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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