4th Annual North Florida & South Georgia Farm Tour
October 15 & 16, 2011
Participating Farms
- Backyard Farm
- Blue Ridge Farm
- Calathora Farms
- Clear Lake Farm
- Deep Roots Meat, LLC
- Dreaming Cow Creamery
- Full Moon Farm & Apiary at Tupelo’s Bakery & Café
- Gil’s Fish Farm
- Golden Acres Ranch, LLC
- Grassroots School Gardens
- Green Industries Institute
- Gro-Eco Veggies and Fruit, LLC
- Heavenly Homestead
- Holly Hill Farm at Tupelo’s Bakery & Cafe
- Johnnie’s Garden
- Just Fruits and Exotics-Teaching Orchard
- Kurtz & Sons Dairy, LLC
- Mahan Farms
- Monticello Vineyards & Winery
- Ocheesee Creamery
- Orchard Pond Organics & Meridian Community Gardens
- Pebble Hill Grove
- Rocky Comfort Farm
- Serenity Acres Farm & Goat Dairy
- Shepherd’s Hill Farm
- Sweet Grass Dairy
- Thompson Farms Smokehouse
- Turkey Hill Farm
- Twin Oaks Farm
- Tyre Road Orchard & Gardens
- Wheeler Farm
- White Oak Pastures
Backyard Farm
Contact: Farmer Pam & Greene Deane
Address: 1276 Cherry Tree Rd.
Monticello, FL 32344
Phone: 850-997-4647
E-mail: pam@farmerpam.com
Web site: www.farmerpam.com
Saturday, October 15, 9 am–3:30 pm
Tours (30 minutes): 9:30 am, 10:30 am, 1:30 pm, 2:30 pm
Healthy edibles and drinks for purchase 9 am–10:30 am & 11 am-1:30 pm
Sunday, October 16, 9 am–4 pm
Tours (30 minutes): 9:30 am, 10:30 am, 2:30 pm, 3:30 pm
Healthy edibles and drinks for purchase: 9 am–10 am & 11 am-2 pm
Come and stroll through Backyard Farm’s 24-bed garden backdropped by open countryside. Feel free to ask Farmer Pam any gardening or farming questions you might have. They have free-range chickens and two of the friendlies pigs on the planet. Before you leave, don’t forget to visit their flock of Delaware chickens, and pet a pig or two. These friendly birds are generally considered rare and close to extinction. (Please do not let your children chase the chickens.) Their two pigs, Sally Sueee and Snouter, are expecting little ones soon, and if all goes well, the babies will be part of the tour. You also may be interested in seeing their Cherry Apple Tree, one of only two known ones in Jefferson County. These trees originated from Tibet and are considered to be the mother of all apple trees. For more information, please visit www.farmerpam.com.
Backyard Farm is open year-round and offers free farm tours to the public. FAMU’s Small Farms Program sponsors their organic gardening workshops. Farmer Pam and Greene Deane conduct wild edible walks (public and private) and private consultations for ecological gardeners, farmers, and ranchers. Additionally, they offer garden design and layout services, design and construction of custom elevated beds, and organic gardening workshop gift certificates. Backyard Farm is best known for its co-op with substantial savings for purchases of SEA-90 organic ocean minerals, which can be used for gardens, landscapes, bathing, foot therapy, free access supplementation for animals, pastures, and more. Last, but no least, they are available for presentations to your group or organization on any gardening subject.
Everyone is invited back to Backyard Farm on Saturday from 6:00 pm-10:00 pm for a Pig Roast (cooked in the ground) with live entertainment by the bonfire. The cost to attend is $18.00 a person, $12.00 for students, children under 12 are free. Price does not include drinks other than water. This event is limited to the first 60 people who register and pay in advance by no later than Saturday, October 8. However, you may check anytime after the October 8 to see if there are any openings left. To register, go to www.farmerpam.com and click on the “contact us” link or give us a call. Be sure to let us know if you have any special dietary needs and make sure to bring your own drinks and lawn chairs.
Directions: Backyard Farm is located in Jefferson County about 15 minutes past the Apalachee Parkway Wal-Mart. From Tallahassee, head east out US-27 S, 2.3 miles past the blinking light at the intersection of US-27 and 59—before the town of Waukeenah—turn left/go north on Cherry Tree Rd. Backyard Farm is 0.8 mile on the left.
From Monticello, take US-90 W, turn left onto Old Lloyd Rd (CR-158), turn left onto Lloyd Creek Rd just before the town of Lloyd. Go 4 miles (note road becomes Cherry Tree at Barrington), and when you see Will Rd on your left, count 3 mailboxes on your right and turn right into 1276.
From Perry, take US-27 N 1.7 miles past Waukeenah, going toward Tallahassee. Turn right onto Cherry Tree Rd, 0.8 mile on left.
Blue Ridge Farm
Contact: Wayne Hawthorne
Address: 804 Frank Smith Rd.
Quincy, FL 32352
Phone: 850-875-9572
E-mail: stressbusterszone@mchsi.com
Saturday, October 15 & Sunday, October 16,
10 am–4 pm
Tours: 10 am, noon, 2 pm
Tours will include the workings of a hydroponic greenhouse operation utilizing nutrient film technique (NFT) Ebb & Flow Systems. There will be a question and answer session after each tour. Tours of the chestnut grove, Fuyu persimmons and other fruit trees will be available for those interested. Raffle tickets will be available for $1 each. A winner will be picked after each tour and receive $25 worth of chestnuts, Fuyu persimmons and fresh salad greens.
Goods for sale include: fresh lettuce and other salad mix accents, chestnuts and Fuyu persimmons, bottled water and iced tea.
Directions: From Tallahassee, take US-27 N to Havana. Turn west on Hwy 12 toward Quincy. Go 1 mile to intersection of CR-159 (caution light), turn right. Go north for 5 miles. Turn right onto Frank Smith Rd, then 0.8 mile to 804 Frank Smith Rd.
Calathora Farms
Contact: Michael & Jeanine Morton
Address: 1299 Georgia Hwy 111
Moultrie, GA 31768
Phone: 229-890-1889
E-mail: calathora@windstream.net
Saturday, October 15, Daylight-3 pm
Tours, cooking demos and tastings: 9 am, 11 am, 1 pm
Calathora Farms, located in Colquit County, Moultrie Georgia, is home to three generations of the Morton family. Vegetables and fruits are grown naturally, using nothing but sunshine, water and good, healthy soil amendments like composted manure. We have pastured chicken and beef, raised with no hormones or chemicals—just more of that sunshine and fresh grass.
Michael Jr. raises sheep and goats and his raw local honey is something folks really enjoy. Alan makes fabulous vanilla, with no glucose or added anything, just the real thing.
There will be all kinds of yummy things and handmade items available for sale, from handmade soap to home baked bread and a bunch of stuff in between, but lunch is on us. We make a big kettle of Brunswick Stew each year and enjoy sharing it with our visitors.
Calathora is a loose translation of the Gaelic, “fruitful rest.” It expresses what we try to do here at Calathora Farms–be productive, but not frantic–have one hand full of rest and one hand full of labor and enjoy the journey.
Come visit, we will be starting that old-fashioned Brunswick stew in our big iron pot before daybreak and it will be served at lunch, our treat. There will be tours and we are planning hayrides at 9 am, 11 am and 1 pm and maybe in-between times. We’ll show you the gardens and the pastures, the bee hives and the lambs, share some recipes and let you see how we run the farm.
