Slow Food Gold & Treasure Coast Presents Our Third … Tour 2014.pdf2 Welcome! Who and What is Slow Food? The following is a quote from the Slow Food USA Website. We encourage you

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Thank you for joining us for our annual farm tour. We hope

you enjoyed it as much as we did. If you would like to be

added to our mailing list for updates on our continued ac-

tivities, please contact Sheryl Paul at [email protected]

Visit our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/

SlowFoodGTC and our Farm Tour Website http://

farmtour2014.com

“In the past 40 years, the United States lost

more than a million farmers and ranchers.

Many of our farmers are aging. Today, only

nine percent of family farm income comes

from farming, and more and more of our

farmers are looking elsewhere for their pri-

mary source of income.”

Tom Vilsack

Slow Food Gold & Treasure Coast

Presents Our Third Annual U-Drive

Farm Tour!

February 8, 2014

www.farmtour2014.com

Taken on the 2013 Tour at Crazy Hart Farm in Fellsmere

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Welcome!

Who and What is Slow Food?

The following is a quote from the Slow Food USA Website. We encourage you all

to visit www.slowfoodusa.org.

Care We preserve and share local foods and food cultures. We defend and advocate poli-

cies that promote holistic alternatives to the industrial system. Through tastings,

workshops and social opportunities, we explore and celebrate the Slow life.

Cultivate We develop leaders in communities who model joy and justice. We champion local,

culturally significant heritage foods, customs and recipes and bring these experiences

into farms, markets, restaurants and homes. We teach the next generation how to

grow, prepare and share food responsibly.

Connect Conviviality is central to our mission. We are a global community, connecting peo-

ple to the land and to each other through local projects, educational events, and

shared meals. We become catalysts for change by sharing the joy of Slow Food and

prioritizing wholesome living over convenience.

Our mission as an international grassroots membership organization is good, clean

and fair food for all.

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St Lucie County

Beth Falls

Indian River County

Sheryl Paul 772-359-0899

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Slow Food Contact Information

Palm Beach County

TA Wyner 561-756-3600

Martin County

David Viana 772-224-4166

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Tour Tips and Rules!

Take the Tour

Fill up the car with friends and family

Locate the farms you want to tour. Plan your route

Bring cash and a cooler for purchases

Tour Rules

Visitors are welcome only during the specified times for each location.

Enjoy the drive and realize some roads are narrow.

No Pets

Watch your children. Be mindful of their safety, these are working farms.

Please wash your hands after picking produce or petting animals.

Be mindful of your safety

Respect the privacy of hosts, do not enter private locations

Tour Tips

Bring a map or GPS.

Bring a camera, water, sunscreen and a hat.

Pay attention to your food gear, closed shoes are recommended.

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New this Year!

Call to Artists!

Call to Artists

Title Slow Food Gold & Treasure Coast’s Annual Farm Tour - Slow Food's

Annual Farm Tour in conjunction with Treasure Coast Art Association is

inviting artists in St. Lucie, Indian River and Martin Counties to participate

in their 2014 tour.

Tour Date Saturday, Feb 8, 2014

Details Area artists are invited to come paint on-site at a local farm.

One piece painted at the farm must be donated for an art auction to

benefit Slow Foods Gold & Treasure Coast and the Treasure Coast Art

Association. You may sell additional works painted on-site to tour visi-

tors and you may bring 3-4 other paintings from your inventory with you

to sell on-site to tour visitors. Plein air paintings and landscapes have sold

well at other farm tours.

Farms

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Marcy Brennan/Endless Summer Winery

Artist Statement - Marcy Brennan

For me, happiness is having a brush in my hand, paint on the palette and a canvas on the easel.

I live to paint! I think and breathe art. When I’m not painting or working, I’m looking at art

books, art magazines, art online or watching art instruction videos on YouTube. Isimply can’t

imagine not being able to go into my studio and paint something – whatever inspires me at the

time.

I am self-taught from the age of 18, beginning with a set of oils and brushes and a few Walter

Foster instruction books. I’ve taken various classes and workshops over the years, most re-

cently through Art Mundo in Ft. Pierce. I paint landscapes and still life in oils, abstracts in

acrylics and a variety of subjects in watercolor and ink.

4650 Donald Ross Road, Suite 110

Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33418

Lori McNamara /Brown Family Farm

Lori is an oil painter who paints with a palette knife. Her paintings have rich textures and

tropical colors. She is will known for painting Florida landscapes from life or in plein air.

