The University of the District of Columbia’s College of Agriculture, Urban Sustainability, and Environmental Sciences (CAUSES) has established an Urban Food Hub at UDC-CC’s Bertie Backus campus, located at 5171 South Dakota Ave NE (just off Galloway Street NE). The site houses three hoop houses containing a hydroponics and an aquaponics farm. The location also has a compost cooperative, a native plant nursery, a community garden, a farmers market, and a demonstration commercial kitchen incubator.

To find our posts on the Urban Food Hub at Backus, click on the category “Backus Urban Food Hub.”

Starting August 15, 2025, UDC CAUSES hosts a farmers market every Friday 4pm-8pm through December.

Interested vendors should complete UDC’s Farmers Market Vendor Interest Form. For more info, contact the Farmers Market Manager Andy Blunk at andrew.blunk@udc.edu or call 202-274-7124. Support local food vendors and farmer entrepreneurs!

(See also: Urban Food Hubs (pdf))