A market of farm goods will be set up in the air-conditioned wedding barn, as well as tables and chairs. Eat inside if you like—that’s always nice and comfortable—or eat outside by the big pot. Y’all come.
Directions: From Tallahassee, drive north on US-319 until you come to Temple Baptist Church–the Murphy community. Turn left on Mack Deckle Rd. Stay on this road, even when it changes names. You will dead-end into Hwy-111, turn left on Hwy-111. Go 1 mile and turn in at the Calathora sign–1299 on the mailbox. Go through the gate and a pasture. Go through another gate and you have arrived–keep coming–we really are back here.
Clear Lake Farm
Contact: Christine Fair
Address: 15824 N US-19
Lamont, FL 32336
Phone: 850-251-5492 Cell
850-997-3838 home
E-mail: christinefair@hughes.net
Web site: www.clearlakefarm.com
Saturday, October 15, 10 am–5 pm
Tours: As needed
Meals: Lunch and beverages, featuring our own chicken and/or pork
Products: free range eggs, organic seasonal produce including pumpkins, heritage breed turkeys and natural pork
Clear Lake Farm of Lamont, FL is a small 57-acre family farm located 30 miles southeast of Tallahassee on Highway 27/19 (Apalachee Parkway). Our farm is named after Clear Lake which borders our property; it is called such because its waters are deep, cool and clear year-round. We consider ourselves blessed to be its stewards and take our responsibilities seriously. Our goals are to live harmoniously with nature while supplying our family and friends with healthy sustainable foods. We are constantly trying new approaches to improve our lives and foods without the use of chemicals, pesticides, or antibiotics. We use each animal’s natural abilities to help us farm.
Our pigs and chickens are fed organic produce and natural grains without antibiotics or growth hormones. We use the pigs’ natural rooting abilities and the chickens foraging to turn and add compost to the soil in our gardens. Our flocks of Rhode Island Reds, Black Australorps, Silver Laced Wyandottes, and Araucanas are all free range and lay the most delicious brown and green eggs (available for sale). We also raise broilers in the spring and fall. Our pasture fed Bourbon Red, Royal Palm, and Black Spanish Turkeys forage all day on the pasture and under the oaks. Order your own free range heritage breed turkey for your holiday meal this year. Our guineas are voracious foragers of ticks and bugs. An all natural way to control unwanted insects! Walking tours will include all of the animals, organic garden, and shiitake mushrooms. We hope to have numerous seasonal organic vegetables and pumpkins for sale.
Our family has discovered the joys of living and working in such a beautiful peaceful setting and wish to share it with you. Along with our farm products, lunch and drinks will be available. Or bring your own bag lunch and a fishing pole to enjoy a picnic with your family down on the lake. We will have some bait worms available as well.
Directions: From Tallahassee, take Apalachee Parkway/US-27 S. Go southeast approximately 27 miles to the town of Lamont, FL. Continue through Lamont (now called US-27 S/US-19). Go approximately 3.5 miles. Look for Farm Tour signs, take a left on small dirt driveway, sign reads “Sturm Fair Land Tr 15824.” Travel 0.5 mile on driveway and house/farm will be on the right.
Directions: From Tallahassee: take I-10 E to exit 233. Turn right (south) on CR-257, will see a sign that reads “Lamont 6 miles.” CR-257 will dead-end into US-27/US-19 in Lamont. Turn left (southeast), go 3.7 miles, look for Farm Tour signs and lake a left on small dirt driveway, sign reads “Sturm Fair Land Tr 15824.” Travel 0.5 mile on driveway and house/farm will be on right.
Deep Roots Meat, LLC
Contact: Troy & Harold Platt
Address: 11061 W US 90, Greenville, FL 32331
Phone: 850-948-6202 Troy
850-971-5806 Harold
321-480-9077 Cell
E-mail: deeprootsmeat@yahoo.com
Web site: www.deeprootsmeat.com
Saturday, October 15 & Sunday, October 16, 9 am–5 pm. Gates close at 5 pm.
Tours: 10 am, 2 pm
If you are not able to make the tour, you can stop and visit anytime from 9 am until 5 pm each day.
Deep Roots Meat, LLC, located in Madison County, Florida, is owned and operated by the Platt Family. We are selling all grass (forage) fed beef in individual USDA inspected packages, custom harvest by the half or whole animal, pasture raised chickens and free range chicken eggs.
Our Angus cattle are not fed any grain, antibiotics or animal by-products and are not fed or given any growth hormones. They are only fed high-quality grass and baleage (hay). These practices have been found to assure the healthiest beef you can eat.
We will have the following items for sale: ground beef, New York strip, rib eye, sirloin, tenderloin, short rib, stew meat, cube steak, round steak, butcher steak, chuck roast, rump roast, London broil, corn beef brisket, flank steak, brisket, soup bones, marrow bones, liver, heart, kidney, tongue, ox tail, old fashioned bologna, old fashioned beef franks, summer sausage, breakfast sausage, beef bacon, beef bacon ends, whole pastured chicken and free range chicken eggs.
Hayride farm tours will be given at 10 am and 2 pm on Saturday and Sunday. Samples of our beef will be given after the tours. Our products, including fresh cooked hamburgers will be available for purchase 9 am-5 pm each day. If you are not able to make the tour, you can stop and visit anytime from 9 am until 4 pm each day. Gates will close at 5 pm.
Directions: From Tallahassee, take I-10 E to exit 241 (US-221 for Greenville and Perry). After exiting, turn left (north) onto US-221, go about 2.5 miles to US-90 (blinking light), turn right (east) and go about 2.5 miles, we are the green mailbox (11061) on the right after Hickory Hill Way (a dirt road on the right). Turn right onto our driveway, go over the railroad tracks and follow the signs for parking.
Dreaming Cow Creamery
Contact: Kyle Wehner
Address: 940 Magnolia Church Rd.
Pavo, GA 31778
Phone: 229-859-2677
E-mail: kyle@dreamingcow.com
Web site: www.dreamingcow.com
Saturday, October 15, 9:00 am–5 pm
Tours: 10:00 am, 3:00 pm
Why grass-fed? This is the theme of the 2011 Dreaming Cow Farm Tour. Come out to our working grass-fed dairy and creamery and explore why grass is the single most important factor for both you and the cow. We will follow the effects that grass-based agriculture has on your nutrition, as well as the nutrition of the cow and the land, and why grass-fed dairy should always be eaten as full fat. We will also be doing creamery tours and sampling yogurt.
Dreaming Cow is situated on a working New Zealand-style dairy farm about 15 minutes outside of Thomasville, Georgia. Don’t hesitate to contact us if you have any questions or comments.
Directions: Coming into Thomasville from US-319/Thomasville Rd, take a right on E Pinetree Blvd. Take your first left onto Remington/Pavo Rd and follow for 15 miles. At the only BP station in Pavo, take a left. Follow this road around the bend for a mile. Dreaming Cow is the set of tan building with red trim on the right-hand side of the road. You will see a farm tour sign. Please park on the side of the road, as milk trucks may be in and out. Do not use GPS or you will wander the boonies if you do.
Full Moon Farm & Apiary at Tupelo’s Bakery & Café
Contact: Rebecca & Tony Hogg
Address: 220 West Washington St.
