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Farm Happenings at Rora Valley Farms
Farm Dinner for Members on August 31st! Also no delivery next week.
We hope that you can join us for our summer farm dinner Saturday, August 31st, from 4:00-7:00 PM here at Rora Valley Farms. We will have a farm tour and then enjoy a meal and time of fellowship with other members of our Farmship Program. Please let me know if you are interested in coming. I will se1 read more »
Flipping Beds for Fall Planting!
Believe it or not, July and August are some of the most important months for fall planting. Right now I am working on pulling out played-out crops and replacing them with fall crops. Here are the most common steps we take when we flip a bed.
1. Remove the previous crop. Typically by hand. We1 read more »
Thankful for Irrigation!
It has been really dry, and I am so grateful that we have irrigation. There are three main types of irrigation that we use in the gardens.
Drip Irrigation: Drip irrigation uses tubing with built-in drip emitters every 6 inches. All you have to do is run a drip-line down the row that you want to wa1 read more »
Heat and Harvest!
It's hot! Summer is here and production is in full swing. Weeds also seem to grow overnight, as well as the grass, and we have to be very focused to keep everything running smoothly.
It is a hard balance to find trying to get out to the garden early yet get enough sleep where we have the right amou1 read more »
We are Back from Teaching Organic Gardening in New York!
This past week my wife and I flew to upstate New York to teach a horticulture class. Lamplighter Ministries hosts a Guild each year for students both young and old to come and learn how to excel in various arts and disciplines. In addition to our horticulture class there were classes on film-making1 read more »
About the farm
Rora Valley Farms is located in beautiful rural Coosa County, Alabama and is owned and operated by the Sanders Family and was established in 2009. Currently my wife Dorothy and I (Noah) oversee the vegetable and bakery operations while my cousin Luke Sanders and his wife Kristin oversee the meat and egg production. Our kids help out as well! Here at Rora Valley Farms we strive to produce real food. Many industrial foods today put on a good show, but fail to provide our bodies with the nutrients we need to function properly. When God designed our bodies, He also designed amazing foods to fuel them. But most industrial foods have strayed from that original design, and we have reaped the consequences. Through building healthy, living soil and utilizing natural systems of production and management we strive to harvest food that feeds our bodies, as well as our taste buds.
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