St. Augustine, Fla.—There
was a huge turnout at certified organic KYV Farm this past weekend. They were
one of 15 stops open to the public for the Slow Food First Coast self-driven Tour
De Farm. Many people arrived before the 12-noon opening. There was food waiting
for them by Slow Food Snail Of Approval farmers and companies like the
Floridian Restaurant and Queen Bee Company .
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| KYV Farm, St. Augustine, during Tour de Farm by Slow Food First Coast, St. Augustine, Fla. Copyright 2014 by Helen A Lockey |
Some of the items for sale, like
eggs from Ruffled Feathers farm, were sold under the—“for pet consumption only,”
label but that didn’t mean they weren’t delicious.
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| Hayrides at KYV Farm during Slow Food First Coast Tour de Farm, St. Augustine, Fla. Copyright 2014 by Helen A Lockey |
Hayrides of KYV, goat-milking
demos, talks about chicken farming and a live band entertained the hundreds of
guests that arrived all day.
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| Growing fields at certified organic KYV Farm, St. Augustine, Fla. Copyright 2014 by Helen A Lockey |
Farmer Francisco Arroyo said the last time the event was
held, two years ago, over 2500 people came to KYV Farm.
Some of the farmers like the
ones from the Fellsmere Community Farm Project travelled very long distances to
get to the event. “We drove three hours to get here,” said co-founder Yolanda
Gomez.
There were so many farms in so many areas around Jacksonville and St. Augustine and
so little time to get to them all. The farm tour lasted just five hours. I guess
this guarantees that people will be back next year to visit more farms.
To find out more about certified organic KYV Farm you can go to http://www.kyvfarm.com
To learn more about the
event you can go to https://www.facebook.com/SlowFoodFirstCoast
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