Monticello, FL 32344
Phone: Tupelo’s Bakery 850-997-2127
Phone: Full Moon Apiary 850-997-3974
E-mail: rjhogg@earthlink.net
Saturday, October 15, 9 am–5 pm
Workshops: How to Make Hand Rolled Candles: hourly
Introduction to Beekeeping: 9:30 am-11 am, 1 pm-2:30 pm. Learn what it takes to get started in beekeeping including equipment, time requirements, where to get bees, and what to expect your first year.
Extracting Honey Demonstration: 11:30 am-12:30 pm. See how honey is harvested and extracted. Taste some honey fresh from the comb.
Full Moon Farm and Apiary, located in Jefferson County north of Monticello, is buzzing with bees. In addition to producing local honey and beeswax products, we provide pollination services to area growers. Stop by and visit the Full Moon retail shop located inside Tupelo’s Bakery and Café in downtown Monticello. Here you can find local and regional honey, candles, soaps, and natural body care products. You can also find a selection of beekeeping supplies, books, pottery, as well as art by Janet Moses and Cassia Reimer.
Come visit us and learn about the amazing honeybee, the benefits of local honey, and what you can do to help save the honeybee. In addition to our observation hive (Can you find the queen bee?) we will be having demonstrations and workshops throughout the day.
Tupelo’s Bakery & Café will be open from 7 am–5 pm with a delicious variety of pre-made cold sandwiches, a huge variety of scones, muffins, cupcakes, tarts, their famous sticky buns (with and without nuts), as well as a good selection of other organic bakery delights. Be sure to enjoy the newly remodeled back porch with picnic-style seating for over 20! The front walk has outdoor seating, too. Great organic foods, cool music and a wonderful sense of community are always present at Tupelo’s. There is plenty of parking in the rear of the building. Come join in the fun.
Directions: From Tallahassee, follow US-90 E into Monticello city limits. Just before you get to the center of town you’ll see a blinking yellow light. Tupelo’s Bakery and Café is located on your left at 220 West Washington St. (US-90). There is parking behind the building and you can turn left prior to the light, or at the light to get to that parking area.
Gil’s Fish Farm
Contact: Elwood Gilbert
Address: 2854 Highview Circle
Chipley, FL 32428
Phone: 850-638-8633
Saturday, October 15 & Sunday, October 16, Sunup-Sundown
Workshops: All About Catfish Farming: From Frys to 10–15 lbs, ongoing throughout the day.
Anyone can catch their own fish. Gil’s rent cane poles and sells fish bait. We are available for questions. Fresh catfish will be available for sale along with fried catfish meals.
Directions: From Tallahassee, take I-10 W to Chipley. Turn left on Hwy 77 to Wausau. Turn left at caution light. Pioneer Rd to stop sign. Turn right. Follow catfish signs. If lost, call 1-850-638-8633.
Golden Acres Ranch, LLC
Contact: Bobbie Golden
Address: 704 Barnes Rd., Monticello, FL 32344
Phone: 850-997-6599, 850-508-2607
E-mail: bobbie.golden@gmail.com
Web site: www.goldenacresranchflorida.com
Saturday, October 15 & Sunday, October 16, 10 am-4 pm
Tours: Every hour
Workshops: Cooking Goat 101, 11:00 am, 2:00 pm, Saturday only
Golden Acres Ranch, located in northern Jefferson County, includes 68 acres of pasture and planted pines. There is also a Mayhaw Tree Pond on the property. Bobbie and Fred Golden purchased the property in 2001, not knowing anything about ranching. Now they raise Tennessee Fainting Goats and Katahdin (Hair) Sheep, free-range chickens for eggs, provide pet boarding and various sort of farm supplies and equipment.
The goats browse in a natural habitat eating their desired woody plants, while the sheep are pasture-fed with an abundance of grass. Great Pyrenees livestock guardian dogs keep all the animals safe. Fred and Bobbie were selected as the Jefferson County Farm Family of the year 2011. Golden Acres ranch is the only USDA certified producer of local, naturally raised lamb and goat meat. Their products carry the Fresh from Florida label.
Hayrides are offered throughout the day. There is a petting area, a “Phony Pony,” and an old tractor for picturing taking. There is plenty of parking and a picnic area to enjoy time with family and friends. We will have sandwiches and drinks for sale.
Directions: (GPS does not get you to our farm!) From Tallahassee, take 1-10 E, take exit 225 and turn north to Monticello, or take US-90 E to Monticello. Travel US-19 north through Monticello toward Thomasville. Four miles north of Monticello are caution lights at the entrance of Greyhound Racing JCKC. One mile further is Barnes Rd. Turn right (east) onto Barnes and travel 0.7 of a mile and turn right into our driveway.
Grassroots School Gardens
Contact: Jan Alovus
Address: 2458 Grassroots Way
Tallahassee, FL 32311
Phone: 850-656-3629
E-mail: grassrootsschool@gmail.com
Web site: www.grassrootsschool.org
Saturday, October 15, 10 am–4 pm
Tours: When folks gather
Goods: Bedding plants, Japanese greens
Workshop: Children’s Garden Projects, as needed throughout the day. Garden related activities for children of all ages.
At the Grassroots School, students have pursued their own educational directions in a supportive and nurturing environment since 1972. Building on a child’s innate inquisitiveness, children are encouraged to develop their creativity, critical thinking, and natural love of learning, as well as their sense of responsibility to other individuals and to the larger community. There are no grades or grade levels here, no testing or compulsory attendance for any class or project, although adult assistance with traditional subjects is routinely available.
Given this unusual freedom to pursue their own goals, children prove to be particularly enthusiastic about the outdoors. At Grassroots, there are four acres of woods, fruit trees, fields, and a large vegetable garden to explore. Plots are available for individual and group growing projects. Cooking and eating school-grown produce are favorite activities as is the selling of our surplus. We look forward to sharing this bounty with you.
Directions: Head east on Old St. Augustine Rd. Turn left (north) onto Grassroots Way, approximately 2.75 miles east of Capital Circle.
Green Industries Institute
Contact: Claire Mitchell
Address: 2729 West Washington Street
Monticello, FL 32344
Phone: 850-973-1702
E-mail: mitchellc@nfcc.edu
Web site: www.nfcc.edu/green-industries
Saturday October 15, 9 am-4 pm
Green Industries Institute has come a long way. As a former IFAS Extension Experimental Station, this land in Jefferson County used to be the site of pesticide experimentation and ornamental plant breeding. Now the focus has shifted—Green Industries has become an educational site for sustainable gardening, as a satellite of North Florida Community College.
Green Industries is the site of the Sustainable Community Gardening Coordination Training Course, which is scheduled for early spring. Through this course, individuals representing schools, churches, and non-profits learn the ins and outs of community gardening. We also host Organic Gardening 101 classes each third Saturday of the month for backyard gardeners. Topics include: Building Healthy Soil, Crop Planning, Season Extension and more.
We will have tours of the grounds, which include pecan groves, green houses, and a quarter-acre vegetable garden. Look forward to an introduction to starting seeds with soil blockers, and information about upcoming classes for community garden organizers and home gardeners.
Directions: From Tallahassee, go east on Mahan Dr/US-90, and continue for 22 miles. US-90 turns into W Washington St. We are located on the right. We are approximately 4 miles east of Lake Miccosukee and 3 miles west of the Monticello Courthouse. Look for the burgundy sign “North Florida Community College Green Industries Institute” sign.
