Small organic farms thrive, and local folks get the freshest food
possible.
For as little as $15 a week, from Memorial Day to Mid
December you can have a beautiful box of organic produce. Twelve to
sixteen varieties are harvested that day and delivered to a convenient
drop-off point in Nashville TN. Our newsletter fills you in on the
latest news from the farm and gives recipes for putting your food to
good use.
Long Hungry Creek Farm is one of the oldest (30 years) and largest
(300 acres) organic farms in Tennessee.
The goal of the Long Hungry Creek Farm is to grow the highest quality
farm products possible, while enjoyably developing an economically
viable, aesthetically pleasing and humus-rich farm which remains
relatively independent regarding its own feed and fertilizer
needs. We'd like to continue researching ways to do this and to
demonstrate and promote the idea that such a farm is a valuable and
beneficial addition to the landscape and atmosphere of the 21st
century.
Biodynamics is an organic farming method, born in 1924, which suggests
that the use of artificial fertilizers will have a detrimental effect
on our soils and eventually our human spiritual development. It
appeals to me because it values old-time farming practices, such as
using compost, cover crops and manure.
All in all, biodynamics offers a new way, or maybe an old way, of
growing the most nutritious and health-promoting food available today,
and getting it to the consumer as easily as can be arranged. The earth
needs healing and biodynamic farmers are helping to do it.
In addition to farming and writing, Jeff Poppen, the Barefoot Farmer,
is currently doing an organic farming series for the local Nashville
PBS affiliate. Jeff is available for consultation to aspiring organic
and biodynamic farmers. He is especially interested in getting small
farmers and gardeners started in their own healthy food production.
Small organic farms thrive, and local folks get the freshest food
possible.
Long Hungry Creek Farm is one of the oldest (30 years) and largest
(300 acres) organic farms in Tennessee.
Biodynamics is an organic farming method, born in 1924, which suggests
that the use of artificial fertilizers will have a detrimental effect
on our soils and eventually our human spiritual development. It
appeals to me because it values old-time farming practices, such as
using compost, cover crops and manure.
In addition to farming and writing, Jeff Poppen, the Barefoot Farmer,
is currently doing an organic farming series for the local Nashville
PBS affiliate. Jeff is available for consultation to aspiring organic
and biodynamic farmers. He is especially interested in getting small
farmers and gardeners started in their own healthy food production.