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Accokeek Foundation

Apr 23, 2015
3 min

Accokeek Foundation Joins Temple Hills Farmers’ Market in Celebrating 5th Year of Sustainabili

Nigel the Lamb is a heritage breed Hog Island Sheep who lives on the farm in Accokeek. The Accokeek Foundation helps to preserve the...

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Accokeek Foundation

Dec 16, 2013
4 min

Adopt-a-Trail Program

In partnership with the National Park Service, the Accokeek Foundation maintains six nature trails in Piscataway Park. The Adopt-A-Trail...

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Volunteer Gleaning Day on the Ecosystem Farm

Accokeek Foundation

Nov 5, 2013
2 min

Volunteer Gleaning Day on the Ecosystem Farm

It was a beautiful day on the farm last Saturday as 19 volunteers took on the task of freeing fence lines from creeping vegetation and...

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Accokeek Foundation

Oct 22, 2013
5 min

Agrarian vs. Industrial

by Holli Elliott As my apprenticeship at Accokeek is drawing to a close, I have been thinking a lot about the value of being connected to...

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Accokeek Foundation

Oct 18, 2013
1 min

Foto Friday: Fall Foliage

After 16 days of forced separation from the site, we were finally able to open the gates and return to Piscataway Park last Thursday. The...

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Accokeek Foundation

Oct 15, 2013
1 min

The Show Must Go On!

We began recruiting volunteers for this year’s Twilight Tales over the summer, and the dedicated group of people who answered our call...

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Accokeek Foundation

Sep 13, 2013
1 min

United Way Day of Caring 2013

Their work on the tobacco barn and Laurel Branch — through the application of “witch’s brew” (turpentine, boiled linseed oil, and pine...

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Accokeek Foundation

May 22, 2013
1 min

Livestock Farmhands Volunteers

Godiva, one of our spring Hog Island Sheep lambs. If you love animals and would like to spend a few hours each week working on the farm,...

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Accokeek Foundation

May 20, 2013
2 min

It’s Amazing What an Eagle Scout Can Do

In January, a young man named Ian (the son of one of our bluebird monitors) contacted us to see if he could do his Eagle Scout Service...

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Accokeek Foundation

May 20, 2013
2 min

Denison Landscaping Selects Accokeek Foundation as a “40 Green Initiatives” Project Site

To commemorate their 40th Anniversary, Denison Landscaping is giving back to the communities it serves by conducting 40 in-kind...

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Accokeek Foundation

Apr 26, 2013
3 min

In honor of National Volunteer Week

In the wake of the bombing this month at the Boston Marathon, my facebook newsfeed was inundated with posts and statuses lamenting the...

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Accokeek Foundation

Mar 13, 2013
3 min

AmeriCorps Works. No really, it does!

I am five months and two days (is it really already March?!) into my service year with the Accokeek Foundation, Volunteer Maryland, and...

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