Gro-Eco Veggies and Fruit, LLC
Contact: Donna Fraleigh
Address: 1099 NE Rocky Ford Rd.
Madison, FL 32340
Phone: 850-253-3854
E-mail: ask.us@gro-eco.com
Web site: www.gro-eco-veggies.com
Saturday, October 15, 9 am-3 pm
Tours: 9:30 am, 11:30 am, 1:30 pm
Gro-Eco Veggies and Fruit, LLC is located in beautiful Madison, Florida. We are the sixth generation to farm the family land which has produced livestock, shade tobacco and produce since 1840. This year, we began growing delicious vegetables for New Leaf Market and other local markets in a unique way. We constructed tunnel houses and are growing in a patented system that was developed through Fraleigh Nursery, LLC. This Gro-Eco growing system was awarded the 2007 Florida Department of Agriculture Environmental Leadership Award for water conservation and sustainability. With this combination we feel it is the ultimate sustainable growing atmosphere for thriving fruits and vegetables.
On your visit, you may meander through the vegetable garden tunnels and packinghouse. Jay Fraleigh will lead tours of the garden. Seasonal vegetables will be in production and should consist of tomatoes, eggplant, peppers and more. These veggies will also be available for purchase.
Directions: Take I-10 to Madison, FL. Take exit 251. Continue north on FL-14 to Madison. Turn right on US-90, then left on N Duval St, and right on E Livingston St. Go approximately 0.3 mile and turn left onto CR-591/NE Rocky Ford Rd. Go about 0.8 mile. Gro-Eco sign will be on your right, turn left into farm.
Heavenly Homestead
Contact: Rick & Amy Harter
Address: 233 Murmuring Creek Rd.
Monticello, FL 32344
Phone: 850-997-5509
E-mail: heavenlyhomestead@yahoo.com
Web site: www.heavenlyhomestead.com
Saturday, October 15, 9 am–4:00 pm
Tours: Every hour on the hour, last tour at 3 pm
Meals: Chicken Salad Wraps and drinks
Heavenly Homestead is a small family farm, currently specializing in all-natural, pasture-raised poultry and pork. Last year, tour participants saw our 40-acre leased property. This year, you’ll get to see our 5-acre mini-farm. Check out our fruit orchard, garden plot, compost operation, worms, and farm critters. We’ll have pigs, ponies, goats, chickens (broilers and layers), turkey, guineas, and more. See where we process our chickens. We’ll have lots of chicken and pork available for tasting and purchase. Heavenly Homestead strives to produce sustainably grown, healthy, locally available food and we encourage you to know your food and know your farmer! Please email us if you want to learn more about us or if you want to be added to our monthly newsletter list.
Directions: From Tallahassee: Take I-10 E to exit 217 (Hwy 59). Go 1/2 mile south on Hwy 59 (a.k.a. Gamble Rd) and turn left at blinking light, which is Old Lloyd Rd (a.k.a County Rd 158). If you go over the railroad tracks, you went to far. Stay on Old Lloyd Rd for 2.4 miles and turn right onto Cardinal Lane, which is just after the white fence on the right. (Note: some online mapping programs call Cardinal Rd. “Lloyd Access Rd”). If you go over the interstate, you went too far. Take your 1st right onto Robin Rd and go 0.4 miles to Murmuring Creek Rd. Go right on Murmuring Creek Rd about 0.2 miles. We are the 1st driveway on the left (233 Murmuring Creek Rd), which is just after Meadow Lark Rd. Please park along road.
From Backyard Farm (on Cherry Tree Rd): Go north on Cherry Tree Rd (a.k.a. Lloyd Creek Rd) about 4.4 miles until it dead-ends into Old Lloyd Rd. Turn right (east) and go about 1.5 miles and turn right onto Cardinal Lane. Continue using directions above.
From Monticello (from the courthouse): Take Hwy 90 west about 2.4 miles west and turn left onto Old Lloyd (a.k.a. County Rd 158). Go about 6.4 miles on Old Lloyd Rd. Right after you go over the interstate, turn left onto Cardinal Lane. Continue using directions above.
Holly Hill Farm at Tupelo’s Bakery & Cafe
Contact: Margie Cole
Address: 220 West Washington St.
Monticello, FL 32344
Phone: Tupelo’s Bakery 850-997-2127
Phone: Holly Hill 850-509-1768
E-mail: cole32344@yahoo.com
Saturday, October 15, 9 am–3 pm
Holly Hill Farm is a certified organic producer of vegetable plants and potted herbs for both wholesale and retail sales. We grow everything we sell right here on our farm in Jefferson County, Florida. Our retail sales are conducted March-April and September-October in Monticello at Tupelo’s Bakery & Café and Wag the Dog Thrift Store. We maintain an e-mail list for customers who wish to be notified of the days and times of sales and plant availability. Contact Margie for further information. We will be at Tupelo’s with lots of certified organic vegetable plants and herbs for your fall garden.
Directions: From Tallahassee, follow US-90 E into Monticello city limits. Just before you get to the center of town you’ll see a blinking yellow light. Tupelo’s Bakery and Café is located on your left at 220 West Washington St. (US-90). There is parking behind the building and you can turn left prior to the light, or at the light to get to that parking area.
Johnnie’s Garden
Contact: Johnnie Carey
Address: 285 Strom Rd., Quincy, FL 32351
Phone: 850-210-5624
E-mail: jlcarey007@gmail.com
Saturday, October 15 & Sunday, October 16, 10 am–4 pm
Tours: On-going all day
The tour will be of the whole farm operation: horses, chicken coops, eight stall barn, the care and feeding of the animals, the green house, and our compost operation. The tour of the garden will be very detailed regarding the usage and colorization of plastic mulch, in-line irrigation system, beneficial insects, our beehive, crop rotation and how everything on the farm works together. Available for sale will be garden vegetables, jams, jellies craft items, and memberships to the CSA.
Directions: From I-10 take exit 174. Merge onto the Greensboro ramp/FL-12 E/FL-65 and turn left at the bottom of the ramp to follow FL-12 E/Greensboro Rd. Drive 2.4 miles and turn left onto Providence Rd/CR-274. Drive 2.4 miles to Storm Rd and turn right. Farm is on the left about 0.3 miles down the road. You will see the signs. Welcome!
Just Fruits and Exotics-Teaching Orchard
Contact: Ted & Brandy Cowley-Gilbert
Address: 30 St. Frances St.
Crawfordville, FL 32327
Phone: 850-926-5644
E-mail: justfruits@hotmail.com
Web site: www.justfruitsandexotics.com
Saturday, October 15 & Sunday, October 16, 9 am–5 pm
Tours: Throughout the day as required
Just Fruits and Exotics is a family-owned nursery and teaching orchard. We grow a wide range of fruits, many collected from old homesteads in the area. We also grow native plants, beneficial insect and bee plants, herbs and vegetable starts, as well as unusual flowering plants. The heart of our organization lies with growing and selling plants that are suited to thrive in our climate, and teaching people how to grow them. We believe that gardening is art that feeds the soul and that growing your own food is one of the best paths to living a peaceful life.
Come visit the teaching orchard and taste what we can grow in season. We should be picking early ripening persimmon and citrus. We’ll have informal walks through the orchard showing you what varieties of fruit will grow well in this area as well as the techniques we use to build healthy soil, organic pest and weed control and how to get more food in limited spaces.
