Fresh Take Blog

As I reflect on this year, I think about how being a college freshman is already difficult, and then you add an entire pandemic on top of it… it has been crazy! Despite the many challenges, I managed to get through the year, and something that helped me power through each week was my internship with FRESHFARM FoodPrints.

Over the past several months, we’ve built a brand new market application and evaluation system from the ground up with a goal to be more intentional in our recruitment efforts, more transparent in our evaluation process, and more equitable in our vendor selections.

George Miller of Four Seasons Nursery shares his spring gardening tips.

The Pop Up Food Hub partners with We Are Family to support delivery of fresh fruits and vegetables to 1,000 seniors across DC.

Imagine popping outside your front door, and waiting for you there is a bag full of fresh produce that you will use to have fun cooking and eating with your friends and family. Well, for students at five D.C. Elementary Schools, they don’t have to use their imaginations… this is FoodPrints!

FoodPrints is the real deal. They know what they're doing and they do it with excellence. I wish they could be in every school in the District and every school in the country!

Testimony to DC Council to advocate for partnership models to support outdoor education models to as part of COVID recovery at DC public elementary schools in COVID recovery budgets - and to establish a system for recurring funding in the city budget to support food, garden and environmental education programs.

ROI for FoodPrints’ Comprehensive Food Education Program makes connections between DC policy, national research, and FoodPrints evidence.