Make an impact in Montgomery County with Red Wiggler Community Farm today!Today we begin our End-of-Year Campaign with #GivingTuesday, and we need your help to raise $6k for our programs.#GivingTuesday is a global giving movement that has been built by individuals, families, organizations, businesses, and communities in countries around the world. Millions of people have come Read More …
Author: Elgin Martin
Mid-Atlantic Care Farming Summit
On October 16th, 2018 Red Wiggler Community Farm, in partnership with Future Harvest: Chesapeake Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture produced the first-ever Mid-Atlantic Care Farming Summit, on Red Wiggler’s campus in Germantown, Maryland. Red Wiggler identified 19 farms from 6 different states in America and Italy that work specifically with adults with developmental disabilities. Until recently, space Read More …
Grower Spotlight: Jerry Dillon
Not many people can claim “watermelon grower” on their business card. But then, not many people are like Jerry Dillon. Having worked at Red Wiggler for 23 years, Jerry has seen a lot of changes: a shift in cultivating a small variety of fruits to soley veggies, to the farm’s move from Wildcat Springs Farm Read More …
Volunteer Spotlight: Gleaning for a Good Cause
On August 20th, 2018 we invited a group of volunteers to our site at Ovid Hazen Wells Park to glean sweet potato greens. This project was a partnership between Community Food Rescue, University of Maryland Extension, School of Supplementary Nutrition Education, the Montgomery Council Master Gardeners and The Montgomery County Food Council. We welcomed the Read More …
Program Spotlight: Leisure World
The Red Wiggler team completed our first Leisure World Market of the season on Thursday, August 2nd. This visit has become a beloved tradition for Leisure World residents and our team of Staff & Growers.Red Wiggler Community Farm’s partnership with Leisure World was born in 1999, after resident Ben Margolin, discovered a Washington Post spotlight Read More …
Remembering Hallie Wells Birthday Today
Red Wiggler Community Farm remembers Hallie Ausmus Wells birthday today August 1, 1893- she would be 125. Below is a re-posting of an archived blog entry describing how she came to donate her 290-acre farm to the Park system in 1981- we are very grateful for this special woman and her contribution to our community. Read More …