Arcadia's Mobile Market -- The Overlook at Oxon Run

Arcadia’s Mobile Market at The Overlook at Oxon Run is part of a nonprofit effort rooted in the National Capital Region and focused on building the health of land, food, and community from the farm forward. That mission gives this stop a distinct shape: it is a neighborhood market tied to a broader food-access and food-system program rather than a standalone retail setup. At 3700 9th St SE in Washington, DC, the market brings Arcadia’s Mobile Market model into Ward 8 during the main growing season from May through November. The result is a market stop built around practical access to food and a clearly stated equity-centered mission.

Why it matters locally

Arcadia describes its work as creating sustainable, just, and regenerative solutions to food access and food sovereignty in the National Capital Region. That framing matters here because the Mobile Market is one of the ways Arcadia puts that mission into practice in Washington neighborhoods. The organization is nonprofit, regionally rooted, and focused on regional food systems rather than a single farm stand model.

This market also sits inside a larger network of education and farming programs. Arcadia encourages hands-on food, agriculture, and environmental education through Field Trips, and it runs Farm Camp as well. Arcadia also develops new farmers through its Veteran Farmer Program, a hands-on educational program centered on training, entrepreneurship, and job creation. Taken together, this stop connects food access with education, training, and long-term regional agriculture work.

What you'll find there

This market’s defining feature is less about a named vendor roster and more about the Arcadia programs behind it. The Mobile Market sits within an organization that combines farm production, education, and farmer training, so the offering is closely tied to that broader work.

• -Arcadia’s Veteran Farmer Program develops new farmers through hands-on education, entrepreneurship, and job creation.
• -Arcadia Farm operates as the organization’s demonstration farm on the historic grounds of Woodlawn Estate.
• -Groundhog Garden serves as Arcadia’s educational youth space within the four-acre farm.

Field Trips provide hands-on food, agriculture, and environmental education, while Farm Camp is organized around wonder and discovery in a setting surrounded by vegetables and farm spaces.

Know before you go

No dogs are allowed, and restrooms are not available at this stop. Those two details are the ones most likely to affect a quick neighborhood market visit. The market is located at 3700 9th St SE in Washington, DC, under Arcadia’s Mobile Market program. The season runs from May through November rather than year-round, so timing matters if you are planning around a regular shopping routine.

Arcadia lists Akio Lloyd as Farm Manager and Andrea Neal as Mobile Market Director, which signals that this stop is part of a staffed organization with distinct farm and mobile market leadership roles. The organization’s work also extends into outreach and education, with Juan Pablo Echeverria serving as Outreach and Education Manager. That larger staff structure helps explain why the market is tied so closely to education and food-access programming.

Payments & SNAP

SNAP/EBT is accepted here, and Arcadia says its Mobile Market doubles the face value of food stamps, including SNAP, WIC, and Senior FMNP. Arcadia also states that the Mobile Market serves low-food-access neighborhoods, where high SNAP usage and low car ownership shape how residents reach food. For many shoppers, that makes the payment policy one of the market’s central features rather than a side note.