DPR Communal Farm Leader Application Open!
Hello all
Hope everyone is well. The DPR Communal Farm Leader application is now open. See details below along with the application link. Deadline to apply is Thursday February 9th 5pm. Feel free to reach out anytime with questions.
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2023 DPR Communal Farm Leader Program
Description
The DC Parks and Rec (DPR) Communal Farm Leader program was piloted in 2022 to train community members to help manage the DPR communal farms while helping expand weekend farm access to the community. The 2022 farm leaders were a major reason why the DPR communal Farms were able to grow and giveaway almost 10K pounds of veggies in 2022 while giving 100s of community members the opportunity to volunteer, farm, and harvest on the weekend.
For 2023 we're looking to recruit and train more farm leaders for each DPR Communal Farm. The DPR Communal Farm Leader program trains community members for FREE on a variety of ways to grow food in urban environments in exchange for helping expand weekend access at DPR Communal Farms during the growing season. This program is a great chance to learn how to grow food, from seed to harvest, while helping feed your community.
- From Mid-February to October Farm leaders will receive a combination of hands-on and virtual training on various topics including building garden beds and soil prep, propagation and planting, pest, disease, and weed management, composting, etc.
- From April to October each farm leader will help host weekend open farm hours at a DPR Communal Farm of their choice, where participants will learn how to grow and co-manage a communal production farm. Open farm hours are supervised times where community members can visit a communal farm to volunteer, learn, and/or harvest.
DPR Communal Farms are urban Ag sites that are organized as communal production farms, managed by DPR staff and community volunteers, with the purpose of providing various ways for community members to receive free food, volunteer, and participate in hands on educational opportunities. More info about DPR Communal Farms at dpr.dc.gov/page/partner-urban-farms
DPR Communal Farms Locations
- Lederer Gardens - 4801 Nannie Helen Burroughs Ave NE (Ward 7)
- Edgewood Rooftop Farm - 300 Evarts St NE (Ward 5)
- Powell Communal Farm - 3149 16th St NW (Ward 1)
Program Schedule and Commitment
*** There will be flexibility for vacation, sick days, and bad weather ***
Hands-on Education at DPR Communal Farms
- Mid-February to March - Most Saturdays 10-12pm - Will learn growing basics while prepping the communal farms for the growing season and helping grow in the greenhouse.
- April to October - Must attend 1 Wednesday evening 6-8pm training a month to be trained on each month’s farm tasks
Co-leading Weekend Open Farm Hours
- April – November
- Every other Saturday
- Each farm leader is required to co-host (2) Saturday open farm hours a month lasting at least 2 hours each
- Ideally 4 leaders split into 2 groups of 2 and alternate Saturdays
Self-Guided Education
- 2 hours a week at a time of your choice
- Watch 6 of the (12) 2-hour recorded webinars from the 2022 DPR Urban Grower Course
- (Optional) Watch all (12) recorded classes and complete each assignment to receive a DPR Urban Grower Certificate of Completion.
For More Information
For questions please email Josh Singer, the DPR Community Garden Specialist, anytime at Joshua...@dc.gov
Registration
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