Lori is a Ft. Pierce Native and the leader of the Plein Air Painters of the Treasure Coast. She

is an award winning artist and her paintings are in collections throughout the world. Her

paintings have been shown in the Backus and Elliot Museums and many galleries on the East

Coast.

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Artists and Farms

Vera Mangold/ Kai Kai

Farm

From childhood in South Texas, Vera had a gift and love for drawing and painting. After raising her children and retiring from banking she now has more time for developing the fine art techniques of drawing and watercolor. Vera is primarily self-taught using art method books and self-study of the Masters. Her favorite subjects are boats, people and horses, integrated into landscapes, seascapes and archi-tecture painted en plein air (outside, on location).She is a member of Art Associates of Martin County and The Light-house Art Center in Tequesta. Vera can be contacted at [email protected] or 772-678-5088.

Nancy Smythe/Shadowood Farm Nancy Smythe's rich representational paintings are in collections worldwide. “Photography freezes a scene; my oils are an interpretation of that moment. I see myself as a keeper in a throwaway society, painting to provide a detailed perspective on our ever-changing world.” Graduating from Northwestern she studied under master artists. As Artist-in-Residence for 3 months in Bermuda she painted & exhibited in Georgia O’Keeffe’s residence. Smythe was among 19 artists granted a month-long Art-

ist’s Colony in Highland Beach. She was featured on Gray's Sporting Journal’s cover. Smythe is active in many phil-anthropic activities & is the leader

of Martin County En Plein Air.

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Participating, Farms, Gardens & Stops!

North Palm Beach County

Goodness Gracious Acres • Delilah's Dairy 10:30am to 12:00 am

Borland Center Community Garden 12:00pm to 1:30pm

Abacoa Community Garden 2:00pm to 3:00pm

Martin County

Castronova Chocolate, LLC 11:00am to 12:30am

Shadowood Farms 1:00pm to 3:00 pm

6220 SW Martin Hwy

Palm City, FL 34990 772-781-5777

Kai Kai Farm 3:30 to 5:30

8006 SW Kanner Highway

Indiantown, FL 35956 772-597-1717

St Lucie County

Sunnier Palms Community Garden 7:00am to 9:00am

8800 Okeechobee Rd,

Fort Pierce, FL 34947 · (772) 468-8512

Brown Family Farm 09:15am to 10:30

1871 S Jenkins Rd,

Fort Pierce, FL 34947 · (772) 242-8409

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Ft Pierce Farmers Market 10:45am to 12:00pm

Marina Square on Melody Lane

Ft Pierce, FL 34945 772-940-1145

Heathcote Botanical Gardens 12:15 to 2:00

210 Savannah Road

Ft Pierce, FL 34982 772-464-0323

Indian River County

Sustainable Kashi 8:00am to 10:00am

11155 Roseland Road

Sebastian, FL 32958 772-913-5946

Fellsmere Community Farm Project 10:15am to 11:30pm

SE Corner of Massachusetts and Willow Streets

Fellsmere, FL 32948 772-413-1784

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Patisserie of Vero Beach AROMAS OF FRESHLY BAK-

ING BREADS + PASTRIES NOW FILL DOWNTOWN VERO

Patisserie Vero Beach is in Vero Beach’s Historic Downtown Arts District with hand-

made breads, croissants, pastries, cakes, soups, sandwiches, coffee, tea & espresso.

Fall/Winter Hours: Mon – Fri 7am – 4pm, Sat 8am – 3pm, Sun closed.

Osceola GrillOsceola Bistro

2045 13th Ave,

Vero Beach, FL 32960 772-569-1299

fresh local food, restaurant

Hours Monday through Friday 11:00 am to 9:30 pm

Saturday 5:30 pm to 9:30 pm

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Suggested Dining Locations

District Table & Bar 900 SE Indian Street

Stuart Fl 34994 5pm to 11pm

772-324-8357

Coolinary Café

4650 Donald Ross Road, Suite 110

Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33418 11 am to 9 pm Monday through Saturday

561 249-6760

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Goodness Gracious Acres

14897 97th Road North

West Palm Beach, FL 33412 561-422-9906

11 years ago JoJo Milano took the leap from fast paced city living as an advertising art direc-

tor, to a more wholesome 'simple' rural lifestyle. She quit her job, sold her house, packed up the horses and moved to Loxahatchee, Florida. Little did she know a couple of dairy goats

were in her future. She is now milking 11 does twice daily- her herd consists of purebred

Nubian and Lamancha dairy goats. Delilah's Dairy is a working suburban farmstead – selling

goat milk soap, eggs, cheese, raw milk, kefir and honey. This year adding 4 thriving bee hives

and an edible garden for the goats is in the planning stages. Come see how it 'simply' works

together. To learn more visit: www.goodnessgraciousacres.com 10:30am to 12:00am

Borland Center Community Garden

4885 PGA Blvd,

Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33418

“The dream of the Borland Center has always been to leverage our property and

facilities to give back to the community,” said Underwood.

