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The holiday season is upon us, which means end of season parties galore! This time of year, we are especially grateful for all of our wonderful partners and the community support that sustains us. We hope you can join us for two upcoming parties that are sure to be a good time and will also raise money for Common Good City Farm!

To celebrate another successful Green Tomorrows season, Common Good City Farm hosted its first end-of-season potluck with delicious meals prepared by participants and food donations by Oyamel restaurant. We spent an afternoon listening to jazz that was DJ’ed by one participant's husband. We were delighted to listen to Mr. Booker and Mr. Charles, whose families are five-generation Washingtonians. We enjoyed hearing their stories about the progression of events in the LeDroit Park community.

Common Good City Farm is one of the first beneficiaries of Cause, the philanthropub.

Located on 9th and U Street NW, Cause is a novel restaurant where all of the profits are donated to DC charities, after basic costs are paid. Common Good City Farm is fortunate to be one of four charities selected by Cause for its first quarter. We believe Cause is a pioneer in the restaurant business, and we are excited to be involved with such an innovative concept.

Even though the farm is closed for the winter, we are still accepting your food scraps for compost! We continue to process compost throughout the winter so that we have rich soil to plant our seeds in once the spring comes.

So please, feel free to drop off your compostable food scraps and we will gladly take them. Click HERE for more information on our composting program.

By Marianne Ricord

On September 21st, Common Good City Farm participated in Park(ing) Day, an international event that occurs annually to promote green spaces in cities by converting parking spaces into temporary parks. Common Good City Farm, along with other DC organizations, set up a “park” in front of the Wilson Building in downtown Washington, DC.

By Elizabeth Packer

Last Saturday marked the conclusion of Common Good City Farm’s first Fall Internship Program. The inaugural program was a great success. Through the internship, youth participants furthered their knowledge about sustainable food and developed their leadership skills.

Sweat in my glasses
Water in my black bottle
Committed to work

Arriving on time
Serving my community
Feeding my people

Over 5,000
A goal so illustrious
Seedlings of Summer

The kitchen garden
½ acre of veggies
The community garden

By Priscilla Martinez
Every Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday evenings, youth ages 6 to 16 gather at Common Good City Farm to participate in the LEAF (Learning for Environment, Agriculture and Food) after-school program.

Part of this summer's program involves taking the youth to other urban agriculture sites in the area, including Wangari Gardens, a community garden located a few blocks from Common Good City Farm. On their visit to Wangari earlier this week, the crew workers were asked to write about what they found most beautiful about Wangari Gardens. Here are some of their responses:

What We Seek:
The Webmaster/IT Technician will join a diverse team of highly committed and talented staff and volunteers. This position is for someone with a background in web and graphic design who will be able to update the website, create promotional materials maintain database and computers and provide technical support to office staff as needed. Personal and professional maturity, creativity, and commitment to the vision and mission of Common Good City Farm will be required.