Nourishing our roots & cultivating wellness in our community!

Nutritionist, chef demos, wellness & fitness, healthy products, and more!

This will be a hands-on workshop where participants will plant garlic and learn the basics about growing this pungent and flavorful root vegetable through the winter! Come learn about the different garlic varieties and how to support their healthy growth! Participants can sign up to come back during harvest in the summer to take some fresh garlic home!

Save the date for our September 23rd Cooking Demonstration at the Ward 8 Farmers’ Market!

Save the date for our September 17th Winter Gardening 101 Class at East Capitol Urban Farm!

Save the date for our August 26th Cooking Demonstration at the Ward 8 Farmers’ Market!

With summer in full swing, join us as we learn how to craft and prepare simple, nourishing recipes with the garden’s bounty. This is a free event and open to all.

Come meet and learn to work with a handful of common, safe, and easy-to-grow medicinal herbs. You’ll come away with knowledge around how to identify, grow, and work with each plant based on their unique virtues and affinities and how to craft simple preparations like teas, oils, and tinctures. This is a free event and open to all.

Save the date for our July 22nd Cooking Demonstration at the Ward 8 Farmers’ Market!

If you've always wanted to garden, this is the workshop for you! You will leave this workshop with a good foundation for starting your gardening journey. We will also start some seeds that can be taken hom! This is a free event and open to all.

Save the date for our June 10th Cooking Demonstration at the Ward 8 Farmers’ Market!

Fun fact: Gardening is for everyone!

If you’ve always wanted to garden, this is the class for you! Join us to learn how to set up, design, and cultivate a vegetable garden on this multi-functional, three-acre farm located in southeast Washington, DC. You will leave with tips on how to get started and to keep your garden growing for years to come.

RSVP here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/gardening-101-tickets-635995077397

Summer camps, medical services, mobile food markets, and opportunities to get involved in system change… Did you know you can learn about ALL of this and more at the upcoming Resource Fair at The Well?

Please RSVP here so we can get a general headcount for food and activities!

What? Discover local organizations and networks active East of the river that are available to support you! There will be food, music, activities, and local organizations introducing themselves and sharing information about the services they provide. Come through for 15 minutes or stay all four hours! We'd love to see you for any amount of time.

Who? All residents of Wards 7 and 8 are welcome! Also, we would like to invite organizations (nonprofits, small businesses, etc) that serve residents East of the river to table at this event to pass out information about the programs or services you provide. If your organization provides useful services in Wards 7 and 8 (such as food access, housing, or youth programming), CLICK HERE to apply to table at our event!

When? Saturday, May 13th from 11am-3pm

Where? The Well at Oxon Run (300 Valley Ave SE, Washington, DC 20032)

Here are a few organizations that will be attending:

Starting With Today | Congress Heights Arts and Culture Center |DC Hunger Solutions |The Green Scheme |Casey Trees | MedStar Family Choice DC | Unity Healthcare EOR+ Anacostia+Parkside | The STAND Foundation | LCHC | Mayors Office of Veterans Affairs | D.C. Long Term Care Ombudsman Office/Legal Counsel for the Elderly | City Blossoms | Arcadia Mobile Market

Join the HBCU Alumni Alliance and Roots for Life as we celebrate National Nutrition Month. This year’s theme is “Fuel for the Future”. Come out to learn about eating healthy, how to grow your own food, and more ways to fuel your body and mind in the future!

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We have an exciting event coming up on January 21, 2023 at 2pm EST! Some of the incredible poets from Poetry X Hunger will be sharing their poems on hunger and some anti-hunger experts will be giving us their thoughts on how we can solve hunger issues using the arts.

Join us online for the fun. You can sign up for the FREE event at https://bit.ly/poetryxhungerevent

Feeling generous? Donate to both Poetry X Hunger and Roots for Life at https://bit.ly/givePXHRFL

Join us for an Earth Day celebration at Bruce-Monroe Elementary School!

Bruce-Monroe Elementary School

3560 Warder St. NW

Washington, DC 20010

Talk and Demo with Tanorria Askew in Partnership with Roots for Life

About this event

In Staples + 5, Tanorria Askew, a private chef and former MasterChef contestant, was inspired by the tradition of cooking she learned from her grandparents: make the most of what you have. She focuses on making something magical and delicious from simple, accessible pantry ingredients and during the event she will show us just how she does this– plus we will have samples to share!

This event will be presented in partnership with Roots for Life, a local grassroots volunteer organization committed to educating and empowering communities to thrive by eradicating food deserts and food insecurity.

Date and time

Wed, Mar 23, 2022, 7:00 PM EDT

Location

Bold Fork Books

3064 Mount Pleasant Street Northwest

Washington, DC 20009

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Refund policy

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Culinary Demonstrations and Container Gardening Rooftop Event at H Street Farm

Join our FREE educational collaborative rooftop event to increase food sustainability.

If you are interested in creating a container garden that can work in any size space and then cooking from your own bounty, this demo-filled event is for you!

In our collective effort to reduce food insecurity, we are accepting donations of new spices/herbs and new kitchen utensils for Housewarming Baskets for individuals and families going into affordable housing. With your help, families can be equipped with the tools necessary to make delicious meals at home!

Program Schedule

1:00 – 2:00 pm – Container Gardening Demo by H Street Farm

2:15 – 4:00 pm – Cooking demos by Good Foods Market and Byron Daniels of Daniels Catering

3:30 – 4:00 pm – Self-guided Farm Tour

H Street Farm, 910 Bladensburg Road Northeast, Washington, DC 20002

Hosted by Roots for Life, HBCU Alumni Alliance, Good Food Markets, and Cultivate the City.

JOIN US FOR OUR COMMUNITY HAPPY HOUR!