Directions: From Tallahassee, take US-319 south to Crawfordville, go 6 miles beyond, to the intersection of US-319 and Hwy 98. Turn left, go 1 mile. You will see our big Just Fruits and Exotics sign on right. Turn right on St Frances St. past sign and pull into parking lot.
Kurtz & Sons Dairy, LLC
Contact: Leslie & Bubba Kurtz
Address: 11805 193rd Rd., Live Oak, FL 32060
Phone: 386-776-1038
E-mail: kurtzandsonsdairy@directv.net
Saturday, October 15 & Sunday, October 16, Daylight-Dark
Tours: Noon, 3 pm, 6 pm, $5 per head* (Tours include a hay ride)
Be sure to wear durable clothing. (No sandals or high heels, please)
Kurtz and Sons Dairy is an all pasture family dairy farm that harvests fresh Florida sunshine as fresh milk, meat and eggs. “In cooperation with Mother Nature” is the most healthful, safe and rewarding way to grow any crop, whether it is livestock, wildlife or children. We always believe that the way we produce food makes a difference in us, our livestock, our soil and, our environment. Here we celebrate each season of the year as each brings its own changes to our practices and our products. With our farm tours we intend to share these ideas and give our visitors an experience that cannot be found at the theme parks and zoos.
Each tour includes a brief family history, a guided walk-through tour of our Grade A facilities, bottling plant, raw milk room, milking parlor, feed barn, cow wash, pasture visit via hayride. On the hayride you will meet cows, chickens, turkeys, peafowl, pigs, horses, donkey and infinite wildlife.
Products offered: Grade A pasteurized non-homogenized whole milk from grass-fed cows, pasture finished beef, pork and lamb, pasture-raised eggs and live turkeys.
Scheduled guided tours are $5 per head. *Admission for New Leaf Market employees is free! The price of the tour is to cover the cost of fuel and our time. The fee also serves to bring awareness to the fact that farmers need to be compensated for their efforts. We have long promoted agri-tourism in North Florida. We charge a fee that is well worth the investment for education, entertainment and relaxation.
New Leaf Market employees are free!
Dairy store is open 24/7/365. Beef will be sold between tours.
Directions: Take I-10 E to exit 258, right on CR-53 south to CR-250, turn left onto CR-250 east/Dowling Park Rd. From Dowling Park and the Suwannee River, continue east for 6 miles on CR250 to 193rd Rd, turn left on 193rd, south 7/10 mile, dairy on right, look for sign.
Mahan Farms
Contact: Uford A. Madden
Address: 16824 Mahan Dr.
Tallahassee, FL 32309
Phone: 850-907-9781
850-510-3958 Cell
E-mail: maddenua@embarqmail.com
Web site: www.goatfirstnetwork.com (scroll down)
Sunday, October 16, 10 am–6 pm
Tours: Noon–5 pm
Workshops: Sanitation and Farm Animal Health, 2 pm–3 pm
Goat First Network/Mahan Farms/Mahan Community Supported Agriculture, located in Tallahassee, Florida, is a newly formed company with the mission, “Providing foods to sustain a healthy community.” The main focus is on animal products including goat meat (bone-in and boneless stew, ground and various cuts), goat burger, goat sausage, goat cheese, and various products of lamb, poultry, beef and pork.
Goat First Network developed a new brand CHEVONDAIRE™: Gourmet Vitamin D goat milk products (ice cream), from ultra-pasteurized Vitamin D goat milk. These products are available in 6 oz. and 16 oz. sizes in various flavors: Vanilla, Strawberry, Chocolate, Caramel, and Natural and Organic Strawberry, Blueberry, Raspberry, Blackberry and Peach. Also, available are prepared ready-to-eat foods: Curried Goat, Curried Chicken, Jerk Chicken, and Jerk Jumbo Chicken Wings. All ready-to-eat products can be purchased with side orders of white rice, red beans, fresh salad, corn, green beans, peas or one can make a request. Goat First Network is a Licensed Mobile Food Vendor with Certified Food Protection Manager. To see what is happening at Goat First Network, please visit www.goatfirstnetwork.com.
Directions: From Tallahassee, take E Tennessee St/US-90/Mahan Dr heading to Monticello. Approximately 15 miles past Capital Cir NE, farm is on the left.
From East, take I-10 towards Tallahassee. Take exit 217 Lloyd at FL-59. Keep right and continue on FL-59 N to US-90 E. Turn right on US-90 E toward Monticello about 1.5 miles, the farm is on the left.
From West, take I-10 toward Tallahassee, take Exit 209B to Monticello, US-90 E. Continue right on US-90 toward Monticello about 10 miles, farm is on the left.
Monticello Vineyards & Winery
Contact: Cynthia Connolly
Address: 1211 Waukeenah Hwy.
Monticello, FL 32344
Phone: 850-294-WINE (9463)
E-mail: clcfarm@aol.com
Web site: www.monticellowinery.com
Saturday, October 15 & Sunday, October 16, 10 am–4 pm
Monticello Vineyards & Winery is a small Florida farm winery located on the 50-acre farm of Ladybird Organics. Situated in the Red Hills bioregion of Jefferson County, Florida, the winery features wines made from organic Muscadine grapes. The farm and all vineyards are USDA Certified Organic.
Over 18 different varieties of Muscadine grapes are grown on site. Small batches of handcrafted wines are manufactured, reflecting the unique soils and sunshine of each vintage year, and the holistic organic farming system being implemented on the farm. Each wine is a one-of-a-kind product of place, labeled with the classic Jefferson County Courthouse and the ingredients—organic grapes. Wines are distinctly Muscadine and include the white varietals of Carlos and Magnolia and Triumph. The red varietal Ison produces our fabulous Florida Red. Wines are available in both semi-sweet and dry versions. Monticello Vineyards & Winery invites and welcomes visitors to our farm and winery for tastings and sales of our wines.
Farm products for sale: worms, worm bedding, worm castings that qualify for USDA organic operations, organic potting soil, potted grape vines, unique ornamental nursery plants and trees, flowering cotton roses, other fruits and vegetables in season and eggs. Note: all nursery stock is propagated organically onsite and certified by Florida Department of Agriculture Division of Plant Industry.
Directions: From Tallahassee, take Apalachee Pkwy south (about 18 miles) to Waukeenah, then turn left on CR-259/Waukeenah Hwy and go about 8 miles. The farm is on the right at 1211 Waukeenah Hwy. Signs for Ladybird Organics and Monticello Vineyards & Winery are on the highway and at the gate entering the farm.
From I-10, take Exit-225 E of Tallahassee and go north on US-19 approximately 3 miles. Turn left on the Waukeenah Hwy (CR-259). Farm is one mile on the left.
Ocheesee Creamery
Contact: Billy Tyler and Mary Lou Wesselhoeft
Address: 28367 NE SR 69
Grand Ridge, FL 32442
Phone: 850-674-1573
850-674-8620
E-mail: ocheesee1@yahoo.com
Web site: www.ocheeseecreamery.com
Saturday, October 15, 8 am–2 pm
Tours: Every hour on the hour, last tour at 1 pm
Three years ago Ocheesee Creamery decided to process their own milk on their farm. They do it the old fashioned way—pasteurized but not homogenized—resulting in a whole milk with the cream on the top. Ocheesee is also one of the few dairies that sell their milk in glass bottles. Did you know milk tastes better in glass, it is better for the environment and it’s nostalgic? Ocheesee also produces fresh farm butter. You will be able to purchase milk, butter, yogurt, cheese and jams on your visit. Oh so delicious!
