THE FARM
LA TIERRA PROMETIDA
Por Aura L. González Ríos
I’am original from Isabela, but lived in the metro area for over 30 years. I returned permanently three years ago. Since then I’ve been trying to establish an Organic Farmers Market in Isabela like the ones in Placita Roosevelt and Santa Rita in San Juan, Rincón, San Germán and La Parguera. Nobody was interested. Hopefully, somebody with vision came and not only has an Organic Farmers Market which opens every first Saturday of each month, but is also a sensible project with a meaning.
La Tierra Prometida, LTP is a nonprofit organization originally founded in Aibonito in 1981. On September , 1999 LTP opened new facilities in Aguadilla specifically in Camaselles Wd., Km. 1.9 in Rd. 467. Currently LTP is sponsoring a program that helps homeless males who struggle with drug abuse and alcohol dependency throug outreach programs and transitional housing. They have a federal grant but they also generate income to keep the programs running and serve as a setting for workshops for their participants.
They offer a variety of greens: spicy mesclum lettuce, arugula, mixed lettuce leaf, farm fresh pesto,fresh artisan breads, a variety of fresh herbs, organic plum tomatoes and summer squash, depending on the season These are pesticide free herbs and vegetables and hydroponic greens.
They just launched the Community Supported Agriculture Program, CSA , a partnership between a local farm and the community in which members pay the farmer a seasonal membership fee - monetary or in volunteer hours- to cover farm production costs. In exchange they receive and alloted weekly or biweekly share of the harvest during the local growing season . As members they share also the risks with the farmer. The produce will be available in the farm or at a central location. LTP is selling their fresh produce to Cocina Creativa, Nomadas and One-Ten Thai restaurants in Rd. 110 in Aguadilla. For more information call
787-882-3840 or go to nastassia@latierraprometida.org
I’am original from Isabela, but lived in the metro area for over 30 years. I returned permanently three years ago. Since then I’ve been trying to establish an Organic Farmers Market in Isabela like the ones in Placita Roosevelt and Santa Rita in San Juan, Rincón, San Germán and La Parguera. Nobody was interested. Hopefully, somebody with vision came and not only has an Organic Farmers Market which opens every first Saturday of each month, but is also a sensible project with a meaning.
La Tierra Prometida, LTP is a nonprofit organization originally founded in Aibonito in 1981. On September , 1999 LTP opened new facilities in Aguadilla specifically in Camaselles Wd., Km. 1.9 in Rd. 467. Currently LTP is sponsoring a program that helps homeless males who struggle with drug abuse and alcohol dependency throug outreach programs and transitional housing. They have a federal grant but they also generate income to keep the programs running and serve as a setting for workshops for their participants.
They offer a variety of greens: spicy mesclum lettuce, arugula, mixed lettuce leaf, farm fresh pesto,fresh artisan breads, a variety of fresh herbs, organic plum tomatoes and summer squash, depending on the season These are pesticide free herbs and vegetables and hydroponic greens.
They just launched the Community Supported Agriculture Program, CSA , a partnership between a local farm and the community in which members pay the farmer a seasonal membership fee -
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