Coming Up – The 5th Annual Eastern Triangle Farm Tour

If you haven’t been to one of Carolina Farm Stewardship Association’s wildly popular farm tours, here is your chance! Check out this press release from CFSA’s Amy Armbruster for more details:

The skinny on the Tour:
The 5th Annual Eastern Triangle Farm Tour
Sat. & Sun. Sept 18 & 19, 1 to 5 PM.
http://www.carolinafarmstewards.org/etft2010.shtml

This year we have a record twenty-four sites on the tour, including eight
new farms!

We will be showcasing ten farms with sustainable and humane livestock
operations, getting the word out about healthy, local meat options. Several
are Animal Welfare Approved and all have beautiful animals!

We will have mushrooms again (Spain Farm) and honeybees for the first time
(Betsey’s Bee Farm.)

On the urban scene, we are happy to welcome an urban mini-farm in Durham
(Two Ton Farm sponsored by Bountiful Backyards) and the farm of the Inter
Faith Food Shuttle in Raleigh. These farms, along with the SEEDS Garden in
Durham, highlight how to grow a lot on small acreage in the city and how
youth can be engaged in the movement.

Another newcomer to the tour this year is Durham County’s newest goat dairy;
located in Bahama, Prodigal Farm has 65 goats and a brand new milking parlor
and cheesemaking building. Very cool.

And, of course, the tour includes a strong collection of vegetable, flower
and fruit producers, where foodies and growers can learn about organic and
sustainable horticulture practices.

The tour brochure, an interactive Google map of all the farms and ticket
information are available at our website.
http://www.carolinafarmstewards.org/etft2010.shtml.

Buttons are $25 per carload in advance and $30 the day of the tour.
Single farms are $10 per carload.