Animal care and sustainable farming are just a few of the programs at Wild Kid Acres in Edgewater, Maryland. What started as a small homestead has turned into something so much more including:

• Farm, animal assisted and horticulture therapy
• Farm physical fitness (Farm Fit)
• Educational programs, classes and camps
• Markets and private events

What led city kid Gerardo Martinez to become owner, farmer, builder and educator at Wild Kid Acres? Listen to his amazing story and find out how a trip to Africa inspired Gerardo and his wife to buy a dilapidated farm house on five acres and turn it into a place of learning and healing in Edgewater. As the programs at Wild Kid Acres expand, so does the need for a more permanent structure and the next steps towards creating a purposeful existence for the farm.