The purpose of the Community Garden at The Borland Center is to appropriate

an unused land resource for the benefit of Palm Beach County’s needy by raising

vegetables for donation; to educate the community and particularly the youth

community about the process of planting, tending and harvesting food; an pro-

vide an opportunity for all residents of Palm Beach County to participate in com-

munity project for the benefit of those less fortunate. 12pm to 1:30

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Abacoa Community Garden

1022 West Community Drive,

Jupiter, FL between Allegro and LifeSong Community

Church (west side of Central Boulevard).

In 2009 a small group of Abacoa residents got together to find a

place to start an organic garden to grow fruit trees, vegetables and flowers. Even with all that

Abacoa had to offer, a place to garden was lacking. With the help and support of the Abacoa

Property Owners’ Assembly, we finally found a home on the LifeSong Community Church

property. While the Abacoa Community Garden is a club under the Abacoa POA, garden

membership is not limited to Abacoa residents. Everyone is welcome and invited to join.

Our garden measures 120 by 60 feet. Half is for individuals

who wish to have their own plots and the other 14 plots is set

aside as a sharing / giving garden. We currently have 32enthusi-

astic members and growing. Since the garden’s inception, we

have consistently donated produce to several charitable

groups. Once a month we have children’s activities; the scare-

crows they’ve made each year are a delight.

2:00pm to 3:00pm

Castrovona Chocolate, LLC

555 Colorado Ave, Suite 103,

Stuart, FL 34994 561.512.7236

Chocolate is handcrafted from bean to bar in small batches at our nut and soy-free factory in

Stuart, Fl. Exquisite care is taken to preserve extraordinary flavor notes that exist in fine

flavor chocolate. Much like grapes and wine production, fine flavor cocoa beans different

origins have unique flavor profiles Castronovo’s started making chocolate as a journey to

discover the diversity of delicious flavors in chocolate. The cocoa is ethically traded and

organic. 11:00am to 12:30pm

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3 Wise Acres 2:30 pm to 4:pm

9925 138 Ave (Babcock)

Fellsmere, FL 32948 772-913-0105

This is a relatively new farm, comprised of Sub-tropical and tropical fruit trees. Consisting of

Peaches, their mainstay, avocado, figs, persimmons, they also have Muscatine grapes, dragon

fruit and olives. A tru family farm run by Byron Ashby, his wife Nancy and daughter Lily, who

named the farm.

3:30 to 5:30

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Crazy Hart Ranch 1:00pm to 2:30 pm

Crazy Hart Ranch produces pastured poultry supplemented with a feed ration free from

antibiotics, hormones, animal byproducts and roxarsone. Sustainable farming methods are

used so that the environment is not polluted and the earth's resources are not depleted.

Animals are raised humanely in a natural environment. The result is a product unmatched in

quality and taste. 1:45 to 3:00

The City of Fellsmere was awarded the Snail of

Approval for it’s continued support of both the

Community Garden and the Farmers Market

Fellsmere is a city in Indian River County, Florida, United States. The population was 3,813 at

the 2000 census. As of 2004, the population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau is 4,658. It

is home of the Fellsmere Frog Leg Festival and The National Elephant Center.

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Shadowood Farms

6220 SW Martin Hwy

Palm City, FL 34990 772-781-5777

Shadowood Farm is a community style organic food garden in Palm City. For the last four

years the farm has offered individual raised garden beds to those who desire to learn to grow

their own vegetables and herbs using organic practices. Shadowood currently rents 78 raised

beds to nearly 100 families for collective food gardening. In addition, the farm sells a wide

variety of organic food gardening supplies including seeds, starter plants, soils and more. Yes,

Shadowood sells ready produce, but only to those who become General Members. 1:00pm

to 3:00 pm

Photo by Sarah Fenton

Kai Kai Farm

8006 SW Kanner Highway

Indiantown, FL 35956 772-597-1717

KAI-KAI FARM is forty acres 9 miles west of I-95 in Martin County's Box Ranch citrus pro-

duction area. There are 20 (net) acres for vegetable production. The farm, initially built be-

tween 2003-2011 is of latest design

Our buildings consist of recycled shipping containers. The front pole barn, built from two 40

-foot containers, is for planting operations and postharvest packing; it includes an adjacent

greenhouse used to grow starter plants called “plugs” and has also been the site of numerous

special events featuring our farm-fresh produce prepared by chefs. The back barn built of

four shipping containers double-stacked serves as office, maintenance, storage and irrigation

control. Currently under construction are mushroom production chambers built from two

40 foot shipping containers. Our mushroom propagation and general purpose lab, built within

a 40-foot former reefer container, is operational.

