In our 10+ years, Real Food Farm has taken many shapes and sizes. Currently, our Baltimore City farm occupies two sites, our Clifton Park and Perlman Place sites, which are just a tenth of a mile from one another. In 2019, we produced over 5000 lbs. of fresh local produce and provided 8 communities with access to healthy food. Our farm proves that big impacts can come from small places.
Clifton Park site
In 2009, we broke ground in Clifton Park and began Real Food Farm. Since then we’ve grown to cover about 6 acres of land in the park. This site is home to 8 hoophouses, 4 outdoor fields, a sensory garden, and 100+ fruit trees. We’ve also built an education/events pavilion and a small greenhouse for our seedlings. As a resource for other urban farms, this site is also home to a large gas-heated greenhouse and solar-powered walk-in refrigerator that is used by ourselves and other members of the Farm Alliance of Baltimore City!
This site is home to our seasonal produce subscription program (or CSA), our Compost Co-op, and many other special events that can be found on our public calendar here.
From 83
Take I-83 to 28th St Exit E
Right on Huntingdon Ave
Straight onto 25th St
Left on Harford Rd
Right onto St Lo Drive, into Clifton Park
Left into Lake Clifton High School Campus
When you enter the school driveway, stay to the right/south side of the school to find the farm – you’ll see the hoophouses!
From 33rd St.
Take 33rd St E
Right on The Alameda, crossing Harford Rd. onto St Lo Drive, into Clifton Park
Left into Lake Clifton High School Campus
When you enter the school driveway, stay to the right/south side of the school to find the farm – you’ll see the hoophouses!
From 95 (from the North)
Take 95 S
Take 695 to Harford Rd S
Take Harford Rd S
Left onto St Lo Drive, into Clifton Park
Left into Lake Clifton High School Campus
When you enter the school driveway, stay to the right/south side of the school to find the farm – you’ll see the hoophouses!
Perlman Place site
In 2014, we expanded our growing space in the city by taking on a collection of vacant lots around the corner from Clifton Park. We now have about 2 acres of growing space on Perlman Place off North Avenue. In partnership with the Civic Works Community Lot Team, we developed this space into a hub of activity.
We created 2 production fields which were enriched by adding compost and growing special plants (cover crops) that are able to take nutrients/elements from the air and store it in their roots so it feeds the soil (i.e. buckwheat, clover, rye grass, sorghum). We installed perennial beds to help reduce our stormwater runoff, attract pollinators, and beautify the farm. Civic Works Baltimore Orchard Project also helped us plant an orchard containing 46 fig trees, 10 Asian pears, and 4 Asian persimmons. This site is also home to our Community Garden and Croppy Hour Volunteer Day!
From Real Food Farm Clifton
Head SW on St Lo Dr toward Sinclair Lane, out of Clifton Park
Left at stop light onto Sinclair Lane
Continue for two blocks until Perlman Place – the farm is on the south side of Sinclair Lane.