An organization of environmental volunteers inspiring and empowering action for a better future Founded in 2008 by Eric J.
MEVO is a 501(c)(3) environmental not for profit whose missions is, "To be the model for the creation of scalable ecological solutions that inspires and empowers people to take action for a better future." Fuchs-Stengel out of Mahwah High School, we focus on local environmental projects that invite in our community members to participate in hands on action and through volunteer events. Our project
s included our Fresh Roots Farming Program, Stag Hill Trash Cleanup Program, Internship Program, Volunteer Program, and more. As an organization founded by young people, we strive to keep the leadership and focus on MEVO in the hands of young individuals. Our staff remains in their 20s and we strive to provide educational, volunteer, and internship opportunities to students K-College as our organizational focus. However, people of all ages and capabilities are more than welcomed into our programs. We believe that stewarding our community is an effort that requires to participation of everyone! To join our efforts, learn more about our programs, find out how to purchase our organically grown produce, or to donate, visit our website at https://www.mevo.org/ and see what we are up to on facebook and instagram .
06/26/2025
🧄Join us for our annual garlic harvest this Saturday, 6/28, from 9:30-? 🕤. With many hands we may end around 12:30pm!
🧄We will be pulling the garlic from our field, trimming it, and getting it all set to cure for 3 weeks.
✂️ If you have hand pruners or heavy duty scissors, please bring them for trimming!
🔗 You can sign up to attend via the link below! An email will be sent with last minute details the night before the event. We’ll be working at our Lovewell Farm, 40 Peterson Place, Mahwah.
⬆️ Help us increase our visibility on this platform for a chance to win one ticket ($200) to our 10th Annual Farm Feast! The Feast is on August 23rd and is a multi-course farm to table dinner at our Fresh Roots Farm in Mahwah 🥕 To enter:
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3️⃣ Donare $5 by venmo or through this link: https://www.mevo.org/donate. You receive a double entry if you make that donation monthly 🗓️
🌱 You can read more about the Farm Feast via the link below. A winner will be drawn on Friday.
🥕2024 was a wonderful year for MEVO and we’ve been working hard to build on last year’s successes!
🎨 Huge thanks to our designer Pat Romano for his amazing work!
06/11/2025
🌻 Our 2025 Farm Feast Tickets are available for purchase! The Feast is on August 23rd at our Fresh Roots Farm in Mahwah.
🥕Enjoy a multi course meal prepared by Autumn Olive Food Works with ingredients from our farm and other local producers.
🎻There will be a bluegrass band, a silent auction, a farm tour, and more!
☀️This is our 10th Annual Farm Feast! The night is critical to support our mission work or regenerative farming, trail building, and environmental education.
🌻 Our 2025 Farm Feast Tickets are available for purchase! The Feast is on August 23rd at our Fresh Roots Farm in Mahwah.
🥕Enjoy a multi course meal prepared by with ingredients from our farm and other local producers.
🎻There will be a bluegrass band, a silent auction, a farm tour, and more!
☀️This is our 10th Annual Farm Feast! The night is critical to support our mission work or regenerative farming, trail building, and environmental education.
🎟️ Tickets can be purchased via the link in our bio!
06/08/2025
🌸We’re excited to announce the 10th Annual Farm Feast on August 23rd — a special farm-to-table celebration of Fresh Roots Farm’s incredible season and a fundraiser to support the year ahead.
To mark this milestone, we aim to raise $10,000 in sponsorships to help cover costs like our chef, tent rentals, food, and more. Would you or your business be interested in supporting our efforts?
You can explore our sponsorship options and tiers on our Linktree and feel free to reach out with any questions.
Tickets for the Farm Feast will be on sale later this month — stay tuned!
Thank you for helping us grow and celebrate another amazing year.🌸
05/31/2025
🥕🥬We’re back at the RamRamsey Farmers' Market Sunday June 11th from 9am-2pm under the name Fresh Roots Farm! Some organically grown. veggies you can expect include:
Kale
Swiss Chard
Salad Mix
Radishes
Salad Turnips
Green Garlic
Scallions
Kohlrabi
Cilantro, Parsley, Dill
Boy Choy
Potentially some seedlings
…and more!
🌱What veggie are you
Most excited for!?
