Products

Lettuce, turnip greens, mustard greens, kale, chard, broccoli, peas, onions, beets, carrots, raddishes, strawberries, fava beans, fennel, and herbs, tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, squash, peas, beams, cucumbers, melons, okra, potatoes, garlic and basil, rutabaga, leeks, pumpkin, butternut squash, spaghetti squash and sweet potatoes; various flowers in season.

Contact

Downtown Farm: 701 25th Street North Birmingham, Alabama 35203

Mt. Laurel Farm: 1185 Dunnavant Valley Road Birmingham, ALabama 35242

www.jvuf.org

Jones Valley Teaching Farm

Farmland

3 acres in downtown Birmingham and 25 acres south of the town of Mt. Laurel, downtown location is about 2 miles from the Pepper Place Saturday Market.

People

The downtown site is farmed by Katie Davis and Steph Munkachy and the acreage in Shelby County by Sarah Ellison and Keith Caton. Volunteers assist at both sites accompanied by summer interns.

Certification

Organic growing practices are followed at both farm sites.

Farm history

Jones Valley Teaching Farm was created in 2001 as a 501(c)3 non-profit project by Page Allison and Edwin Marty. It has since grown into a model, non-profit education-focused organization dedicated to promoting nutrition education and sustainable farming.

pest Management

Compost and organic materials, institute approved slow release fertilizers, fish emulsion and seaweed, when needed.

Water Use

City water and rain catchments for the urban site, and in Shelby County pond water is used.

Weed Control

Hoes, hands and lots of sweat!