When you visit you can see where we milk cows and process our dairy products. You can also see our animals and what it is like to be on the farm. You will be able to taste our whole, skim or chocolate milk.
Directions: From Tallahassee, take I-10 W to exit 152. Continue on FL-69 S towards Blountstown for approximately 4 miles south, entrance is on the left. Sign down at the road reads Shady Nook Farm and there is a sign that says Ocheesee Creamery. We are the first place in Calhoun County.
Orchard Pond Organics & Meridian Community Gardens
Contact: Mary Phipps
Address: 400 Cedar Hill Rd.
Tallahassee, FL 32312
Phone: 850-591-5766
E-mail: orchardpond@gmail.com
Web site: www.orchardpondorganics.com
Saturday, October 15, 10 am–5 pm
Sunday, October 16, 2 pm–5 pm
Tours: Every hour on the hour
Orchard Pond Organics is a Certified Organic vegetable farm located in the Red Hills region of Leon County, Florida. We currently have 1,000 acres under organic certification. We grow vegetables and raise grass-fed beef and pastured chickens. Our products are available through our Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program and at farmers’ markets in the Tallahassee area. Mondays we have pickups at the farm (3 pm), and at George and Lonie’s Restaurant (1 pm–2:30 pm), Wednesdays at the Lake Ella Growers’ Market (3 pm-6 pm) and Saturdays at the Tallahassee Farmers’ Market at Market Square (8 am-noon). Our goal is not only to produce healthy organic food that is good for us, and our customers, but to do it in a sustainable way that is also good for the land and future generations.
Come see our farm and learn about sustainable farming methods. Feel free to bring a sack lunch and enjoy a picnic under the trees. Grass-fed beef, seasonal produce, and Tupelo honey from bees kept on our farm will be available for purchase.
Meridian Community Gardens is an extension of Orchard Pond Organics. Here, families or individuals are able to lease a 30’ x 50’ plot, adjacent to our organic fields and a Damayan teaching garden, to create their own organic garden. An annual tillage and a hose bib are provided for each individual plot.
Directions: From Tallahassee, head north on Meridian Rd, turn left onto Cedar Hill Rd after you pass Ox Bottom Rd and the Summerbrooke entrance. The Orchard Pond Organics driveway will be on your right in less than 1/10 of a mile.
Pebble Hill Grove
Contact: Frank & Teresa Bibin
Address: 9047 Moultrie Hwy.
Quitman, GA 31643
Phone: 229-775-3347
E-mail: bibin@batfarm.com
Saturday, October 15 & Sunday, October 16, 9 am-5 pm
Tours: Every hour on the hour, last tour 4 pm
Pebble Hill Grove is a 27-acre Certified Organic farm located in the Pebble Hill Community of Brooks County, Georgia. Our farm currently produces pecans, vegetables, fruit and garlic. We plan to expand our pomegranate orchard and start a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program.
We have established large colonies of Brazilian Free-tailed bats on our farm to help control insect pests and provide a sanctuary for this important mammal. Birds are abundant on the Farm, with several occupied bluebird houses around the garden area for insect predation.
Biologists Mark and Selena Kiser of Birds by Day, Bats by Night will return again this year to share their knowledge during the walking tours. There will be winter squash for sale and we will take orders for this year’s crop of pecans. We will also have a good selection of bat houses and bluebird houses for sale. Free refreshments will be available.
Directions: From Tallahassee, take Hwy-319 north to Thomasville, GA, then take Hwy-84 east to Quitman, GA. From Quitman, take Hwy-333N (Moultrie Hwy at third traffic light) 9.5 miles north to our farm. See Pebble Hill Grove sign beside driveway on left side of road (9047 Moultrie Hwy/Hwy 333). Approximately 52 miles from Tallahassee.
Rocky Comfort Farm
Contact: Debbie Parramore
Address: 6441 Pat Thomas Parkway
Quincy, FL 32351
Phone: 850-627-3434
E-mail: rockcomfortprod@msn.com
Saturday, October 15, 10 am-6 pm
Sunday, October 16, 1 pm-5 pm
Hayrides & Tours: Throughout
Whether you grew up on a farm or this is your first step out of the city, you will fall in love with Rocky Comfort Farms, 230 acres of land nestled right here in Gadsden County. Rocky Comfort Farms offers hayrides, horses, donkeys, cows, a giant pumpkin patch, millet maze, free-roaming peacocks, honey beehives, and beautiful walks through the nature trails. For an additional fee, children or clubs can grow vegetables and herbs on their very own plots of land. School field trips and custom parties may be scheduled and golf cart tours are available to seniors or others needing assistance.
Pumpkins, wildflower honey (farm-harvested), gourds, peacock feathers, pecans, loquat jelly, pear preserves, scenic farm postcards, farm product recipes, and other country gift items will be available for sale along with bottled water, drinks, juices, and pre-packaged snacks.
Directions: From Tallahassee, take I-10 W. Take exit 181 for FL-267 S. Turn left onto FL-267 S/Pat Thomas Parkway. Rocky Comfort Farms will be 3 miles on the left.
Serenity Acres Farm & Goat Dairy
Contact: Wayne & Julia Shewchur
Address: 438 NE English Ivy Trail
Pinetta, FL 32350
Phone: 850-929-2221
E-mail: info@serenityfarmfl.com
Web site: www.serenityfarmfl.com
Saturday, October 15, 10 am–4 pm
Sunday, October 16, 11 am–3pm
Tours: Upon request
We are a 60-acre family farm in Madison County, striving for sustainability and to reduce our footprint on our planet. Our philosophy is simple: grow and raise it locally and offer only the freshest and best of what we produce. We operate the farm with the help of members from WWOOF (Worldwide Opportunity on Organic Farms) organization. We are home to a herd of Nubian Dairy goats who provide us with delicious milk as well as cheese, yogurt, and goat milk soap. Our pasture raised free-range chickens provide us with tasty eggs. In addition to grazing, all our animals are fed free choice peanut hay and grass and are raised free of hormones and antibiotics. Our meat, milk, cheese and eggs are labeled “Pet Food–Not for Human Consumption” because they are not pasteurized or processed in a certified facility. All items are available for farm pick-up or at area farmers markets.
Directions: From Tallahassee, take I-10 towards Lake City. Take exit 251 for FL-14 E. Turn left onto FL-14 E. Turn right to stay on FL-14 E. Continue onto S Range St through downtown. Turn right onto Base St/90. Take the 3rd left onto Duval St (NE corner CVS). Turn right onto FL-145N/Livingston St. Continue to follow FL-145 N. Turn right onto CR-254/NE Dusty Miller Ave. Continue to follow NE Dusty Miller Ave. Continue onto CR-255. Turn left onto NE English Ivy Trail. Small dirt road—blue street sign just before a house with a pond and two fake deer in front yard. 438 NE English Ivy Trail, Pinetta, FL 32350. At the end of the road, turn left and make immediate right into driveway with red gate. Open gate, drive through and CLOSE gate behind. Follow driveway around to parking.
Shepherd’s Hill Farm
Contact: Tarri Street
Address: 673 SW Ichetucknee Ave.
