ECO City Farm: Urban Agriculture in DC

EcoCity Farms is located in Edmonston, a largely industrial area in northeast DC. (Alison Klein/VOA)

The farm plans to build more hoop greenhouses, a food shed kitchen, and a small orchard on this abandoned tennis court. (Alison Klein/VOA)

EcoCity Farms grower and builder Adam Schwartz with another volunteer as they harvest spinach. (Alison Klein/VOA)

Crops are watered by drip irrigation from black tubes that run down each row. (Alison Klein/VOA)

The small farm is situated next to a water culvert and railroad tracks. Volunteer Jill harvests radishes. (Alison Klein/VOA)

Marcy Clark (center) brings her children Alston, Caleb, John and Hannah (not pictured) to EcoCity Farms for a lesson in sustainable agriculture - With staff Margaret Morgan-Hubbard and Christian Melendez. (Alison Klein/VOA)

Volunteer John Clark with carrots he harvested. (Alison Klein/VOA)

Plastic sheets cover the hoop houses at night, and are rolled up when temperature allows. (Alison Klein/VOA)

Adam Schwartz washing the greens as the crops are made ready for pick-up. (Alison Klein/VOA)

Farm manager Christian Melendez sits alongside incubating seedlings that tap into compost heat. (Rosanne Skirble/VOA)

One of four greenhouses at the Edmonston farm. To the right is one of solar panels, which is how they power the farm. (Alison Klein/VOA)

EcoCity Founder and CEO Margaret Morgan-Hubbard bags vegetables for CSA members who have purchased weekly shares in the winter harvest. (Alison Klein/VOA)

The Moss family bikes here each week to pick up their share in the harvest. (Rosanne Skirble/VOA)

Organic food waste delivered each week is shredded and then fed to worms to compost. (Rosanne Skirble/VOA)

Worms turn food waste into compost to improve the soil. (Alison Klein/VOA)

"No Farms, No Food" reads the sign by the chicken coop. (Alison Klein/VOA)