Mission: Our mission is to sustain and support a more equitable community through growing, learning, cooking, and sharing fresh food together.
About: Common Good City Farm is a place where community members can source fresh food, see sustainable urban agriculture in action, and gain exposure to concepts and skills to lead healthy lives. We actively engage with all members of our diverse community and create opportunities for connections on our farm, while emphasizing intensive vegetable production and modeling best practices in sustainable urban agriculture.
Location: Washington, DC
Joya Wade
Executive Director
Joya is a fervent food systems specialist with a robust background in farm-to-table restaurants, gardening education, and farmers market management. The wonders of nature and the wisdom of agricultural ancestors left a permanent impression on her as a child and continue to inspire her today. Her belief is that everyone should have access to fresh food grown and prepared in the most regenerative and humane ways possible. She is thrilled to protect and collaborate with the CGCF community to build a better quality of life for all. When Joya is not working she enjoys canoeing, interior decorating, dance parties, and nuzzles with her rabbit, Antonio. Her favorite quote is from author Octavia Butler, “All that you touch, you change. All that you change, changes you.”
Emily Richardson
Deputy Director & Director of Programs
Emily has been interested in agriculture and food issues since she was a child growing up in rural Maryland. She earned her degree in Environmental Studies from Washington College and then worked for Colchester Farm CSA before moving to DC in 2008. In her first years in DC, she worked for several organizations in the non-profit sector and volunteered with urban farming projects, including helping to lead field trips at Common Good. After volunteering on the farm, she was excited to join the staff in early 2014.