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2018 has been a very hard working but rewarding year for our urban farm.  We began by taking our urban farm off-grid thanks to the installation of our solar system on January 10th & what followed was a year of making changes all leading to the formation of our non-profit organization ...

We have taken a long time to share the story about our urban farm going off grid. At first it felt like not many people would be interested in hearing about our journey, but after having nearly 100 visitors to our farm this year we know it's a worthy topic. Before the installation of our solar system we would ...

Anamu (aka Guinea Hen Weed & Petiveria) is used in teas, extracts & other forms.  It is native to southern USA, Mexico, Central America, Caribbean and South America. Anamu is used in teas, extracts, capsules, powder and other preparations. The leaves and roots are used with medicinal purposes.  It is...

Sweet potatoes (Ipomoea Batatas) are one of the highest yielding crops in our permaculture farm. We rotate the sweet potatoes around different planting areas so that we are able to harvest every month. Sweet potatoes are native to tropical areas around the world, they love warm climate and do not mind a lot of rain for

As we lay our garden boxes in place our urban farm is coming together nicely, but I thought to explain why we are putting garden boxes in this area of our farm. Our farm "Finca Rossi Naturals" (Finca is Spanish for farm) is located in Rio Grande by the Yunque National Rainforest.