Red Wiggler Care Farm

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Red Wiggler is a sustainable care farm where people with and without developmental disabilities come together to work, learn and grow healthy food. Non-Profit

10/28/2026

Grower Spotlight for National Disability Employment Awareness Month: Enrique, Community Engagement Assistant

Enrique is amazing at making every visitor and volunteer at the farm feel welcome in his role as Community Engagement Assistant. His excitement about plants and bugs is infectious. He leads tours in English and Spanish and can often be found playing frisbee with young visitors. Enrique is also an incredible artist and often paints images from the farm in his spare time.

“This job means a lot to me. I get to grow my favorite vegetables and experience the outdoors.”

10/28/2026

We are excited to share our 30th year t-shirts with our community! Get a piece of Red Wiggler history for yourself, or buy one as a gift! Lots of colors, styles, and sizes - including kids! https://www.bonfire.com/red-wiggler/

10/28/2026

Grower Spotlight for National Disability Employment Awareness Month: Caleb, Farm Production Assistant

Caleb puts his weight lifting experience to good use at the farm, especially on squash and potato harvest days. He provides us with much needed motivation and encouragement on the muddiest or hottest of days. This is Caleb’s third season as a Grower, but volunteered for many years before officially joining the Grower Program.

10/28/2026

Garlic is in the ground! The team spent the day Tuesday planting next year's garlic crop. We love garlic for lots of reasons. The obvious one: it’s a staple in so many favorite dishes. We also love it because the whole process of planting, growing, harvesting, and processing garlic has something for everyone. The seed (a clove) is big and easier to manipulate than a lot of other seeds we grow. Planting it in the fall is the first investment we make in next year's season and that adds a bit of forward-looking fun at a time when almost everything else is winding down on the farm.

We are very grateful to Goldin Group Advisors who brought their team out to help us. Goldin Group came on as our accountants last year and we are so grateful for their partnership.

10/27/2026

Grower Spotlight for National Disability Employment Awareness Month: Elaine, Community Engagement Assistant

Elaine has an infectious laugh and has been a friendly face at the Wednesday afternoon CSA for many seasons. She is equally skilled at harvesting kohlrabi as she is at making up a new dance move at the CSA, and loves to help CSA customers pick out veggies. From silly jokes to kind compliments, Elaine brings a lot of heart and a lot of hilarity to our team.

“I like this farm and farming. My favorite thing is to share food and pick beans.”

10/21/2026

Our vegetables are usually the highlight, but these shuffle hoes help keep beds weeded all season long!

10/19/2026

Grower Spotlight for National Disability Employment Awareness Month: Nuno, Community Engagement Assistant

Nuno brings so much energy everyday! He is always in a competition to find the biggest vegetable in the field, and has a gift of coming up with silly songs. This season, he can be found welcoming visitors and showing them the best way to water and harvest. He has worked at Red Wiggler for 15 years and is a fantastic ambassador both at the farm and at off-farm events.

10/19/2026

We've been busy harvesting sweet potatoes!

10/18/2026

Grower Spotlight for National Disability Employment Awareness Month: Clare, Distribution Assistant

Clare can be found leading tours, working the CSA, managing the wash station, and writing for our blog and newsletter. Her varied skills means no one day looks the same. She is a joyful presence at the farm and manages to keep an upbeat attitude even when we’re pulling weeds in 95 degree heat.

10/18/2026

Do you know about our Discovery Garden? Our Community Engagement team hosts groups in this space every week. Raised beds, extra seating, even ground, and shade makes this space accessible for everyone who visits Red Wiggler. New addition this year: red wiggler worms! We have a new composting bin that sits right inside one of the raised beds. Students love feeding these expert composters food scraps.

Address

23400 Ridge Road
Germantown, MD
20876

Telephone

+13019162216

Website

https://redwiggler.org/

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