Supporting 200 small family farmers and food producers from the Mid-Atlantic region, FRESHFARM educates the public about food and the environment, sustains the local food economy, and works to ensure access to breads, meats, dairy, and locally grown products. Offering a match for those using federal nutrition benefits like SNAP, WIC, or Senior Nutrition Coupons, each market also partners with a neighborhood emergency provider to donate leftover food for use in their daily menus. The FoodPrints program helps students develop a preference for healthier foods by growing, harvesting, cooking, and enjoying seasonal produce in hands-on lessons, and parents and caregivers are invited into the classroom to volunteer and learn with their children. The Pop Up Food Hub works with nearly 70 community organizations to provide more than 6,000 children, families, and seniors with fresh, local food. There are so many ways to serve!

Headquarters: DC-Ward 2

Where They Operate: DC-Citywide; DC-Ward 1; DC-Ward 2; DC-Ward 3; DC-Ward 4; DC-Ward 5; DC-Ward 6; DC-Ward 7; DC-Ward 8; MD-Montgomery County; VA-Arlington County; VA-Fairfax County; VA-Prince William County; DC:; Benning; Brookland; CityCenter; Capitol Riverfront; Columbia Heights; Dupont Circle; Foggy Bottom; Fort Totten; Glover Park/Burleith; H Street NE; Mt Vernon Triangle; NoMa; Penn Quarter; Sixteenth Street Heights; White House; MD:; Silver Spring; VA:; Arlington; Ballston; Chantilly; Crystal City; Gainesville; Mosaic; Oakton; Reston; Rosslyn; Springfield; Tysons

Age Groups Served: All

Population(s) Served: All

Schools They Work In: Anne Beers; Burroughs; CW Harris; Francis Stevens; Garfield; Kimball; Lafayette; Langley; Ludlow Taylor; Marie Reed; Peabody; Simon; SWS; Tyler; Watkins


  • Number of people we serve annually:   500000
  • Number of children we prepare for success in school annually:   5800

Awards & Recognition

As a community-based organization that aims to create a sustainable urban-rural partnership, we have been fortunate to receive the following awards and distinctions


2012

FRESHFARM Markets Co-Executive Directors, Bernie Prince and Ann Harvey Yonkers received the Snail of Approval award from Slow Food DC.

FRESHFARM Markets received the 2012 Mayor's Sustainability Award in recognition of 15 years of creating producer-only farmers markets and related programs that make fresh, healthy food more accessible and affordable to communities in the greater Washington, DC metropolitan area.

FRESHFARM Markets Co-Founders and Co-Executive Directors Ann Yonkers and Bernie Prince received Washingtonian magazine's "Green Giant" Award for their tireless efforts to educate the public about food and environmental issues while also providing economic opportunities for farmers and artisanal producers over the past 15 years.

2011

Thoth Award for Excellence in Communications for FRESHFARM Markets Communication and Social Media Plan; award shared by FRESHFARM Markets, 4GreenPs (Lynn Miller) and Pat Lute

FRESHFARM Markets is admitted to the Mid-Atlantic EarthShare

2008-2009

The Catalogue for Philanthropy-Greater Washington selected FRESHFARM Markets to be featured in the 2008-09 Catalogue. A panel of 60 expert reviewers from area foundations, corporate giving programs, larger nonprofit organizations, and the DC government evaluated nearly 200 applications; FRESHFARM Markets is one of 68 outstanding nonprofits to be featured.

Farmland Feast recognized as the locavore event of the year by DC Modern Luxury magazine

2008

Bernadine Prince and Ann Yonkers recognized as WETA Hometown Heroes

2007

Bernadine Prince and Ann Yonkers received the Innovator Award from the Washington, DC, Economic Partnership, for creating producer-only farmers' markets in the greater metro DC area since 1997

2006/2007

Touch DC-designated charity

2006

Women Chefs & Restaurateurs "Women Who Inspire" Community Service Award to Ann Yonkers and Bernadine Prince for the Dupont Circle FRESHFARM Market

2005

DC Downtown Business Improvement District Momentum Award for the Penn Quarter FRESHFARM Market

2004

Catalogue for Philanthropy selected charity

Press

Budget (FY2023)

  • The current budget for FRESHFARM is: $3 million or higher
  • $1 million to $3 million
  • $500k to $1 million
  • Less than $500k

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