The UDC Bertie Backus farm stand is now open every Saturday from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm at the Backus campus at 5171 South Dakota Avenue NE. The farm stand, operated by UDC CAUSES and National Latino Farmers & Ranchers, will run through November. Check it out today and every Saturday for fresh produce, coffee, tea, and food.

Regular vendors include a produce stand from King’s Produce.

Coffee and tea products will be available weekly from Blue’s Coffee & Tea Co., a locally owned business started by a family with ties to the neighborhood. Barbara De Laine Jumper, whose family moved to the neighborhood at South Dakota Avenue and Webster Street NE in 1957, launched the coffee and tea company with her husband Steven Jumper and children, Maya Jumper and Steven D. Jumper, in March of this year. In addition to the farm stand, their products can also be found at Shop Made in DC locations and online at https://www.bluescoffeeandteaco.com. (The tea is amazing).

Melo Birria, purveyor of delicious birria tacos, will alternate with another food vendor weekly.

Eligible visitors to the farm stand can also enroll in the Produce Plus Program, which provides funding for access to fresh produce throughout DC.