Heine Brothers' Coffee Newsletter

Planting a Seed to Feed Ourselves

Growing community through neighborhood-based, organic farming

The Vision:

15Thousand seedlings!

Farmers is a project that was started by Louisvillians who want to see our town become a greener, more sustainable city. The key component to the organization's vision is the idea that everyone should be empowered and inspired to grow their own nutritious food each season. This organization, draws its support from individuals in the community and also from Heine Brothers' Coffee, who is proud to be a founding sponsor of 15Thousand Farmers. The aim is to inspire 15,000 new back and front yard farmers to grow food using organic methods in Louisville, KY. How? By providing information, support, mentoring and opportunities to get together with other farmers to help make this happen.

What will 15,000 organic farmers mean to us here in Louisville?

We'll learn we can plant a seed and feed ourselves!
And as we grow our "farms", we can grow the community in our neighborhoods. We can meet our neighbors around a common interest - sharing growing secrets, trading special vegetables or herbs and seeds!
We take back our power of choice! As we grow our own food, we begin to realize we have a choice to take charge of things we hold dear - abundant, inexpensive, delicious, nutritious organic food, sharing it with friends, saving money we usually spend at the grocery, reconnect with nature just outside our back door, making new friends in our neighborhood with a common interest, helping transform this community and the world.
As we grow our food locally, we reduce our dependence on foreign oil as we buy less stuff that has been shipped in by truck, train or plane from distant states or countries.
Organic farming sequesters carbon faster than any other current technology. So as we plant and grow our food, we powerfully affect climate change.
Growing our own food in the neighborhood is fun and anyone can do it, from age three to 103!!!

One Solution: The Easy Farm

There are

many ways to grow food in your yard. For beginners or folks wanting a simple approach, we are offering everything you need to know to start growing a simple and easy food, herb and flower garden in your backyard. 15TF will provide everything you need to become an backyard farmer - diagrams, instructions and checklists for creating a 4' x 4' Easy Farm. You'll learn what to plant and where, when to plant, how to keep the garden growing all year long. Very Very Basics Workshop @ Montesorri

Need instructions on how to create simple and easy compost piles in your backyard to keep the nutrients abounding in your garden? Want to know how to save seeds to prepare for next spring? Check out the website: 15thousandtarmers.com where these instructions live and will be added to! You'll also find a blog where you can ask questions of other neighborhood farmers about your garden and share your successes and farming tips. Additionally, the group plans on producing short videos which will demonstrate the steps to grow and continue to grow a flourishing Easy Farm throughout the Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter.

Visit 15thousandfarmers.com today and empower yourself to create your own vegetable garden this year! And next year too!