Arcadia's Mobile Market -- Deanwood Recreation Center

Arcadia’s Mobile Market at Deanwood Recreation Center comes from a nonprofit rooted in the National Capital Region and focused on building the health of land, food, and community from the farm forward. At 1350 49th St NE, this stop brings that mission into Deanwood through Arcadia’s mobile market program hosted at Deanwood Recreation Center. The larger organization describes its work as grounded in equity and guided by history while creating sustainable, just, and regenerative solutions to food access and food sovereignty. That framing matters here because this is not a stand-alone pop-up; it is one neighborhood stop within Arcadia’s broader food-system work.

Why it matters locally

Deanwood Recreation Center’s market stop is part of a mobile market program designed for low-food-access neighborhoods and neighborhoods with high SNAP usage and low car ownership. Arcadia says the mobile market accepts and doubles the face value of food stamps through SNAP, WIC, and Senior FMNP, tying this stop directly to household food budgets rather than treating it as a specialty shopping trip.

Arcadia’s local role also extends beyond weekly selling. The organization identifies itself as a nonprofit rooted in the National Capital Region. Its farm operates on the historic grounds of Woodlawn Estate through a partnership with the National Trust for Historic Preservation, linking the mobile market to a broader regional operation rather than a single-site stand. Arcadia also runs a veteran farmer program that develops new farmers through hands-on education, entrepreneurship, and job creation, showing that its market work sits inside a larger regional effort to build food infrastructure.

Know before you go

No dogs are allowed at this Deanwood Recreation Center stop, and restrooms are not available on site. The market is located at 1350 49th St NE in Washington, DC, at Deanwood Recreation Center, so plan for a recreation-center setting rather than a large open market footprint. The season runs from May through November, which makes this a warm-season stop instead of a year-round weekly option.

If you need a direct contact, Arcadia lists Akio Lloyd as farm manager and provides the organization email info@arcadiafood.org for questions tied to the mobile market program. Payment methods are presented clearly, which is useful for shoppers deciding how to pay before arriving. Because this market is one stop in Arcadia’s mobile network, it helps to approach it as a focused produce-access stop connected to a larger nonprofit program.

Payments & SNAP

SNAP EBT is accepted at Arcadia’s Mobile Market, and Arcadia says the program also doubles the face value of food stamps through SNAP, WIC, and Senior FMNP. That policy is central to how the mobile market serves neighborhoods with high SNAP usage and low car ownership, including this Deanwood Recreation Center stop. Payment methods are clearly identified, which helps shoppers plan purchases before they arrive.