2026 Movie Matinee – Feeding Tomorrow

We’re excited to host our first movie event of the year! Join us for an engaging film, locally made snacks, and a post-movie discussion on Saturday, January 31. Register here (external registration page) About our selected movie, Feeding Tomorrow:Farmers, nutritionists and educators work to transform a broken food system. Fighting ecosystem destruction, climate change, inequality and …

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2025 Urban Agriculture Month

Celebrate in October with Friends of Urban Agriculture! Read the Arlington County Board’s Urban Agriculture Month Proclamation here. You can also watch the reading at the board meeting from September 16, 2025 here (starts at FOUA portion of the meeting). Note: October produce donation days will be Monday Oct 6, Tuesday October 14, Monday October …

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2024 Spring Garden Kickoff

We had a great time at the 2024 Spring Garden Kickoff! Here is a rough table of contents, followed by some links. (Captions have been auto-generated by YouTube, please be kind to our typist!) 00:0:05 Welcome from FOUA Board Member & Plot Committee Member Becky Halbe 00:4:10 Welcome – Arlington County Board Chair Libby Garvey …

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FOUA Winter 2018 Meeting: Climate Change & New Board Members

Our Winter 2018 meeting on Climate Change, Agriculture and Our Food was well attended. Our panel presented a wide range of information on climate change impacts on food plants, pests and production, plant variety changes, techniques to address the coming changes, and the role of policy and governmental planning to steer change in practices. Kirsten …

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Climate Change, Agriculture and Our Food

What will change? How can we adapt? Wednesday, January 24, 2018, 7:00-8:30pm Arlington Central Library Auditorium, 1015 N. Quincy St., Arlington (Near Virginia Square/GMU, Ballston/MU Metro Stations) Networking & Display Tables at 6:30 pm. New FOUA Board Members will be elected at this meeting. Free and open to the public. Check our Facebook event page …

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FOUA Presentation: What Healthy Soils Mean to You — and Beyond

Saturday, September 16, 1:00pm – 2:30pm Arlington Central Library Come learn about what healthy soils mean to you, your health, your community, clean water and even climate change. We’ll have a few short films and a panel discussion with local experts on healthy soils in your own backyard, in the community, on local farms, and …

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