05/29/2025
🌞 Summer is here, and so are our incredible summer interns!
We’re beyond excited to welcome a passionate and dedicated group of young changemakers to the MEVO team.
We kicked off the internship with an amazing first week:
🚜 Visiting local farms to connect with the land and farmers in our area
🌱 Building out garden beds and getting our hands in the soil
🌿 Learning all about MEVO’s mission, impact, history and growing practices!
We’re look forward to a great season! Welcome to a summer at MEVO🥕🌶️
05/28/2025
We are proud to be partners with Table to Table. They make donating so easy!
🌎Today is World Hunger Day.🌎
The United Nations's World Food Programme estimates that more than 343 million individuals in 74 countries experienced food insecurity in 2022. In NJ, the estimate is that nearly 1 MILLION residents experience food insecurity while 3 BILLION pounds of food is wasted annually.
Table to Table bridges that gap. 🍓🥕🚛 Since 1999 we've saved 544 metric tons of methane from being released into the atmosphere by rescuing 120,700 tons of surplus food — enough for more than 241,400,000 meals. We're addressing food insecurity and helping the planet.
We partner with several local farms and farmers markets to distribute the surplus food we rescue, including MEVO, Secor Farms, the Ramsey Farmers' Market, and the Ridgewood Farmers' Market.
Together, we can create a world where healthy food is accessible to everyone!
05/28/2025
🥕🥬We’re back at the on Sunday June 11th from 9am-2pm under the name Fresh Roots Farm! Some organically grown veggies you can expect include:
Kale
Swiss Chard
Salad Mix
Arugula
Radishes
Salad Turnips
Green Garlic
Scallions
Head Lettuce
Kohlrabi
Cilantro, Parsley, Dill
Boy Choy
Potentially some seedlings
…and more!
🌱What veggie are you
Most excited for!?
05/15/2025
05/15/2025
🥕Applications are open for our Summer Farm to School High School Internship Program!
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Welcome to our page! We are an environmental not-for-profit ran primarily by youth, but supported by individuals of all ages. Our mission is to be the model for the creation of scalable ecological solutions that inspires and empowers people to take action for a better future.
The focus of our organization is to educate and empower the most current generations on the importance of sustainability in our lives and local communities. We teach at earth fairs, schools, summer camps, and on the farm about a myriad of environmental topics ranging from pollution to bees. Although we focus primarily on grade school through college age students, we welcome the opportunity to provide educational programming to groups of all types. Additionally, we can provide merit badges for both girl and boy scout groups and welcome Eagle scouts and Gold award recipients and their project ideas to our farm
Our primary program is our two-acre Fresh Roots Farm at Campgaw Mountain County Reservation in Mahwah, New Jersey, and our newest farm is Lovewell farm, a one-acre plot situated in a suburban backyard. Our farms are a hub of energy welcoming thousands of volunteers each year who have a desire to give back to the community and get their hands dirty. We run open volunteer days 10:00 am - 4:00 pm Tuesday and Sunday at the farm. We also welcome school field trips, corporate volunteer days , and service groups to come out on a day that best suits. To arrange a field trip or service day contact [email protected].
In total MEVO has three acres of farmland that we manage and grow thousands of pounds of clean, nutritious, and sustainable fruits and vegetables every year. You can buy our food and support our farm by purchasing a share of our Community Supported Agriculture program (http://mevoearth.org/csa/), and next season we will have a weekly farm stand at our Fresh Roots Farm.
In addition to volunteers, a small army of seasonal interns in the spring, summer, and staff manage the day to day operations of MEVO both on the farm and off. Our team is exploring some of the most innovative sustainable farming practices available through using permaculture, biodynamic, and permaculture techniques. From building a greenhouse constructed out of 80% recycled materials to laying out our raised beds to most efficiently use rain to irrigate our crops we strive every season to put new sustainable practices in use.
One of our inaugural programs has been the remediation of Stag Hill through organizing trash clean-ups since MEVO's first volunteer event in 2008. To date, we have carried out over 85 trash clean-ups and removed well over 500,000lbs of waste from the forests of Stag Hill in Mahwah, New Jersey. This massive number includes over 5,000 tires, paint, cars, tar shingles, insulation, and much more. We organize many trash clean-ups a year and they are all published on our page and website.
