Club's Photo Team will discuss urban farm photo essay with photographer, Feb. 20

Did you know there are working farms today in D.C.?

National Press Club colleagues are invited to hear from long-time member Carol Morgan, who discovered one of these farms in her neighborhood and recently published a photo essay and commentary about it, at the next NPC Photography Team meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 20, at noon.

The Club's Photo Team meets in the Cosgrove Lounge, starting with a self-funded lunch from the Reliable Source. Morgan's talk begins at 1 p.m., and will be available via Zoom for those who can't be there in person. The meeting is open to all Club members, but RSVPs are required for in-person and remote participants.

The community farm-garden, called Columbia Heights Green, sits on an acre of previously abandoned property that became a magnet for illegal dumping and neighborhood blight. A local environmental organization turned the urban wasteland into a working farm that today grows organic produce for local customers. The group, Washington Parks & People, says it donates hundreds of pounds from the farm's output each year to food pantries serving local residents in need.

Last month, Morgan published her photos of Columbia Heights Green with a commentary about her experience in the online essay "Moments of Life in a Dead City." Morgan, an artist and author as well as photographer, will tell meeting participants how she created the work and show images from the collection. Steve Coleman, executive director of Washington Parks & People, also is invited to join the program to talk about Columbia Heights Green and the group's other urban agriculture projects.