Last year, Red Wiggler had a white pigeon come to our farm and make a nest and home here temporarily, and we named it Bernie. Bernie first showed up in Read More …
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Welcome Back, Monday Morning Meeting & Seeding White Clover
Today, we welcomed back many of our Grower Staff to our farm today! Despite snow on the ground, everyone was excited to be back. Here is a photo of the Read More …
March is National Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month
March is National Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month! Red Wiggler Community Farm is committed to providing meaningful and purposeful employment opportunities to adults with intellectual and/or developmental differences (I/DD), a historically Read More …
Volunteer Highlight: Steve Charles and the Importance of Our Deer Fence
Our Deer Fence! As a Certified Organic farm, our deer fence is critical to protecting our fields and vegetables from deer and other wild animals including raccoons, fox, and possums. Read More …
Program Spotlight: Volunteer-in-Training Program Fall 2021
This past fall at Red Wiggler, we brought back the Volunteer-in-Training (VIT) Program to accommodate adults and high school-aged students with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) who seek a low-risk Read More …
Snow Day!
Happy New Year! #SnowDay #Snow #Winter #NatureIsAwesome Photo by Woody Woodroof, Executive Director & Founder.
What Farmers Do In Winter – Fencework!
Can’t grow veggies without a deer fence! #WhatFarmersDoInWinter #DeerFence #Fencework
#MeetTheFarmerMonday – Meet Rachel!
It’s #MeetTheFarmerMonday – Meet Rachel, Red Wiggler’s CSA Coordinator! In her role as CSA Coordinator, Rachel oversees the distribution of all the bounty that comes out of Red Wiggler’s fields. Read More …
2021 #GIVINGTUESDAY – Thank you!
WOW! A BIG THANK YOU to everyone for helping us to reach our #2021GivingTuesday goal! We raised $15,380.00!! Because of supporters like you, Red Wiggler will be able to continue Read More …
2021 #GIVINGTUESDAY
Today is #GivingTuesday, and it’s one of the biggest giving days of the entire year. We’re setting a big goal today — $7,500. Can we count on you to help Read More …
#MeetTheFarmerMonday – Meet Our 2021 Fall Care Farming Interns!
It’s #MeetTheFarmerMonday – Meet our 2021 Fall Care Farming Interns! Fall 2021 was the first time Red Wiggler had Care Farming interns, who specifically focused on helping the farm expand Read More …
#MeetTheFarmerMonday – Meet Brandon!
#MeetTheFarmerMonday – Meet Brandon! Brandon has been working with us as a Grower since 2016. Some tasks Brandon is great at include harvesting carrots and garlic with a spading fork, Read More …
Recognition of Red Wiggler’s Efforts
Red Wiggler Community Farm was recognized for its efforts 2 times recently! First, Marc Elrich, the County Executive of Montgomery County, MD, presented a certificate to Red Wiggler and approximately Read More …
The Potomac School: October 2021
A BIG THANK YOU to The Potomac School students and teachers who volunteered alongside our Grower staff and volunteers on Wednesday, October 13, 2021 and Wednesday, October 20, 2021! They Read More …
#MeetTheFarmerMonday – Meet Kim!
It’s #MeetTheFarmerMonday – Meet Kim! Kim was hired as a Grower in 2010. Kim is one of our fabulous CSA assistants, and during the CSA, Kim always greets our CSA Read More …