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.Contact
P.O. Box 317 Coker, Alabama 35452www.snowsbendfarm.com
Snows Bend Farm
Farmland
180 acres with 10 acres currently under vegetable production, just west of Tuscaloosa, about 75 miles from the Pepper Place Saturday Market.People
David Snow and Margaret Ann Toohey along with a few year around employees and seasonal interns.Certification
David and Margaret Ann use the latest in organic growing practices.Farm history
In 2004 David and Margaret Ann began gardening about a quarter acre. As their determination grew, so did their garden. In 2009, the farm became home to the first livestock and there are plans to expand this area of production. By 2010, Snows Bend had expanded plant production to ten acres of about 50 different vegetables encompassing nearly 250 varieties. Future plans for the farm include a biodiversity and wildlife habitat for birds, bats, bees and beneficial insects. David and Margaret Ann work hard to produce the best food possible while also striving to leave the land in better shape than they found it!pest Management
Nature Safe organically approved 8-5-5, fish emulsion and cover crops.Water Use
Well water.Weed Control
Plasticulture, tractor cultivation, hoeing and hand weeding.
