Schoolyard farm showcases community resilience

The 1-acre farm at A. Mario Loiderman Middle School in Wheaton, known as La Ranchera for the largely Latino population at the school, gives students a chance to experience the outdoors, but it's also become a resource and gathering place for the community.

By: Rosanne Skirble

Outlets: Maryland Matters

Published: May 26, 2026

Words: 1,040

Last Updated: 1 month, 1 week ago

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On a cool spring day recently, the 1-acre farm A. Mario Loiederman Middle School in Wheaton buzzed with activity.

In the lower field educational garden, students in the afterschool farm club are assigned their tasks, first to check on the seedlings and then to shovel and spread woodchips along paths in the upper larger production plot. They do this alongside a team of high school Department of Recreation TeenWorks interns who are crafting a …

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