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 agriculture. The mission is to take a vacant residential lot in Winter Park and convert its fallow land into a productive harvest garden.
With 11 weeks to work with we are looking to see just how much produce we can grow and bring to market at this year’s Harvest Festival. Along the way we will be offering volunteers and our “ag-curious” neighbors free lessons on the in’s and out’s of organic agriculture.
The green-thumb wielding Tia Meer will be our organic farming guru on the project. Tia and her husband Terry run the incredible Econ Farm, a 5 acre organic farm and sustainable residence in E. Orlando. Tia has an amazing ability to coax beautiful and tasty vegetables from Florida’s sandy soils and we are so excited to be working with her on this project.
The experiment is open to the public and volunteers will learn first hand, from Tia and Festival founder John Rife the step by step process of gleaning a healthy wholefood harvest from any backyard or patio. Space is limited as we are striving for the volunteer experience to be hands on and intimate so please RSVP via our contact page if you’d like to participate in this Monday’s groundbreaking or in future work and learn opportunities.
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