Lake City, FL 32024
Phone: 386-755-0941
E-mail: tpstreet@bellsouth.net
Saturday, October 15, 9 am–4 pm
Tours and hayrides: Throughout the day
It all began 20 years ago when Mom was given two years to live. We immediately made changes to our diet and lifestyle, and began raising our own meat and eggs. In 1998, we moved to 65 acres. We now have Jersey dairy cows, Murray Grey beef cows, Katahdin sheep, Toulouse geese, turkeys, laying hens and a Chestnut orchard. In the spring and fall we raise broiler chickens. Three years ago we began a 3/4-acre raised bed ornamental kitchen garden. Here we do our best to grow our own fruits and vegetables. We use no chemicals or hormones on our pastures or gardens. Instead, we work to re-mineralize our soils and build the organic matter every year. So come and walk through the gardens and pull a few weeds. Enjoy the animals up close, and take a hayride around the pastures and up through the chestnuts.
Directions: From Tallahassee, take I-10 E, travel to I-75 southbound exit and go to exit 427, the first Lake City exit. Turn right towards Live Oak, go to second light, which is CR-252-B, turn left. Go down to the second light, SR-247, turn right. Go to the second light, about 6 to 8 miles, CR-240, turn left. Go about 1 mile to Ichetucknee Ave., turn left on dirt road. We are the second house on the right. White house with windmill in front yard.
Sweet Grass Dairy
Contact: Mathew Ryan Willey
Farm Address: 19635 US Hwy 19 N
Thomasville, GA 31792
Phone: 229-227-0752
309-333-4933 Cell
Cheese Shop Address: 106 N. Broad St.
Thomasville, GA 31792
229-228-6704 Cheese Shop
E-mail: mat@sweetgrassdairy.com or info@sweetgrassdairy.com
Web site: www.sweetgrassdairy.com
Saturday, October 15,
Farm Tours: 9 am–noon 9 am, 11:30 am, registration required.
Send registrations to mat@sweetgrassdairy.com or call Mat at 229-227-0752.
Saturday, October 15,
Cheese Shop* 10 am-8 pm
On our guided tour, participants will have the opportunity to see goats being milked, learn about our farming techniques, pet and interact with our goats, and learn about our cheese-making process. Additionally, participants will be able to taste some of our homemade cheeses. Due to sanitation restrictions, on one will be allowed in our cheese making area. Please remember, we are a working farm and request that you please wear closed-toed shoes. Finally, as the weather gets cooler, please remember to dress appropriately for the day’s events. Participants can visit our cheese shop in downtown Thomasville, 106 N Broad. We have our products for sale at this location only.
Directions: From Tallahassee, take US-319 N into Thomasville, GA. US-319 turns into Jackson Street and runs through the city of Thomasville. Continue through downtown. When you arrive at the US-19 intersection, go N (turn left) towards Albany. Stay on US-19 for approximately 5 miles—you will pass through two stoplights. The second stoplight has a BP gas station on the left. Go about 0.5 mile and look to your left for a green and white Sweet Grass Dairy sign. We are the 3rd driveway on the left side of the road. You must pass the farm and come back to us via a turnaround that is located across from a church. Once you turn around you will drive approximately 0.25 mile before seeing our sign (green & white), now on your right. Take the dirt driveway.
Directions: From the south (Tallahassee), take US-319 N (Thomasville Rd) to US-19 N, follow 4 miles to the crossroads of US-19 & 202. Go 1/2 mile and make a U-turn. Dairy is on the right.
From Albany: US HWY 19 South thru Ochlocknee approximately 3 miles past Ochlocknee Bridge. Look for sign on right.
From Valdosta: Hwy 84 West to US 19 North follow approximately 6 miles to the crossroads of US 19 & Hwy 202 – take the 1st U-turn back 1/2 mile. Dairy is on right.
Thompson Farms Smokehouse
Contact: Andrew Thompson
Address: 2538 Dixie Rd., Dixie, GA 31629
Phone: 229-263-9074
E-mail: tfsmokehouse@thompsonfarms.com
Web site: www.thompsonfarms.com
Saturday, October 15, 8 am-3 pm
Thompson Farm is a family-owned farm situated on 350 acres of beautiful South Georgia grassland just 6 miles east of Boston, Georgia on Highway 364. We currently sell our products both wholesale as well as retail. Our retail store is located on-site. We strive to raise top quality pork without using steroids, antibiotics, or animal by-products. When you tour our farm and facility, you will see the pig, from the farm to the processing of that pig. You will also be able to purchase our products.
Directions: From Tallahassee, take US-90 E to Monticello. At the courthouse in Monticello take US-19 N to SR-149; turn right on SR-149. Follow SR-149 to Boston, Georgia; SR-149 will turn into GA SR-33. Stay on GA SR-33 until stop sign, Holiday Mart on left, turn right at intersection on to Dixie Road (GA 364). Thompson Farms will be approximately 6.5 miles on the right. You will see our white sign on the right.
Turkey Hill Farm
Contact: Louise Divine & Herman Holley
Address: 3546 Baum Rd.
Tallahassee, FL 32309
Phone: 850-216-4024
E-mail: turkeyhill@earthlink.net
Web site: www.localharvest.org/turkey-hill-farm-M4181
Saturday, October 15 & Sunday, October 16, 1 pm–5 pm (no late comers please)
Tours: Throughout the afternoon
Goods: Seasonal produce, honey, plants & simple lunch available for purchase
Turkey Hill Farm is 89 acres of diverse ecosystems in Eastern Leon County. On the 20-acre hill we grow vegetables, fruits, and shiitake mushrooms for sale at local markets, through our small CSA, to select restaurants and online through the Red Hills Online Market (www.rhomarket.com). We farm in the open fields as well as in the high shade of planted pines. The selective use of these microclimates and two unheated high tunnels allows us to grow almost year-round. There is a small citrus grove of oranges, satsumas, grapefruit, and pummelos, a fig orchard, apples, Japanese persimmons, pears, and muscadines. Preparations for a new blueberry field is underway. Elephant garlic, shallots, sweet potatoes, lettuces, arugula, winter greens, and Shiitake mushrooms are all staples through the winter months. We have a small flock of American Buff Geese, a breed whose survival is characterized as critical by the American Livestock Conservancy. The flock lives freely and forages a good part of their food. Turkey Hill Farm is Certified Naturally Grown and uses absolutely no chemical fertilizers, insecticides, herbicides or fungicides. We build healthy soil with compost and cover crops.
Farmer Herman Holley and Miss Louise Divine welcome you to the farm tours. Our market will be set up with produce for sale. A vegetarian lunch will also be available on Saturday only.
Directions: From Tallahassee, go east on US-90 (Tennessee St/Mahan Dr) toward Monticello. After the I-10 overpass, go 5 miles to Baum Rd (you will cross Black Creek and pass Border to Border Nursery). Turn left on Baum Rd, and go about 0.25 mile. The farm is on the right; look for signs.
