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Salamander Springs Farm, near Berea, KY, has for 10 years been designed, created and managed according to permaculture principles. A wide range of market crops are produced without tillage, pesticides or fertilizers. Grain and dry bean fields are broadcast seeded into cover crops. Corn is grown in the traditional "3-Sisters" system with pole beans and pumpkins & squash. A wide variety of vegetable crops, herbs & flowers are intensively grown in mulched beds. Tree nuts and fruits, forest medicinals, ramps and mushrooms are harvested throughout the season. Black turtle beans, pinto beans, popcorn and wholegrain cornmeal (available here on the LocalHarvest online store) are dried, shelled and processed on the farm.
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(This listing was last updated on May 14, 2012)
Location
Clear Creek-Wildie Rd. Rockcastle Co.
Berea, KY 40403
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Contact Information
Susana Susan Lein
www.localharvest.org/farms/M5606
Mailing Address:
Salamander Springs Farm P.O. Box 354
Berea, KY 40403
Farmers' Market
Schedule and Location:
Tuesdays 4:30-7 p.m. & Saturdays 8-12
Greenspace in front of St. Joseph Berea Hospital, Estill St. (Rte. 25) just north of College Square, Berea, KY.
WINTER PRODUCE DELIVERY (by order only, from weekly produce list postings)
Wholesale
Restaurants, special events, local natural food stores:
Happy Meadow Natural Foods, Glades Road, Berea, KY
Local Foods Section, Berea College Store, College Square, Berea, KY
Black Feather Restaurant, Adams St. Berea, KY
Farming Practices:
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naturally grown,
grass fed/pastured,
Certified Naturally Grown,
Organic (exempt)
Association Memberships:
Certified Naturally Grown (CNG)
Southern SAWG (SSAWG)
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Black Turtle Beans
(From $4.00)
Hand-harvested & shelled Black Turtle Beans grown without pesticides or fertilizers at Salamander Springs Farm, Berea, KY
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Salamander Springs Farm products are sold at Happy Meadow Natural Foods and the Berea College Square Store. Winter produce includes salad & stir-fry mixes, arugula, spinach, kale, turnip, carrots, cabbage, radishes, daikon, cornmeal, popcorn, pinto & black turtle beans, dried herbs/teas, salves, onions, garlic, potatoes, sweet potatoes, pumpkins, squash.
FARM TOURS: 2nd Saturday each month by appointment and donation: approx 2 hours. To reserve, see info on page 2.
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