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VolunteerThank you for your interest in From the Ground Up at Clagett Farm! Volunteer — donate your time so that we may distribute more food to low income families.
Work Share — work four hours in exchange for a week’s “share” of produce. SCHEDULE
Mid-May through Mid-November
| Work Days | Activities | Hours | Sign Up | No. of Volunteers
/Day | No. of Work-sharers
/Day | Worksharers, When to Pick Up Vegetables | Mon.
Wed.
Thur.
Fri. | Field work (weeding, planting, mulching, etc) | 8am-4pm | Call 301-537-3038 weekdays 8am-4pm to find out where we’ll be and what we might be doing | 20 | 10 | Pick your own share, or come during our regular share pick-up later in the week | | Tues. | Harvesting | 7:30 am - 3pm | Same as above | 20 | 10 | When you leave | | Sat. | Harvesting | 8:30 am - 4 pm on the Thursday or Friday prior | Volunteers, same as above; Worksharers, call 8am-4pm on the Thursday or Friday prior | 20 | 10 | When you leave |
Mid-November through Mid-February | Work Days | Activities | Hours | Sign Up | No. of Volunteers
/Day | No. of Work-sharers
/Day | Worksharers, When to Pick Up Vegetables | Mon.-
Fri. | Mostly office work, some outdoor work | 9am-4pm | Call 301-646-0282 to discuss what you would like to do; we can call or email when we need help | a few | 0 | N/A |
Mid-February through Mid-May | Work Days | Activities | Hours | Sign Up | No. of Volunteers
/Day | No. of Work-sharers
/Day | Worksharers, When to Pick Up Vegetables | Most Mon.-
Fri.
Some Sat. | Greenhouse work, office work, some field prep and planting beginning in March | 9am-4pm | Call 301-537-3038 or 301-646-0282 | 12 | 5 | “bank” hours and redeem your shares during the harvest season |
What to Bring and Wear
Please plan to get dirty. And please dress for the weather—rain gear if it might rain, warm layers if it will be cold, and light-colored, light-weight clothes, a hat, sunglasses and sunscreen if it will be hot. Always bring a water bottle. We have plenty of fresh water to re-fill your bottle. We have extra long-sleeve shirts and gloves to protect you against irritating plants, but you might prefer to wear your own. We also recommend bringing a spare pair of long pants if you don’t plan to wear them, since some of our crops, such as squash and okra, can be itchy.
Download a health form and leave it signed with us when you arrive, or adults may fill one out when they get to the farm. We only need this form once per year.
If you will be here during lunch, bring food with you. And please take your garbage home with you, since food waste tends to attract pests when left in our garbage cans.
Facilities
There are no air-conditioned rooms on the farm, but we do have barns where groups can meet or eat their lunch. We have a couple portable toilets behind the “Education Barn”, and we have hydrants where you can wash hands and refill water bottles.
Conditions
We do work on rainy days.
Directions
Click here for directions to the farm.
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