Category Archives: Agriculture

Eatonville’s Elementary School Community Garden

Posted on September 28, 2011 by johnrife

Over the last few months the Harvest Festival has been involved with the community garden behind Hungerford Elementary School in the historic town of Eatonville.(click link for map) The garden is in a bit of disarray following the Summer and … Continue reading →

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Update from the Urban Farm

Posted on September 14, 2011 by johnrife

We had a great time at our first “work and learn” session this past Monday. Join us for our next two garden workdays on Tuesday Sept 20th from 10am-noon and Monday Sept 26th from 5-7pm. Here is the write up … Continue reading →

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Urban Farming Experiment

Posted on September 8, 2011 by johnrife

Next Monday the 12th at 5pm we will be breaking ground on an urban farming experiment in the heart of Winter Park.  We will be meeting once a week throughout this Fall to work the farm and learn about urban … Continue reading →

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Sustainable Food Project – Local Food Guide

Posted on July 18, 2011 by johnrife

The Winter Park Harvest Festival is a proud sponsor of an incredible Local Food guide debuting this Summer.  Over the last two years the dedicated volunteers at the Simple Living Institute have been compiling the first comprehensive listing of farms, community … Continue reading →

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Small Farms Conference in July

Posted on June 22, 2011 by johnrife

Kamrin and I attended the Small Farms conference last year and besides learning a ton about Florida Farming we were able to network with some truly inspiring agricultural entrepreneurs and visionaries.  Since last years conference I have had the opportunity … Continue reading →

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