Eat Fresh, Buy Local - A Farmer's Directory
ARTfarm, LLC - 514-4873
Saturdays, 9-11am (beginning Jan. 2)
St. Croix Map #11
Organic sweet local tomatoes, salads, herbs, veggies, and a new farm have sprouted on the South Shore. All new farmstand, art gallery, gardens, rain catchment ponds, and livestock and sculpture gardens! During construction, farmer/artist Luca Gasperi plans to continue supplying customers with the highest quality fresh produce. www.ARTfarmLLC.com
Creque Dam Farm - 473-3155
St. Croix Map #17
Home to the Virgin Islands Sustainable Farm Institute, Creque Dam Farm is doing its part to keep local farmers off the virtual endangered species list with farming courses for school children and adults. They also offer VI Locally Grown, a Wednesday produce pick-up system where you can purchase directly from chemicalfree and organic farmers through www.vi.locallygrown.net. Growers post their ripening produce to the site on Sunday then you can buy online Monday and Tuesday. The produce is picked only after it is sold to ensure freshness for the customer and reliability for the farmer.
La Reine Farmers' Market - 778-0998
7-3pm every Saturday
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Up to 45 farmers rise early to meet the early crowds at this colorful marketplace run by the Department of Agriculture. Stock up on potted and dried herbs, carrots, yams, collard greens, lettuce, beets, thyme, parsley, chives, mango, avocado, eggfruit, guava, okra, pumpkin, arugula, Chinese cabbage, and Soursop and more. Look for homemade jams, jellies, chutney tarts, pies, cakes, and local juices plus potted plants and fruit trees.
Tropics Hydroponics Farm - 227-5546
Monday-Friday, 8-12 noon Saturday mornings, La Reine Market
St.Croix Map #13
Owned and run by Brian McCulough, this farm specializes in growing high quality Bib lettuce as well as beefsteak and cluster vine ripened tomatoes. They use no soil - only feeding well water nutrition to all of their plants...well water that has been purified through reverse osmosis, ph balanced and enriched with a special blend of nutrients!
VI Farmers' Cooperative - 643-4354
7-3pm every Saturday
St. Croix Map #12
The goal of this 78-member Cooperative is to revive the agriculture industry by pooling farmers' produce for a more consistent supply of locally grown food. Located at Estate Grange across from the VI Health & Fitness Center, they plan to create a permanent farmers' market open six days a week giving the community and farmers a steady headquarters for buying and selling.
