Sparrow's Nest Organics
Always Growing
What We Do
How to Eat Our Food
Sparrow's Nest Organics is the only certified organic produce at Edmonton's wonderful, outdoor farmer's market. See us there every Saturday, from 9am - 3pm, starting May 19 through to Thanksgiving weekend. Located downtown on 104 Street, between 101 and 104 Avenues (West of Greyhound bus terminal).
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Sparrow's Nest Organics
Box 52
Opal AB T0A 2R0
Ph: 780-942-2259
Cell: 267-2259
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Intentional Community
We feel responsible to care for this land with which we have been blessed. We also want to share the fields and forests here with other like-minded people. Many people living in Edmonton, for myriad reasons, make the best of their lives there. What an opportunity -- for relaxation, connecting to nature, and just letting go -- to have a community farm within an hour of Edmonton.
Living in rural Alberta, we are personally aware of the crisis facing farmers and the land. A dramatic shift in priorities, from farming as a lifestyle to farming as a business, has had profoundly negative impacts on the natural environment on which we depend. Wild species rapidly disappear. The landscape becomes increasingly monotonous as forests disappear. What an irony, that while the best soils surrounding Edmonton are being submerged under asphalt and "suburban communities" (an oxymoron), marginal and extremely ecologically fragile lands just beyond developers periphery are being destroyed for range land and pasture for livestock.
We strive for something more at Sparrow's Nest:
- Helping local Edmontonians, wanting access to wholesome, fresh foods grown without synthetic fertilizers or pesticides, connect to Edmonton-area growers.
- Keeping organic whole foods affordable, so that anyone with strong intentions can realize a healthy lifestyle.
- Including people in the farm, by building an intentional community for others to enjoy this place of beauty.
We want to initiate group discussions regarding building a community of people who share a profound love and concern for our Mother, the Earth.
Our vision, incomplete as it is, sees an eco-village with:
- Several organic (e.g., straw-bale or adobe) off-the-grid dwellings.
- A central "long house" - with commercial kitchen, and space for (e.g.) exercise/yoga/music and communal gathering.
- Community gardens, for annual plants as well as perennial herbs, fruits and flowers.
- An opportunity for teaching, both home-schooled children as well as adults looking to expand their knowledge in any number of areas (gardening, yoga, meditation, local flora/fauna, cooking, activism, etc.).
We encourage people in Edmonton to vision a retreat less than one hour away, a place of healing and growth, to deepen bonds both to our natural environment and to other like-minded people. We will keep those of you on our address list informed of meetings. Those interested can contact us.