Farmers Cooperative Market of
East Liberty for Saturday April 17th
I want to confirm that Peter Williams, the owner of Kew Park
Estate Coffee Farm will be visiting the market this Saturday. He will be
hanging out at the coffee bar- talking about the coffee farm and how he
grows his world class coffee using sustainable methods.
We will brewing some Kew Park coffee using a French press and
passing out free samples.
If you are interested in learning more about Kew Park Estate
Coffee Farm, check out some of the links below.
See you at the market
David Lagnese
A
National Geographic article about using birds to eat insects versus using
pesticides. Kew Park is referenced in the article. The farm
regularly has scientists in residence from the Smithsonian Migratory Bird
Center to study how to best attract birds that will eat the insects.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/08/080826-jamaica-coffee-birds-missions_2.html
A
more recent paper prepared by the scientists from the Smithsonian.
If
you click around on this you can see some cool little video snippets of the Kew
Park Farm. Many things besides coffee is grown on the farm. For
example they grow chickens and use the manure to fertilize the coffee.
The Farmers’ Cooperative Market of East Liberty is located at
344 North Sheridan Ave., adjacent to the Home Depot parking lot. The
market operates year round- and is open from 5 AM until 12 Noon every
Saturday of the year.
Peter and his wife Gina on the farm in Westmoreland, Jamaica