Arcadia's Mobile Market -- Children's National Medical Center WIC Clinic

About the event

Our food system sits at the intersection of public health, geopolitics, energy, and economics. Much of what we eat travels thousands of miles to reach us—by ship, plane, train, and truck. When the world destabilizes, those systems feel it immediately. As the United States approaches its 250th anniversary, I’ve been thinking about an old and unsettled question: what does a functioning republic actually require of its people? We feel the weight of that question at Arcadia. Many of the founders — including Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and especially George Washington, whose land we now farm — believed agriculture was never just about producing food. They believed tending land could cultivate the habits a republic depends on: responsibility, restraint, cooperation, practical problem-solving, and investment in the common good. These ideas were literally revolutionary: they believed...

Venue

Washington, DC

111 Michigan Ave NW, Washington, DC 20010

Good fit for

Food & Beverage

On-site amenities

accessible family friendly SNAP/EBT accepted