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Photos of Harvest '09

March 19, 2010

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Introducing Sunflower Apothecary Farm

Friends, big changes are afoot! You may have noticed that Sunflower Urban Farm is now Sunflower Apothecary Farm! It's an adjustment to reflect the personal journey I've had over the past few years, with a focus on the healing powers of the plants around us. I'm looking forward to returning to market with medicinal herbs and herbal products this year! (There may still be tomatoes later in the summer. I can't quit those!) Stay tuned!

About Us

Sunflower Urban Farms is a new, urban farm that utilizes chemical-free, sustainable growing practices. This is our fifth year growing fresh produce, our second year as urban farmers, and our first year selling at markets. We grow using bio-intensive methods on approximately 1/10th of an acre in the West 7th neighborhood in St. Paul, MN. We focus primarily on heirloom vegetables and exciting varieties that you may not find at the grocery store. We also grow vegetables used in cultural cooking and will be growing Thai Bitter Melon, Hmong Red Cucumbers, and Caribbean Red Peppers, among others this year. We are a tiny farm on a very small scale, but we produced over 1100 lbs of fresh vegetables and fruits last year.This year, we have more land in production and hope to have a successful beginner’s experience at the Midtown Farmer’s Market and selling directly to neighbors who may not have access to fresh, healthy food.

Your Farmer

Your Farmer: As a child, Nadja helped her grandfather tend the large garden in their urban backyard, nurturing cucumbers, tomatoes, cabbage, raspberries, and more. Her grandparents both grew up on farms in the “breadbasket” of the Ukraine before they immigrated to the United States in 1952. Among her many memories of their old-world traditions, she remembers her grandfather carefully saved his valuable seed each year, laying out on newspaper in the basement to dry, labeling it and storing it away for the coming spring. Nadja calls herself an “accidental farmer” because she did very little gardening after childhood and began again as an adult with no formal training in farming. She started vegetable gardening on a tiny 10x10 plot in her condo’s backyard with plant starts from the local hardware store. After her first year in the garden, she was hooked on growing her own fresh, healthy food. When she and her husband purchased their home, they began converting more and more of their urb...

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