Clagett Farm is a 285 acres (1.2 km²) working farm located in Upper Marlboro, Maryland

Upper Marlboro, Maryland

Upper Marlboro is a town in and the county seat of Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The live-in population of the town core proper was only 648 at the 2000 census, although Greater Upper Marlboro is many times larger....

. It is owned and operated by the Chesapeake Bay Foundation

Chesapeake Bay Foundation

The Chesapeake Bay Foundation is a non-profit organization devoted to the restoration and protection of the Chesapeake Bay in the United States. It was founded in 1967 and has headquarters offices in Annapolis, Maryland...

. Once an old tobacco

Tobacco

Tobacco is an agricultural product processed from the leaves of plants in the genus Nicotiana. It can be consumed, used as a pesticide and, in the form of nicotine tartrate, used in some medicines...

 farm, Clagett Farm produces over 60,000 pounds of vegetables (and some fruit) each year. The farm strives to use sustainable

Sustainable agriculture

Sustainable agriculture is the practice of farming using principles of ecology, the study of relationships between organisms and their environment...

 techniques in farming. Clagett Farm also stresses the vegetable production plan, From the Ground Up, a joint effort by the Chesapeake Bay Foundation

Chesapeake Bay Foundation

The Chesapeake Bay Foundation is a non-profit organization devoted to the restoration and protection of the Chesapeake Bay in the United States. It was founded in 1967 and has headquarters offices in Annapolis, Maryland...

 and the Capital Area Food Bank

Capital Area Food Bank

The Capital Area Food Bank is the largest non-profit food bank in the Washington, D.C. area and a member of America's Second Harvest. In addition to serving the area with food, it also provides nutritional education to the local community. As a result, Washingtonian magazine named it one of the...

 to raise a variety of produce and provide food to people of all income levels. Clagett Farm is noted for distributing free or reduced priced produce for the underserved communities in Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.

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. Forty percent is distributed free to non-profit organizations

Non-profit organization

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 including Melwood Women Shelter and Capital Area Food Bank

Capital Area Food Bank

The Capital Area Food Bank is the largest non-profit food bank in the Washington, D.C. area and a member of America's Second Harvest. In addition to serving the area with food, it also provides nutritional education to the local community. As a result, Washingtonian magazine named it one of the...

. The other sixty percent is sold to shareholders in the Community Supported Agriculture program.

External links

Official Clagett Farm Website

Chesapeake Bay Foundation - Clagett Farm Project

Chesapeake Bay Foundation - From the Ground Up

DC Central Kitchen - Clagett Farm Provides Fresh Produce

Community Supported Agriculture in Maryland