Real Food Farm

Baltimore, MD

Real Food Farm is dedicated to advancing a just and sustainable food system by enhancing community access to nutritious food, offering experiential education, and fostering a financially viable and environmentally conscious local agriculture sector.

The farm operates on two sites, Clifton Park and Perlman Place, located just a tenth of a mile apart in Baltimore City. At Clifton Park, spanning approximately 6 acres, the farm features eight hoophouses, four outdoor fields, a sensory garden, and over 100 fruit trees. Additionally, there's an education/events pavilion, a small greenhouse for seedlings, and shared infrastructure like a gas-heated greenhouse and solar-powered walk-in refrigerator. Perlman Place, acquired in 2014, adds around 2 acres of growing space to the farm, featuring production fields, perennial beds, and an orchard.

Apprentices at Real Food Farm engage primarily in cultivating, weeding, and harvesting crops in the permanent raised beds, both outdoors and in hoophouses. They also assist in processing and packaging produce for the CSA (Community Supported Agriculture), local farmers market, and donation. While apprentices focus mainly on farm activities, they may also contribute to setting up and supporting educational programming on the farm, although they won't be responsible for teaching lessons or leading activity stations during field trips.