The Bounty Farm in central Petaluma
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The Bounty Farm, located at 55 Shasta Avenue (just East of Petaluma Blvd North, by the Lucky’s Shopping Center) is an educational urban farm in the center of Petaluma. Dedicated to growing healthy food for the community, it’s a place where students, interns, volunteers and others come to get their hands dirty and learn about sustainable food production, good nutrition and the importance of a healthy local food system.
The Bounty Farm is managed by Amy Rice-Jones, Bounty Farm Manager, who brings years of organic farming experience, including the UC Santa Cruz Farm & Garden, where she was Assistant Farm Manager. The Bounty Farm employs sustainable agricultural methods, growing a variety of fresh food for low-income families, restaurants, the Petaluma Farmer’s Market (and very soon now, our own farm stand at the Bounty Farm). We also grow flowers for the Bounty Bouquets– a weekly flower bouquets subscription service for local businesses.
The Bounty Farm is situated on land that has been generously donated by Gottfried Stonitsch and his family for five years. Through monthly volunteer farm work days (starting in February, 2008) and site grading and other help from North Bay Construction, we have transformed this long-vacant urban property into a beautiful and inspiring productive farm, harvesting the first Bounty Farm crops in June, 2008.
In addition to the Bounty Boxes, the food grown on the Bounty Farm goes to the Bounty Hunters (food gleaning program), and is sold to local restaurants (including Cafe Zazzle, Dempsey’s, the Tea Room, Central Market, and others), and at the Wednesday evening Farmer’s Market.
In Spring of 2009, a 74 fruit tree orchard was planted and a new acre of land was put into production growing more vegetables and herbs for the community. The Bounty farm stand will re-open in June 2010 to sell the freshest and most local seasonal vegetables, herbs, flowers and fruit in the downtown Petaluma area. Check back on our website for days and hours the farm stand will be open.
How to Get Dirty at the Bounty Farm - If you would like to come check out what’s growing at the Bounty Farm or lend a hand, please come visit during our volunteer and public visiting hours.
Email Amy at amy@petalumabounty.org or call at 775-3663 ext. 213 if you have any questions about how to get involved at the Bounty Farm.
Work Days are scheduled every second Saturday of the month, from 9 am to 3 pm. These Work Days are great fun for the entire family, and include a community pot-luck lunch and free workshop on some aspect of sustainable gardening. Check out our calendar for specific information on the work days.
For more on the Bounty Farm, please check out these blog postings.
