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New Port Richey’s beloved urban farmer moves on but not before passing the torch
New Port Richey’s beloved urban farmer moves on but not before passing the torch
New Port Richey’s beloved urban farmer moves on but not before passing the torch
Story by Michele Miller of What's Up New Port Richey.
Jim Kovalseki was in his element, standing in the shade of a Florida oak and holding court the way people do when they are ready to move on. He was a goner. Not in the worst sense, but rather how people come to accept when living in a state where transience is part of the landscape and the heart’s home is often somewhere else.
Loquat Festival Unique to New Port Richey
New Port Richey’s beloved urban farmer moves on but not before passing the torch
New Port Richey’s beloved urban farmer moves on but not before passing the torch
Story by Pat Morris of The Suncoast News
It may have grown big enough that this year it moved from Francis Avenue Park to Sims Park, the hub of downtown activity, but Dell deChant said the annual Florida Loquat Festival will always be local and always be about creating community through local, sustainable agriculture.
Gone Juicing Supports Local Growers
New Port Richey’s beloved urban farmer moves on but not before passing the torch
Gone Juicing, one of downtown New Port Richey's newest businesses, is proud to support local farmers and features locally harvested produts in their shop. Check out this great interview with ABC Action News, as they catch up with Sam and Elaine, and learn about all of the great local food production available in New Port Richey.
Join the Urban Garden Movement
Farmnet Promotes Community THrough Food
Sunday is a general work day for members of Grand Gardens where recent chores included surveying what needed to be cleared for fall planting and painting an old wooden picnic table that serves as a gathering spot for those attending workshops and events.
Read more at What's What Pasco by Michele Miller
Farmnet Promotes Community THrough Food
Farmnet Promotes Community THrough Food
Farmnet Promotes Community THrough Food
One of the first customers at the Collard Green Festival at Grand Gardens in New Port Richey on Jan. 7 was the city’s mayor, Rob Marlowe, who said he came because “my wife likes collard greens.” Marlowe was also there to show support for the community garden, which hosts nearly 30 plots where residents can grow organic, chemical-free produce.
How Does your (Summer) Garden Grow?
Farmnet Promotes Community THrough Food
Farmnet Promotes Community THrough Food
Believe it or not, it is not too late to start a summer garden. Yes, it is abnormally hot, and vegetable gardening might be challenging, offering some rather slim pickings compared to what you can grow in the lusher winter months.
But it’s not impossible.
Urban Agrigarianism and Food Sovereignty
Dell deChant presenting on Urban Agrarianism and Food Sovereignty, at the Seeds of Peace: GIFT Center Garden, Faith Lutheran Church.