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New Year Bon Fire and Pot Luck! What a great time! Many families came out to celebrate with the farm on New Year's Day! It was a wonderful celebration! We had to post pone the Paint A Post and will let you all know ASAP what the new date will be for it! Much gratitude to all of you who came out! |
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 Community Roots, Inc. is an ever-growing group of individuals who are dedicated to bringing about positive change through developing a productive self-sustaining organic farm in Volusia County, Florida. Our farm (6 acres) is located within the city limits of Lake Helen (pop 2,850) and is part of a 70 acre cattle pasture. Lake Helen is conveniently located 1 mile from Interstate 4 between Orlando and Daytona Beach. It is 35 miles Northeast of Orlando and 23 miles from Daytona and New Smyrna Beaches. There are well over a million people living within a 45 minute drive.
The farm will serve as an educational resource center by growing and providing fresh, local and organic vegetables, fruits, herbs, honey, and tender sprouts to be sold at reasonable prices. A portion will be donated to struggling families and local food pantries. It will also provide organic materials to support larger farming operations as well as the home gardener. Farming and gardening educational workshops will provide hands on training in how to start seeds, insect control, soil management, water catchment, composting and others. If you're interested in any aspect of what we're doing, in volunteering, or donating any farm-related equipment or supplies, please feel free to contact us at
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Volusia County Fair Update |
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 The Volusia County Fair was such a hoot! What a week in the Ag Venture Village we were surrounded by goats and alpacas and the Marcan Tiger reserve! A special thanks to the volunteers who came out everyday, we clocked in 169 hours! We were out there representing the farm the entire time the rides we going. Sharing with everyone we could our mission, some pictures of past events and raffling off a 5x10 raised bed garden including two tomato plants. To be delivered and facilitated by our very own farmer Chris. The tickets were sold throughout each day and proved to be a success! The winner was chosen on Sunday the 15th and the winner was J. King!! Chris had a great delivery with the King family. The King's are so excited to of won and look forward to harvesting and gardening with their three children. Congratulations King Family and thank you for your support! We passed out over 400 flyers with our information on them and sold 287 tickets! Raising funds, awareness and coming together with all the other farmers in Florida was a great experience.
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 The Local Organic Vegetables Everyday garden program builds free raised-bed vegetable gardens for under served and low-income Volusia County, Florida residents and the institutions that serve them. Participants receive raised beds, fertile soil, seeds, vegetable starts, a LOVE Gardens Growing Guide and ongoing assistance free of charge. After the initial installation by experienced staff, each participant will plan and plant their own gardens, allowing the participant to take ownership of the LOVE Garden and learn how to start, take care of, and maintain a vegetable garden plot.
To qualify for a free LOVE Garden, participants must live within Volusia County and have a low-income. Those with higher incomes may receive a LOVE Garden for a donation that will support building gardens for low-income residents and/or under served institutions. LOVE Gardens make great gifts too! Contact Community Roots for more information about giving the gift of a garden, that will provide healthy, fresh food most of the year.
For more Information about this Program contact: Elisha Lee at (386) 228-2905 or Chris Baker at (386) 801-6032
or email us at:
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Special Thank you to Florida Organic Growers for all of your guidance and help. Florida Organic Growers
P.O.Box 1231 Gainesville, FL 32604
352.377.634
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