyone as safe as possible. And they launched within that week, learning and adapting their model as they go. This week, we are proud to source from Earth N Eats Farm to get the highest quality fresh food into the hands of our customers, and to make sure this excellent small farm is paid a fair price for its amazing food.

The Arcadia Mobile Market is planning market stops to serve 300 customers every week for the next four weeks, and we are working with local restaurateurs, including our founders at Neighborhood Restaurant Group and Chef Erik Bruner-Yang''s The Power of 10 to coordinate free meal distribution at our sites going forward - more on that as this dynamic situation develops.

VETERAN FARMERS:
The United States Marine Corps has a slogan that we''ve adopted for our Veteran Farmer Program for the time being: Improvise, Adapt and Overcome.

Farm Fellow Vanessa maintains six feet of physical distance with the line trimmer.

Our famously hands-on Veteran Farmer Reserve program has moved online for the month of March, with a weekend on Zoom conferences with business planning, crop rotation, land access, and other critical knowledge-based skill sets to prepare our 26 participants to run successful farm operations. Because that''s what both military-types and farmers-to-be enjoy the most: teleconferences!

Farm Ed, at home!
Keep an eye on Arcadia''s website and our social media accounts for farming and educational links and videos from our farm education staff, doing what they can to make homeschooling those kiddos a little easier, and to help you prep your gardens for spring and summer growing. (spoiler alert: the more effort you invest in enriching your soil, the better). Check out our At-Home Educational Resources for ideas of how you can learn and have fun with your children HERE.

As we continue under pandemic conditions, Arcadia has put our volunteer opportunities on hold. We miss you and have a REALLY long to-do list when we can finally put everyone back to work! Please do keep signing up for volunteer days on Eventbrite or by filling out a volunteer interest form HERE- both are great ways for us to know you are interested and to stay in touch.

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Arcadia was featured on "What''s Eating America with Andrew Zimmern." link - our portion starts at minute 39! You can view the NBC recording HERE. We''re still working to get permission to share the clip openly on YouTube, and will let you know when we do.

Take care, and stay safe,
Your Friends at Arcadia

About Arcadia

Arcadia Center for Sustainable Food & Agriculture was founded in 2010 with the mission to create a more equitable and sustainable local food system that will improve the health of our community, the viability of local farmers, and preserve our environment for future generations.

Arcadia Farm is located on the historic grounds of Woodlawn Estate in Alexandria, Virginia, thanks to a landmark partnership with the National Trust for Historic Preservation and the support and vision of Arcadia's Founder, Michael Babin.

Arcadia is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, identified as
Arcadia Food, Inc.
(Tax ID 27-3611614)

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Hey Arcadians!

Checking in on you, mind, body, and soul. We miss you, and we hope you are safe and healthy as we enter the 6th month of the global pandemic.

Thanks to you, Arcadia has been hard at work - and working on ways to lighten the burdens that we can.

Arcadia has been farming and donating produce to people affected by COVID and unemployment.
We have been operating food distribution sites near the farm.
We helped to stand up and support the operations of the MidAtlantic Food Resilience and Access Coalition which connects local farmers and local emergency food distributions with grant funds.
The Mobile Markets are bringing great food directly into the communities in DC that lack easy access to grocery stores.
And our Veteran Farmer Program is training the next wave of American farmers.

And we have something fun and new - and this one is for the kids and parents out there!

Arcadia Farm Camp Kits - bring Arcadia Farm Camp to your own backyard!

Running out of ideas for keeping your child - age 5 - 12 - engaged at home? Arcadia Farm Camp Kits to the rescue! Purchase now and pick up your kit this Friday or Saturday from 3-6 pm, and your child can take part in Virtual Farm Camp from Aug. 3 - 7, with daily Camp Circle Zooms with other campers and Farmer Ivy. Minimizing screen time? We got you: every project comes with instructions for the kids and a written guide for caregivers so your camper can take it at their own pace.

Price: $65
Order soon, we only have 50 slots available. Registration is open until July 29th!
Learn more and order your Kit/s HERE: https://tinyurl.com/ArcadiaFarmCampKit

Inside your OFFICIAL FARM CAMP KIT is a week''s worth of activities that focus on growing, creating, and exploring, in your own backyard or park!

Ready, Set, Grow!
Want your very own Swiss Chard plant and watch it grow into the fall.

Watercolor Leaves
Use leaves to make a painted, textured work of art.

Summer Harvest Suncatcher
Gather leaves and flowers that inspire you to craft a seasonal suncatcher that says "ah, Summer!"

Arcadia Nature Journal
Create your own nature journal to plan your dream garden, do crazy Mad Libz, document your plant's growth, and make observations about the natural world.

Natural Play Dough
Use household ingredients and natural, plant-based dyes to make your very own vibrant play dough.

Sun Print
Create a beautiful piece of art with objects from nature and the power of the sun. Sun prints, or cyanotypes, were one of the first photography methods!

Nature Loom
Collect treasures from your yard or a nature walk and create a beautiful tapestry on a recycled cardboard loom!

Plus, Arcadia's Sensory Scavenger Hunt and Insect Identification chart!

Learn more and order your Kit/s HERE: https://tinyurl.com/ArcadiaFarmCampKit

While Farmer Ivy has been busy assembling kits, Farmer Juan Pablo and his band of volunteers have been looking after school gardens along Richmond Highway near the farm. When the pandemic shut the schools, it was right after spring vegetables went into the ground. JP and his team are helping to keep the garden beds weeded and watered, and in good shape, so they will be ready to plant and harvest when kids finally return.

