Arlington Friends of Urban Agriculture

Terrific volunteers! Thanks for joining us in the dirt!

🌱🌽UPDATED! Plot Against Hunger’s 2024 Spring Garden Kickoff. Learn about Arlington’s new upcoming multi-family dwelling compost program, a fascinating ozone study, GMU’s sustainability & greenhouse program, & more. Plus a chance for gardeners to meet & mingle, information on how to participate in the Plot program, & lots of giveaways. Saturday, March 9, 10 am. Arlington Central Library 🔧BONUS TOOL SWAP JUST ADDED! INFO COMING SOON! 🔨 🪴🥬🍎🥕🥑 #urbanagriculture #arlingtonva #volunteering #plotagainsthunger #arlingtonurbanag #growyourownfood #urbangarden #fooddonation #compost #ozonestudy #ozonestudy https://lnkd.in/ex98fMhf

Join us for Plot Against Hunger’s 2024 Spring Garden Kickoff! We’ll have terrific speakers on gardens and food pantries, seed & seedling giveaways, & garden tips. Plus a chance for gardeners to meet & mingle, information on how to participate in the Plot program, & more! Saturday, 3/9, 10 am, Arlington Central Library. Registration is now live - link below! 🪴🥬🍎🥕🥑 #urbanagriculture #arlingtonva #volunteering #plotagainsthunger #arlingtonurbanag #growyourownfood #urbangarden #fooddonation https://lnkd.in/ex98fMhf

We were thrilled to honor Audrey Morris with the Golden Radish Award at our annual meeting. Audrey brought her experience of farming in Michigan to Arlington and jumped right in to cultivating urban agriculture here for over 10 years. She served on the County's Urban Agriculture Task Force and then formed the Friends of Urban Agriculture around her dining room table. She served as our first President as we became a 501c3 and then as our Treasurer, applying her CPA skills to building our organization. She also organized everything from Garden Talks at the library to organizing seed and seedling giveaways to tending a Plot Against Hunger Garden at First Presbyterian Church. As Audrey eases into retirement, we are grateful she will remain active with FOUA. Thank you, Audrey!! We invite your honor Audrey with a holiday donation: https://lnkd.in/eVZdtutM

At our annual meeting, we showed our gratitude to our outgoing board members - Robin Broder, Audrey Morris, David Sachs and Elizabeth Collaton, and we welcomed our new board members - Kara Simon, Tyler Buchanan, Marissa Burkland, Suvasanamayee Viswanatha. All of them bring skills and enthusiasm to building Friends of Urban Agriculture. Help them with a special donation: https://lnkd.in/eVZdtutM

With the help of scores of volunteers, donors, and partners, we are making progress toward having a fair, healthy, sustainable local food system for all Arlingtonians. We invite you to make a donation today so we can make a bigger impact in 2024! https://lnkd.in/eVZdtutM

Join us to celebrate 2023 and look forward to 2024! 🌲 🍎 🥕

We invite you to our 2023 annual meeting. We want to thank you for all that you contribute throughout the year. Join us in fellowship to celebrate the year’s accomplishments, welcome new board of directors members, and award the 2023 Golden Radish! RSVP today for this fun and social event. We will provide a few light snacks. WHEN: Saturday, December 9 at 10:00am -11:30am WHERE: Arlington Central Library, 1015 N. Quincy Street https://lnkd.in/gXBsY7UJ

On Oct 25, we're excited to partner with not one but two local businesses for this delicious event! Sushi-Zen has a long history in Arlington of supporting local nonprofit organizations like FOUA through tasty charity nights. Enjoy special menu items at Sushi-Zen using fresh ingredients from Arlington's own Area 2 Farms including microgreens and herbs. We'll enjoy fresh microgreen salads, mint mochi ice cream, and we'll be the first to try two special FOUA sushi rolls! Sushi-Zen 4:30pm - 8:30pm at 2457 Harrison Street, Arlington.

Register now for the Urban Ag Month Kickoff event on Sunday, Oct 1! We've got a great program lined up, plus lots of giveaways! Info and reg link here: https://lnkd.in/eXCj5U4x