3:30 to 5:30

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Sunnier Palms Community Gardens "Naturist/nudist community & Wildlife Sanctuary"

8800 Okeechobee Rd,

Fort Pierce, FL 34947 · (772) 468-8512

Sunnier began the community garden in the summer of 1992, just after purchasing the land.

Under the direction of our consulting biologist, David Southall, we amended the soil and

added a wide variety of organic material. Initially we intended to co-operatively grow in the

whole space, approximately 40' X 10'. Consensus was reached to double the size of the gar-

den & offer individual lots to residents.........who agreed to grow sustainably....& avoid chemi-

cals. With the addition of the 2nd garden, more than a dozen families garden and share their

harvest. 7am to 9am

Brown Family Farm

1871 S. Jenkins Road

Fort Pierce, FL 34947 772-971-8480

9:15am to 10:30am

Fresh From Florida Member, Chia Seeds, Organic Wheatgrass, Organic Sunflower

Sprouts, Organic Pea Greens, Organic Coconut Oil, Organic Potatoes, Organic Gar-

lic, We have a produce market onsite selling all types of produce including fruits,

vegetables, tropical fruits, melons, and

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Fellsmere Community Farm Project

SE Corner of Massachusetts and Willow Streets

Fellsmere, FL 32948 772-413-178411

The Fellsmere Community Farm Project is a cooperative of low-income rural farm worker

families and community organizers who develop and grow produce on two parcels of City-

provided land. The project allows families to buy into membership for just $30, receiving a

portion of the produce and numerous other benefits including enhancing their skills as poten-

tial small farmers. 10:15 to 11:30

Fellsmere Farmers Market and Mecado

22 S Orange Street

Fellsmere, Fl 32948 772-413-1784

Join us for the fresh local produce, homemade cakes,

pies, breads, pickled products, farm fresh eggs, baby

chicks, started chickens, natural spa products, cos-

metics, art, antiques, new fashions, slimming prod-

ucts, used clothing, hand made jewelry, hot food,

handmade crafts, services and more!!!

We will have coffee & breakfast breads available, and

music!!

Come out and support our local residents from Fells-

mere, Sebastian, Vero Beach & Palm Bay who make

and sell these great products!! 11:30 to 1:30

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Endless Summer Winery

4200 Johnston Road

Ft. Pierce, FL 34951 772-460-0500

Endless Summer Vineyard & Winery, a one-of-a-kind sun & surf boutique winery experience

of handcrafted award winning Florida Wines. Where there is always Good Wines, Good

Vibes and Good Times. Wine Tastings available. 11:00am to 5:00pm

Sustainable Kashi

11155 Roseland Road

Sebastian, FL 32958 772-913-5946

Sustainable Kashi was formed almost 2 years ago on Kashi Ashram which is a 36 year old

community focused on service, feeding those in need, and care giving. Sustainable Kashi is

committed to producing organic food and educating people about sustainable living. We use

permaculture design principals to "create systems that are ecologically sound and economi-

cally viable, which provide for their own needs, do not exploit or pollute and are therefore

sustainable in the long term." 8:00am to 10:00 am

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Ft Pierce Farmers Market

Ranked #2 in Florida and 42nd national America's favorite farmer's markets™" Located at Marina Square on the Indian River Lagoon, downtown Ft Pierce. 10:45 to 12:00

The Downtown Ft. Pierce Farmers Market is located along the beautiful Indian River Lagoon.

Featuring produce, plants, honey, baked goods, orchids, sauces and dips. There’s a free park-

ing garage right behind City Hall that can be accessed either from Orange or Ave. A, and a

shuttle will transport you to the market.

Heathcote Botanical Gardens

210 Savannah Road

Ft Pierce, FL 34982 772-464-7642

12:30 to 2:30pm

Admission is free on February 8from 12:15 to 2:30 pm if you

mention the Slow Food U-Drive Farm Tour! Visit the No-Till Organic Garden for a brief

explanation of no-till from pm, then head over to the Children's Garden, with Nan Billings

from 2: to 2:30