The Rastafarian farmers who make up We Grow Food Inc. gather here to vend what they tend: truly local products from their nearby Bordeaux farms. Natural and sustainable farming is their way of life and the outstanding food for sale proves the value of these practices.
What a feast for the senses! Hardwood burns aromatically beneath clay soup pots, the Atlantic glistens below and soft music or poetry drift from the stage, backed by the whoosh and crack of coconuts being deftly macheted for that sweet milk. A veritable rainbow of tempting produce shines out-no shipping, no packing: the hands that grow it are the hands that sell it.
You can stock up on just- picked fruit or ready-to-plant fruit trees, vegetables and sun-powered herbs as well as plump organic chicken , freshly laid eggs and wildflower honey. If something is sold out, walk down to the farm and get some more. On-the-spot cooks offer breads, cakes, soups, stews and cold meals, just-pressed fruit and grass juices .
Decades of cultivation without pesticides or chemicals and lots of loving care on the Bordeaux terraced land bring out the best food, season after season. Some recent tasty examples: juicy flavorful tomatoes and peppery basil of many varieties, eggs and chicken that are so good they sometimes sell out within an hour, dark sweet runny honey, baby white eggplants, bright red pomegranates, and pumpkins of every shape and size.
There are also colorful stalls with locally made jewelry, clothing and health and cosmetic products-horny goat weed, wild cherry bark, local herbal curatives , soaps and creams: everything from shea butter to garlic syrup.
With its children’s activity area, bookmobile, school visits for farming talks, and site for family birthdays and reunions, Bordeaux Farmers nourishes and sustains the community- body and soul.
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