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.

Hang in there, Arcadians. We can''t wait to hang around with you again!

About Arcadia

Arcadia Center for Sustainable Food & Agriculture was founded in 2010 with the mission to create a more equitable and sustainable local food system that will improve the health of our community, the viability of local farmers, and preserve our environment for future generations.

Arcadia Farm is located on the historic grounds of Woodlawn Estate in Alexandria, Virginia, thanks to a landmark partnership with the National Trust for Historic Preservation and the support and vision of Arcadia's Founder, Michael Babin.

Arcadia is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, identified as
Arcadia Food, Inc.
(Tax ID 27-3611614)

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Copyright ? 2020 Arcadia Center for Sustainable Food & Agriculture, All rights reserved.
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Arcadia''s Mobile Markets exist because you saw a need and decided, collectively, to fill it.

You willed (and donated!) them into existence in 2012, and have supported them ever since as they bring farm-fresh food to neighborhoods otherwise overlooked by traditional retailers.

And it''s a good thing you did: we are in the right place at the right time for people who really need us.

Here''s how: the Mobile Market staff at this time of year are normally prepping for a grueling seven-month season of 10 markets a week. But they surged into operation in March to make sure our vulnerable customers have groceries.

It''s hard work, and it comes with the same risks now faced by others working in retail food, and we are using appropriate caution and PPE to protect our staff, all of whom volunteered to work despite the pandemic, because they know our customers need us.

One of those customers sent us a really lovely email last weekend. And because Arcadia donors and members are the reason the Markets exist at all, this note is for you, too:

"To all of Arcadia''s Mobile Market staff and volunteer staff who made the Edgewood and Deadwood markets possible this weekend -
We the people, your shareholders, and community at large, wish to acknowledge you and your hard work and efforts to support us and help make our lives a little easier in our country''s time of need during this Pandemic. And as all front-line workers throughout the world have been acknowledged and praised for their efforts and support to help their communities, you guys have not been forgotten!!!
And on behalf of all of the DMV, and all you guys do and in all the ways you support us, we are also here to support you guys, we thank you, we love you and...
wish, hope, and pray that you and your family are all safe and healthy.
Your fans in the DMV"

Arcadia is your good food avatar, out in the world, doing the work you set us up to do.

Help keep the markets rolling through the pandemic and beyond by donating to Arcadia today for Spring2Action. www.spring2action.org/organizations/arcadia-food-inc

Our gates may be closed, but our hearts are open.

About Arcadia

Arcadia Center for Sustainable Food & Agriculture was founded in 2010 with the mission to create a more equitable and sustainable local food system that will improve the health of our community, the viability of local farmers, and preserve our environment for future generations.

Arcadia Farm is located on the historic grounds of Woodlawn Estate in Alexandria, Virginia, thanks to a landmark partnership with the National Trust for Historic Preservation and the support and vision of Arcadia's Founder, Michael Babin.

Arcadia is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, identified as
Arcadia Food, Inc.
(Tax ID 27-3611614)

FORWARD TO A FRIEND

Copyright ? 2020 Arcadia Center for Sustainable Food & Agriculture, All rights reserved.
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9000 Richmond Highway

Alexandria, VA 22309

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"Hello, friends!"

That''s how Farmer Ivy starts every Bookworms meeting. Seven or eight smiling faces beam back at her from their home computers, their book at the ready. They are often at the kitchen table, with a parent bustling in the background.

Kids (and their adults) are over-Zoomed, for sure. But there is something about the Bookworm Club that keeps them coming back week after week.

The stories they get to read and share? The new friendships made across time and space?

Yes.

But also the magical gift of a cool grown up who is deeply interested in what they have to say.

Back in early March, Farm Education Director Ivy Mitchell made the difficult - and prescient - decision to cancel Arcadia Farm Camp and field trips when most of us were just figuring out what a stay-at-home order was.

And she knew what they would be missing, even more than the bright red strawberries and plump blackberries the children hunted in the Groundhog Garden, more than the orange carrots they unearth and the beets that stain their fingers pink, more than the gritty worms that wiggle in their hands. Ivy knew that what children would hunger for most, without the ability to come to the farm, was the rapt attention of a kind adult (outside of their immediate family) who really, REALLY wanted to hear what they have to say.

And so online Farm Camp and the Bookworms club came to be - because Arcadia is not just a clutch of farm-related programs. It''s a community of friends and strangers, who come together around food - growing it, learning about it, eating it, and talking about, and around, and because of it.

The littlest Arcadians are invited to join Ivy and new friends every Tuesday. They will start a new book in 2021. Click here to sign up. http://arcadiafood.org/Bookworms

Thank you for supporting Arcadia as we adapt on the fly to changing circumstances. We couldn''t have gotten this far without you.

Please consider making a year-end donation to Arcadia as you celebrate the end of 2020 while looking forward with hope to 2021!

We hope to see you in the new year!

About Arcadia
Arcadia Center for Sustainable Food & Agriculture was founded in 2010 with the mission to create a more equitable and sustainable local food system that will improve the health of our community, the viability of local farmers, and preserve our environment for future generations.

Arcadia Farm is located on the historic grounds of Woodlawn Estate in Alexandria, Virginia, thanks to a landmark partnership with the National Trust for Historic Preservation and the support and vision of Arcadia's Founder, Michael Babin.
Arcadia is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, identified as
Arcadia Food, Inc.

(Tax ID 27-3611614)

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