Twin Oaks Farm USDA Certified Organic
Contact: Renee Savary
Address: 3207 Creek Rd., Bonifay, FL 32425
Phone: 850-547-5636, 305-282-5999
Email: renee@twinoaksfarm.net
Web site: www.twinoaksfarm.net
Sunday, October 16, 10 am-4 pm
Tours: 11 am, 1 pm, 3 pm
Workshops (Ongoing): Micro-Farming; Raw & Juicy; Build Your Own Solar Oven
Twin Oaks Farm is a 94-acre Certified Organic farm located in Holmes County, Florida. We raise chickens and ducks for egg and meat production, our hens are fed a certified organic mix of grains without soy. They roam freely on pasture all day long eating grass, scratching for bugs and having fun being chickens. Our ducks and our broilers are raised the same way.
At the farm we produce a line of 100% natural preserves—just fruits and organic evaporated cane juice, no pectin, citric acid or ascorbic acid. All of our products and lunch will be available for purchase the day of the tour.
Workshops:
Micro-Farming: Join Chandra Hartman of Moonlight Micro-Farm to learn to grow your own nutritious sprouts and microgreens from seed. Growing your own greens is a rewarding adventure that can be accomplished in a limited space with minimal resources. Sprouting provides a foundation that can be readily adapted to interests in gardening, food security, or nutrition. Sprouting is also a great activity to engage children in growing and learning about the origin of food. Chandra Hartman sells heirloom and organic seeds at the Seaside Farmers Market, most Saturdays, year-round. She’s an architectural designer and a BA in Sustainable Community Development. Chandra lives on the Emerald Coast with her husband and photographer Eric Marcus and their two rescue cattle dogs.
Raw and Juicy: A workshop with Jenifer Kuntz on raw food. Raw and Juicy is excited to join the New Leaf Market Farm Tour at Twin Oaks for the third year in a row. Offering Raw food demonstrations on Green Smoothies from the Garden, foods not to eat raw, protein sources for vegans, grain preparation, and tips on dehydrating and how to open a coconut. We will have some delicious dehydrated items available for sample and sale. Join us for a fun time with raw foods on the farm!
Build Your Own Solar Oven: Solar cooking is the simplest, safest, and most convenient way to cook food without consuming fuels or heating up the kitchen. Learn all about making and using solar ovens in a workshop with Carol Gagliardi. Carol is an artist and teacher at the South Walton Montessori Academy and a great fan of Twin Oaks Farms and proponent of incorporating more sustainable practices into our everyday lives.
Directions: From Tallahassee, take I-10 W to exit 112 (Bonifay). Go north on SR-79 for 7.5 miles, (little bridge with kid’s playground on the left at the corner of Creek Rd), turn left onto Creek Rd, 3207 is the first concrete driveway on your right.
Tyre Road Orchard & Gardens
Contact: Nan Young
Address: 561 Tyre Rd., Havana, FL 32333
Phone: 850-539-1912
Saturday, October 15, 2:30 pm–8:30 pm
Tours: 2:30 pm, 4:30 pm, please do not come early.
Yes, you can grow citrus in North Florida. During your visit with us you will see a variety of citrus successfully grown under the filtered light of oaks and pines. You will also see persimmons, pears, muscadines, blueberries and apples. We also have two small garden plots for year round gardening. Come see, visit, and learn how we have learned to successfully grow citrus here in North Florida.
Directions: From Tallahassee: From I-10 in Tallahassee to Tyre Road Orchard and Gardens your trip will be approximately 905 miles. Go north on Monroe St (Hwy 27). You will pass Lake Jackson and continue north through the Capitol Circle/Old Bainbridge intersection. You will pass over Ochlockonee River Bridge and into Gadsden County. Start looking for the Havana Christmas Tree Farm which will be on your left. The very next right-hand turn lane is Rich Bay Rd. Turn right. The second left is Tyre Road and is paved. Turn left. Look for the Greenhouse and yard art flags at the curve. Address is on the gate and mailbox, which is 561. You have arrived.
Wheeler Farm
Contact: Robert Wheeler
Address: 3158 Wheeler Lane, Chipley, FL 32428
Phone: 850-638-8984
850-260-2447 Cell
E-mail: produce_king57@yahoo.com
Saturday, October 15, 10 am–4 pm
Cost: $8/person 18+, includes workshop
Workshop: Organic Gardening: 11am
Tours: 10:30 am
We are a USDA Certified Organic farm. We grow over 35 different produce items. We teach the public about the importance of working with nature—then nature will provide.
We are asking for a small donation of $8.00/person (18 +) to cover our expenses for the day. Reservations are required; please call or email two weeks in advance.
Directions: From Tallahassee, take I-10 to Chipley exit. Go in town, turn right at McDonald’s/Brickyard Rd. Turn right on Orange Hill Hwy (Water Tower). Go south for 16 miles to Quail Hollow Blvd. Dirt road intersection, turn left, road turns paved again, go 3 miles to Wheeler Lane. Turn right, farm is on the right. Do not use GPS from Tallahassee.
From Panama City, take FL-77 to Sunny Hills. Turn right onto Elkcam Blvd. At the Dollar General, turn onto Washington Blvd, continue onto Quail Hollow Blvd. Take a right onto Wheeler Ln. Do not use GPS.
White Oak Pastures
Harris Family Heritage Since 1866
Contact: Will Harris
Address: 22775 Hwy. 27, Bluffton, GA 39824
Phone: 229-641-2081 Office
E-mail: willharis@whiteoakpastures.com
Web site: www.whiteoakpastures.com
Saturday, October 15 & Sunday, October 16, 10 am–3 pm
Tours: Ongoing
The Harris family has raised cattle on the same Georgia farm for five generations (since 1866). Will Harris now runs the farm, and has returned the operation to the Grassfed production model that his great-grandfather utilized. After receiving his Animal Science degree from The University of Georgia, Will returned home to raise calves for long distance shipment to the industrial feedlots where commodity beef is produced. Confinement feeding of corn and soy, sub-therapeutic usage of antibiotics, and hormone implants were key to this program.
In 1995 Will began transitioning his operation into the vertically integrated Grassfed Livestock Farm that it is today. Today cattle, sheep, chickens, and turkeys are rotated through the pastures in the Serengeti Grazing Model. In 2007 Will built a USDA inspected, zero-waste, beef abattoir on the farm. It is state of the art, one of only two in the entire country, and is operating at full capacity of 135 head per week. A zero-waste poultry abattoir, now under construction, will be operational in August 2011. It will be the only place in Georgia, Florida, Alabama, or Tennessee that processes free range poultry. Over 40 percent of the energy needs of the plant come from solar panels. White Oak Pastures employees 50 non-family members. (Jenni Harris, the fifth generation of Harris’ on the farm is also employed.)
Our beef and lamb is Certified Grassfed™. The farm is USDA Certified Organic. The poultry is step 5 rated by Global Animal Partnership and the processing plant is Animal Welfare Approved. White Oak Pastures received the Governor’s Award for Environmental Stewardship in 2009 and The University of Georgia’s Award of Excellence in 2008. Will is the President of the Board of Directors of Georgia Organics, Beef Director of the American Grassfed Association, and was selected 2011 Business Person of the year for Georgia by the SBA. White Oak Pastures Pastured meats are available in Whole Foods Market from Miami, FL to Princeton, NJ. It is available in Publix Supermarkets in Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, and South Carolina. Buckhead Beef, Halpern’s and Destiny Organics make this beef available to foodservice throughout the Deep South. Of course, it is also available at New Leaf Market in Tallahassee, FL.
Directions: From Tallahassee, go 80 miles north on US-27. Farm is located between Blakely and Bluffton, GA, on Hwy 27.
